Finmeccanica is the world leader in the helicopter market, in the design and development of helicopters and tiltrotors for civil and military use.

Finmeccanica is a world leader in the helicopter industry. It operates in this field through its subsidiary company AgustaWestland. AgustaWestland boasts the technology required to undertake every phase of a helicopter, from the preliminary analysis and definition of operational requirements to the design, development and production of transmissions, rotors, metal and composite structures and avionics systems, as well as their integration into a complete "helicopter system".