http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:28 EDT A new investor group is providing $375 million in equity growth capital for Limerick, Ireland-based Waypoint Leasing, as the company looks to expand its grow its fleet. Waypoint has a U.S... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Waypoint-Secures-$375-Mil-to-Expand-Helicopter-Lease-Offerings_79179.html Mon, 6 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Astronics Corp.'s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system (EVS) has been approved as an option for the Bell 429 single-pilot cockpit. The... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Max-Viz-1500-EVS-Approved-for-Bell-429_79059.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Cobham HeliSAS is an autopilot system designed for light helicopters.    Cobham, the avionics firm based in Mineral Wells, Texas, arrived at Heli-Expo 2013 with HeliSAS, the company’s sleek autopilot system specifically designed for the light helicopter market. Weighing in at a scant 15 lbs.... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Cobham-Displays-HeliSAS-on-Bell-407_78885.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Enstrom Helicopter of Menominee, Mich. used Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas as a backdrop for the introduction of a Garmin G1000H flight control option for its 480B light turbine aircraft. The fully integrated system is primarily a flight information source that provides terrain avoidance, collision awareness... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/New-Chinese-Ownership-Brings-Great-Change-to-Enstrom_78775.html Fri, 22 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT Integrated Microwave Technologies (Booth C3916) has launched its Mobile Viewer-BC dual-diversity COFDM... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/IMT-Introduces-Mobile-Viewer-for-Police-Surveillance-Ops_78657.html Mon, 4 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST The final Sikorsky S-76C++ entered service with Milestone Aviation Group in 2012, as the manufacturer phases in the S-76D. The old rock classic “Let the Good Times Roll” could serve as the theme song for Heli-Expo 2013, as rotorcraft manufacturers plan to announce several orders for new... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Let-the-Good-Times-Roll_78633.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Three Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit EC145s flying over London’s Tower Bridge adorned with the rings of the Olympic Games. When London won the right to host the 2012 summer Olympics in Singapore on July 6, 2005, coming from behind to “win by a nose at the post” from what had been... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Londons-Olympic-Guardian-Angels_77769.html Wed, 14 Nov 2012 0:00:00 EST Japan-based ITC-Aerospace has ordered two AgustaWestland AW169s, making it the launch... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/AW169-Duo-Heading-to-Japans-ITC-Aerospace_77503.html Tue, 16 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT Rolls-Royce has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Scott’s-Bell 47 to explore the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Scotts-Bell-47-Considers-Rolls-Royce-RR300_77515.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT Nagoya, Japan will host several Eurocopter variants during the 2012 Japan International Aerospace Exhibition, which runs through... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/observation-patrol/Eurocopter-Displays-EC175-X3-in-Japan_77499.html Fri, 12 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT