FARN10: AgustaWestland to unveil "new" helicopter at high noon

AgustaWestland has the show media drooling over what's under the covers at its static display here at the Farnborough Show (photo by Dominic Perry)

Before I'd seen the outline, I was hoping "new" in this case would mean a re-launched BA609 tiltrotor. AgustaWestland had been in negotiations with partner Bell Helicopter to take charge of the entire program, with a decision to be made one way or another by end June. June came and went and not a tweet from AgustaWestland or Bell on the topic.

So, what could it be?

Informed sources say its the AW169. What exactly the AW169 *is* we'll find out at noon!