Editing Westland Helicopters (section)

===1990s===
In the 1990s, the company returned to profitability and grew as a result of several major contracts from the UK Ministry of Defence for EH101 Merlin helicopters and for 67 licence-built [[Boeing AH-64 Apache]] attack helicopters, designated the [[Westland WAH-64|WAH-64]] and entering full operational service in 2005.

[[File:westland apache wah-64d longbow zj206 arp.jpg|thumb|[[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|UK Army Air Corps]] Westland [[Westland WAH-64 Apache|Apache WAH-64D Longbow]] displays at a UK airshow]]

In April 1994, Westland became a wholly owned subsidiary of GKN.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burt |first=Tim |date=20 April 1994 |title=GKN lifts Westland stake to 91% |work=Financial Times }}</ref> In 2000 GKN and Finmeccanica agreed to merge their Westland and [[Agusta]] helicopter subsidiaries into a joint venture, [[Agusta Westland]].  GKN contributed Westland, its 50% share in its [[EH Industries]] (EHI) joint venture with Finmeccanica, the GKN aerospace transmissions business, and a 50% share in Aviation Training International. Finmeccanica contributed Agusta, including its transmissions and structures business, its share of EHI, its share of [[NHIndustries|NH Industries]], and its share of [[Bell Helicopter Textron]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=1 August 2000 |title=AGUSTA AND WESTLAND FINALLY TIE THE KNOT ON MERGER DEAL |work=Flight International }}</ref>

On 26 May 2004, GKN confirmed that it had agreed to sell its share of AgustaWestland to Finmeccanica for £1.06&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3932173.stm|title=GKN sells its stake in Westland|access-date=18 September 2012|work=BBC News|date=28 July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jul/28/themilitary.money|title=GKN sells AgustaWestland stake|access-date=18 September 2012|work=The Guardian|date=28 July 2004}}</ref> The sale was approved by the British government in October 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3720826.stm|title=AgustaWestland sale to go ahead|access-date=18 September 2012|work=BBC News|date=6 October 2004}}</ref>

The former Westland site at the now unused airfield in [[Weston-super-Mare]] houses [[The Helicopter Museum (Weston)|The Helicopter Museum]] featuring a number of examples of Westland aircraft.