• Unmanned K-Max Cargo Hours Add Up

  May 16, 2012 | Kaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin’s joint helicopter, the unmanned K-Max, has delivered more that 1 million pounds of cargo...

• Microturbo e-APU60 Undergoes AW189 Flight Tests

  May 16, 2012 | Safran Group subsidiary Microturbo has conducted the initial flight trials of the e-APU60 auxiliary power unit as part of AgustaWestland’s efforts to certify the AW189. The in-flight...

• Crosby Calls for ‘Marriage’ of S&T, Program Management

  May 16, 2012 | During the AHS International Forum, Maj. Gen. William “Tim” Crosby, U.S. Army Aviation program executive officer, told a crowd of engineers on May 1 that expanded collaboration between science and technology (S&T) and military program...

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• Army Awards AVX Fuel Study Contract

  May 15, 2012 | Fort Worth, Texas-based AVX Aircraft has obtained a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to study new technological approaches to improve fuel efficiency in vertical lift aircraft. According to a company spokesman, the seven-month agreement is...

• Eurocopter X3 to Conduct U.S. Tour

  May 15, 2012 | EADS subsidiary Eurocopter has announced plans to showcase its X3 (X-cube) hybrid demonstrator in the U.S. starting in June. The first stop on the summer tour will be American Eurocopter headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas on June 20, said Eurocopter CEO...

• Steering Group Meets to Discuss North Sea Ditching

  May 15, 2012 | The Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) met on Monday to discuss preliminary findings of last week’s Eurocopter EC225 ditching in the North Sea. Fourteen people on board the Bond Offshore-operated helicopter escaped without injury after the pilots...