http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:41 EDT Sabers have been drawn and the battle is on for the deepwater offshore helicopter market that has already emerged. The large energy companies are now drilling exploratory wells in ocean depths of 10,000 feet or more at distances that exceed 200 miles from shorelines all over the world. The history of ocean... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/The-New-Generation-of-Offshore-Helicopters_79168.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Armed Aerial Scout: Will they or won’t they? “What do we do with the Scout? Do we buy new or do we do a SLEP [service life extension program with the Kiowa Warrior]?” asked Maj. Gen. William “Tim” Crosby, PEO Army Aviation, during his address at the annual Quad-A convention... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Quad-A-Gotta-Case-of-the-Sequestration-Blues&thinsp_79169.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT What do the chief executives of a longstanding U.S. helicopter manufacturer, a London-based emergency medical services, offshore and SAR operator, and a hoist and winch supplier from New Jersey have in common? All of them sat down with Rotor & Wing during Heli-Expo in March for exclusive interviews that... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/One-on-One-with-Heads-of-Sikorsky-Avincis-Group-and-Breeze-EasternFull-Version_79170.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Bristow EC175 at the Eurocopter booth.   HAI’s Heli-Expo played host to 60 helicopters and 736 exhibitors in Las Vegas while attracting 20,393 visitors during the three-day event in early March. The oil and gas sector was a principle beneficiary of many of the orders signed with the major OEMs... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Sizeable-Fleet-Purchase-Orders-New-Engines-Dominate-Active-Heli-Expo-2013&thinsp_78891.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT When you first arrive at the Daytona Beach or Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), it does not take long to see that everyone there is well aware of safety management as they “Live the Safety Culture” every day. Dan McCune, vice president of safety, orchestrated the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Embry-Riddle-Live-the-Safety-Culture_78892.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched its VTOL X-Plane program to challenge industry engineers to dream up “novel concepts” for the next generation of vertical lift.     During a conference call with reporters, VTOL X-Plane Program Manager Ashish Bagai... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/DARPA-Speed-Efficiency-Key-to-Future-VTOL-Designs_79137.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT During an exclusive interview with Rotor & Wing on March 6, Bell Helicopter President & 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... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Bell-Submits-Third-Generation-Tiltrotor-for-JMR-Tech-Demonstrator_79138.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT With the threat of sequestration in the air, a question mark against the numbers of military that would attend, and a gloomy presence by an industry reluctant to take part in a gathering that has seemingly got progressively smaller both in exhibitors and visitors, the annual winter AUSA ILW Aviation went... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Future-Vertical-Lift-A-New-Hope-in-Challenging-Times_79144.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT 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/issue/features/Let-the-Good-Times-Roll_78633.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Ever since the Kerr-McGee Corporation drilled its first well from a fixed offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico in the late 1940’s, helicopters have been an indelible part of the offshore oil and gas (O&G) industry. “Today, the only safe way the operators can move people is by helicopter... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/features/Helicopters-Allow&thinsp-O-and-G-Producers-to-Go-Deeper-Further-Offshore_78634.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST