Take, for example, the Leonardo AW-249 Fenice, aptly named “Phoenix” in Italian. This helicopter is designed to replace the aging Agusta A129 Mangusta, which has served since the 1990s.

The T129 ATAK is an all-weather multirole twin-engine attack helicopter based on the Agusta A129 Mangusta platform. Though Turkey at least ostensibly remains a member of NATO, its relations with ...

It has a maximum takeoff weight of 18,300 pounds—nearly double that of the A129 ... Thus far, the Italian Army plans to order 48 units of the copter, phasing out the Mangusta helicopters ...