http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 4:32:51 EDT The saga of the British government’s drive to replace the 70-year tradition of military involvement in providing the majority of the UK’s search and rescue (SAR) helicopters with a privatized ‘for profit’ organization in order to divest the service off the military balance sheet is... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/UK-Government-Finally-Cuts-Military-from-Helicopter-SAR-Role-with-Bristow-Selection_79158.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT TSI’s D Smith (left) presents Moral Courage award to Bond CEO Richard Mintern.  The U.S. Transportation Safety Institute (TSI), in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and HAI’s Safety Committee, presented the first ever “Moral Courage Award” to Bond Offshore... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/TSI-Gives-First-Ever-Moral-Courage-Award-to-Bond-USCG-Alaska_78884.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Most things that happen in helicopter aviation can be viewed from more than one perspective, and sometimes achieving access to the correct viewpoint can end up feeling like a matter of life and death. During the 1970s, out of Borinquen, Puerto Rico, we enjoyed not only the pleasure of covering the largest... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/Safety-Watch-A-Matter-of-Perspective_78895.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT While any helicopter accident is one too many, it’s hard not to feel a visceral reaction when you hear of an EMS team going down while attempting to save the lives of others. In November 2011, the Interior Minister of Mexico, Francisco Blake Mora, lost his life along with seven others in a rotorcraft... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/Integrated-Safety-Systems-Keep-Helicopters-Out-of-the-Evening-News_78793.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT At a press conference on Monday at HAI’s Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison said that while the partnership with Boeing on the V-22 remains intact, the OEM would now be taking the lead in tiltrotor development for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) and Future Vertical Lift (FVL), where Boeing has... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/Bell-to-Take-Tiltrotor-Technology-Forward-Without-Boeing_78676.html Tue, 5 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins has finished the first installation of its ARC-210 Gen5 radio on a combat search and rescue... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/Rockwell-Collins-Upgrades-HH-60G-Fleet_78257.html Fri, 18 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved a £258-million contract to extend the Sea King Integrated Operational Support (SKIOS) program to the expected end of service of the helicopter type in 2016. The SKIOS extension has been necessary following the need to rebid the search... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/UK-Extends-Sea-King-SKIOS-to-2016_78088.html Thu, 20 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Brazilian company Atlas Táxi Aéreo has ordered seven Russian-made multirole Ka-62 helicopters (with an option for a further seven). The contract was discussed and agreed when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Russia and met President Vladimir Putin in early December. This is the first... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/First-Ka-62-Exports-Heading-for-Brazil_78072.html Wed, 19 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Navy has inked a $686-million contract with the Danish Ministry of Defence for nine Sikorsky MH-60Rs through the foreign military sales (FMS) program. The... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/Denmark-Purchases-Nine-Sikorsky-MH-60Rs_77983.html Thu, 13 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST In front of attendees at the Air Medical Transport Conference in Seattle, AgustaWestland CEO Bruno Spagnolini celebrated the delivery of the first AW119Kx helicopter to Life Flight Network. The single-engine turbine, an upgraded version of the AW119Ke Koala, is one of 15 ordered by the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/medical/AgustaWestland-AW119Kx-Sees-Debut-at-Air-Medical-Conference_78040.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST