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May 24, 2013
Air Comm Corp. is expanding its design of environmental control systems (ECS) to the fixed-wing market, announcing the acquisition of Meggitt (Addison) Inc., in a stock purchase...May 24, 2013
Helicopter brokerage firm Heli Asset announced its first helicopter sale to an operator in Switzerland, a Eurocopter EC155B1...May 24, 2013
Hundreds of rotorcraft engineers met in Phoenix this week for the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International’s Forum 69. Displays from AgustaWestland, Bell, Boeing, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin, MD Helicopters and Sikorsky anchored a show floor that also featured a number of exhibits from companies such as AVX Aircraft, Advanced Turbine Engine Company, Applied Composites Engineering, Continuum...May 23, 2013
The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal has issued a contract to Hurst, Texas-based Bell Helicopter...May 23, 2013
Breeze-Eastern has secured a contract from Boeing to design and build a new cargo winch for the MV-22 Osprey in operation with the U.S...May 22, 2013
Monaco-based Avinco has helped to supply an AS365 N3 to CHC, the third transaction for the offshore operator following deliveries of an AS332 L2 and EC155 B1 in early 2013. “What makes us unique is we have ability to move helicopters from one segment to another, and we have the technical expertise to do that,” Avinco CEO Francois Gautier told...May 22, 2013
Air medical transport operator Air Methods Corp. has achieved the highest level (Level 4) of FAA's voluntary Safety Management System (SMS) program. FAA created the SMS program to provide guidance and recognition of safety efforts implemented by commercial air operators. Level 4 of the program is the...May 21, 2013
Eurocopter on Tuesday introduced the next-generation executive and VIP variants of its EC175 medium-sized twin-engine helicopter at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. ...May 21, 2013
FlightSafety International has incorporated its new Level D-qualified AgustaWestland AW139 full flight simulator (FFS) into the initial pilot training courses at its learning center in Lafayette, La...May 21, 2013
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a £15 million ($22.9 million) contract to replenish its stocks of Lockheed Martin’s AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. These are used on the British Army Air Corps (AAC) WAH-64D Apaches and reportedly on the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Reaper unmanned aerial systems (UAS), which have used a total of 380 weapons in Afghanistan. Figures provided in...May 20, 2013
Kazakhstan-based aircraft maintenance provider Sky Tech has received certification from Safran to begin performing maintenance on Turbomeca...May 17, 2013
Air Methods subsidiary United Rotorcraft has obtained AS9100 Rev. C certification, the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG)'s aviation industry standard for...May 17, 2013
Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland joint venture HeliVert has secured an agreement to produce five VIP and utility-configured AW139 helicopters for Exclases Russia. AW139 in flight. Photo courtesy of AgustaWestland Additionally, Russian Helicopters has inked...May 16, 2013
The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command has issued a $26.1-million expansion of an existing agreement with...May 16, 2013
The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama has issued a multi-year contract to West Hartford...May 15, 2013
Sikorsky Aircraft has won an $11.4-million modification of an existing U.S. Army foreign...May 15, 2013
Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI) has contracted Bond Offshore Helicopters to provide crew change flights and helicopter support starting in early June. The...May 15, 2013
The Turkish Ministry of Health's air ambulance service will feature a fleet of Eurocopter EC135s, after THK Gokcen Aviation selected the twin-engine rotorcraft to begin operations in August. EC135 in flight. Photos...May 15, 2013
The U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) procurement saga took another twist last week when Lt. Gen. William Phillips, Army acquisition advisor to the Secretary of the Army, appeared before a Senate Armed Services Congressional subcommittee on Airland. Commenting on last summer’s flying technology demonstrations provided by each helicopter manufacturer looking to participate in a new Request...May 14, 2013
Portugal’s Omni Helicopters International (OHI) has hired Richard Burman as group CEO. OHI shareholders Stirling Square Capital Partners and...
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