AgustaWestland Project Zero

AgustaWestland Project Zero
Type:	VTOL - experimental aircraft
Design country:	Italy
Manufacturer:	AgustaWestland now Leonardo
First flight:	June 2011
Number of pieces:	1

Project Zero is a single-seater electric aircraft with tilting propellers from the Italian manufacturer AgustaWestland presented at the 2013 Paris Air Show .

The convertible aircraft , which is equipped with tiltable ducted propellers , can take off and land vertically using battery power only . In addition to the electric drive, a hybrid drive consisting of a diesel and an electric motor was also developed. The aircraft is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastics and has no hydraulics whatsoever. As the company announced at the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, the futuristic aircraft flew for the first time in June 2011. The outer wings can be removed for missions that are mainly carried out in helicopter mode.

The development was a Skunk works project in collaboration with SELEX Galileo ; the patent is held by James Wang, Vice President of Research and Development at AugustaWestland. In June 2014, the project received the Achievement Award from the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center .

Web links

Commons : AgustaWestland Project Zero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)
• Original description on the then AgustaWestland homepage ( memento from January 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Golem Article

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aero Courier
2. ↑ American Helicopter Museum Honors Project Zero with 2014 Achievement Award ( Memento from July 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) AgustaWestland press release from June 27, 2014