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March 12, 2013
Avincis Group and Eurocopter formalized a global framework agreement during Heli-Expo last week. The agreement includes the purchase of 10 EC145 T2s for emergency medical service (EMS)...March 12, 2013
The $85 billion automatic across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration that went into effect last Friday will disproportionately impact the general aviation (GA) community, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, AOPA President Craig Fuller said the closure of air traffic control towers and furloughing air traffic controllers...March 12, 2013
The shock news of the day is that longstanding head of Eurocopter, Dr. Lutz Bertling, plans to leave the EADS division in favor of Berlin-based Bombardier Transportation, where he will take the top post of president and chief operating officer. The announcement is surprising in part because it comes less than a week after Bertling made an appearance at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, giving no indication of the...March 12, 2013
Cessna’s new single engine piston aircraft, the TTx, completed its first production flight on March 2. The first production flight departed from the company’s facility in Independence, Kan., climbing to 17,000 feet and achieving a speed...March 12, 2013
Canadian civil and defense aviation training provider CAE on Tuesday announced a series of long-term commercial training and services contracts totaling $239 million for several airlines in different countries. The company reported a 10-year training provider contract for...March 12, 2013
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is conducting a surveillance research mission with an RS-16 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) over the Gulf of Mexico this week, as part of the university’s search for new applications of unmanned aircraft technology. The week-long research project will use the multi-spectral camera onboard the aircraft to acquire images over the Gulf to be used in a study of...March 12, 2013
Airbus has appointed Yann Barbaux as its new Chief Innovation Officer, a role in which the former EADS Vice President will encourage new ideas from all areas of the company and report directly to...March 12, 2013
FAA has approved Boeing’s certification plan for the redesigned 787 Dreamliner battery system, the first step in the process to return the aircraft to commercial service. The agency grounded all in-service Boeing 787s in January, following several incidents involving malfunctioning of the plane’s lithium ion battery system and other critical components while it was being operated on commercial...March 11, 2013
China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has placed an order with Sikorsky for the supply of four S-76Ds in the search and rescue (SAR) configuration. The contract...March 11, 2013
Boeing announced Friday it will relocate all flight training services to its commercial aviation training campus in Miami. The consolidation will move all full-flight simulators from Seattle to Miami, as the company looks to establish the Florida facility as...March 11, 2013
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said she will begin drafting legislation to expand the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) on commercial airline flights in the United States. McCaskill, who sent a letter last week to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta alerting him to the legislation, is looking to allow passengers to use PEDs such as iPads and e-readers during all phases of flight; the legislation will...March 11, 2013
United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-run carrier Etihad Airways has opened a line maintenance base at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, its first maintenance facility based in the United States. (Photo credit: Boeing) The airline said the facility will perform daily and weekly maintenance...March 11, 2013
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not yet found out what caused the battery fire aboard the Japanese Airlines 787 Dreamliner in January at Boston’s Logan International Airport. In an interim report released last week, the NTSB said it is planning to hold an investigative hearing in April to provide additional information with a focus on the design and certification of the 787...March 8, 2013
South African Airways (SAA) has received approval from the South African Civil Aviaiton Authority (SACAA) to launch Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Cape Town International Airport. Airbus...March 8, 2013
Boeing is launching its “Optimal Flight” program in collaboration with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a total of 26 flights powered by alternative jet fuel sources and featuring new technologies from Boeing aimed at improving operational flight efficiency. (Boeing 777-200. Photo, courtesy of Boeing.) The program will use...March 8, 2013
Beechcraft Corp. on Friday announced its decision to formally protest the U.S. Air Force’s recent $427.5 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract awarded to Brazilian airframe manufacturer Embraer. Embraer was awarded the LAS contract on Feb. 27 in partnership with Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) to supply 20 of its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to...March 8, 2013
GE Aviation Hamble delivered the first wing fixed trailing edge components for the first production Airbus A350 XWB-MSN001, which is currently undergoing ground testing at the Airbus facility in Toulouse. The company is providing the wing fixed...March 7, 2013
During an exclusive interview with Rotor & Wing on Wednesday, Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison detailed the manufacturer’s plans for the future of tiltrotor technology. Bell has submitted its own proposal for the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate’s (AATD) Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (TD). All proposals had to be received by March 6. Boeing, partner on the V-22...March 7, 2013
In an unveiling that featured an almost Cirque de Soleil-style introduction with acrobats fitting for Las Vegas, Turbomeca took the wraps off its latest engine on Tuesday during Heli-Expo. Known as the Arrano—which translated from the Basque language means “eagle” and follows the Turbomeca tradition of naming engines...March 7, 2013
Northrop Grumman ‘s RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) demonstrated the ability to stream ground moving target radar data during a flight test last week. The flight test involved the U.S. Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance...
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