http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sun, 26 May 2013 5:14:16 EDT Kazakhstan-based aircraft maintenance provider Sky Tech has received certification from Safran to begin performing maintenance on Turbomeca... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Sky-Tech-Certified-for-Turbomeca-Engine-Maintenance_79267.html Mon, 20 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Safran Engineering's first standalone Brazilian engineering contract comes in the form of modifications for a fleet of Helibras-built... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Safran-to-Supply-Engine-Mods-for-Brazilian-Army_79097.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The North American arm of AgustaWestland uncovered plans Tuesday to produce the AW169 at its sprawling U.S. manufacturing complex at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), becoming a second location to the OEM’s plant in Vergiate, Italy. (The company also lists its facility in Yeovil, UK as... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/AgustaWestland-Philadelphia-Branches-Out-to-Produce-AW169_79117.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 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/products/engines/The-New-Generation-of-Offshore-Helicopters_79168.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Moving a step closer toward cleaner and quieter aircraft, Turbomeca displayed its core TECH800 demonstrator engine in public for the first time on Friday, April 26. This innovative core engine demonstrator was designed and tested by Turbomeca, although the program is the result of cooperation between 34... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/TECH800-Engine-Demo-Shows-the-Way-to-Cleaner-Skies_79095.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Safran, parent company of Turbomeca, has reached an agreement to acquire Rolls-Royce's 50 percent share in the joint RTM322 helicopter engine program for $380 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, and would give Safran the revenue... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Safran-Acquires-Rolls-Royce-Share-in-RTM322-Engine-Program_79050.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Eurocopter “now fully understands the root cause of the cracking and need to go to validation of both the final and immediate fix,” said outgoing President and CEO Lutz Bertling at the company’s headquarters in Marignane on April 18. He was addressing the problem with the main gear... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Eurocopter-Identifies-and-Reproduces-EC225-Gear-Bevel-Shaft-Cracking_79044.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Eurocopter and Turbomeca have reached industrial cooperation agreements with Polish aviation maintenance company Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze No. 1 (WZL-1) to open two full assembly lines in Poland. The assembly... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Eurocopter-Turbomeca-to-Open-Polish-EC725-Assembly-Lines_78928.html Tue, 9 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday at age 87, may be remembered militarily for leading the United Kingdom in the campaign to retake the Falkland Islands in 1982, which had been invaded by Argentina’s forces in a surprise attack. She served three terms in office and her... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Margaret-Thatcher-Dies-Her-Falklands-Defense-Required-Extensive-Helicopter-Operations-on-Land-and-at-Sea_78936.html Mon, 8 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT I sit here pondering how to relate my recent experience with flying Eurocopter’s newest product, the EC175 medium twin. Let’s face it, for a steam gauge guy transitioning to glass within a span of 40 minutes, it’s easy to get lost in the Technicolor world of huge navigation and systems... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/engines/Pilot-Report-Flying-the-Eurocopter-EC175_78908.html Wed, 3 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT