AgustaWestland S.p.A was a
helicopter design and manufacturing company and wholly owned subsidiary of
Finmeccanica S.p.a.. It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian
multinational company, when Finmeccanica and
GKN merged their respective helicopter subsidiaries (
Agusta and
Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland
. with each holding a 50% share. Finmeccanica acquired GKN's stake in AgustaWestland in 2004. From 1 January 2016, the activities of AgustaWestland merged into Finmeccanica’s Helicopter Sector.