24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-0.2: GENERAL LECTURE I:

PERSPECTIVES OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF VERTICAL FLIGHT: THE POINT OF VIEW OF INDUSTRY

A. Caporaletti
CEO of AgustaWestland and President of AGUSTA S.p.A., Italy

Keywords: Helicopter, Tiltrotor, AB139, BA609, Future

In the airspace future, the vertical flight will have a greater importance than today, both in the civil and military applications and, as recently dramatically appeared, in the increasing demand of security. Issues relating to vertical flight from the point of view on industry are discussed here.

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