http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:39 EDT Kazakhstan-based aircraft maintenance provider Sky Tech has received certification from Safran to begin performing maintenance on Turbomeca... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Sky-Tech-Certified-for-Turbomeca-Engine-Maintenance_79267.html Mon, 20 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT  Toronto-based Vector Aerospace has opened a 45,000-square-foot expansion at its helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) complex in Andalusia, Ala. The site, which totals... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Vector-Andalusia-Doubles-MRO-Service-Complex_79198.html Thu, 9 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Turkish National Police (TNP) have received the first of two VIP outfitted Sikorsky S-92s, with the second scheduled for delivery later this year. They will be used for Head of State duties and join one existing S-92 in operation with the TNP since 2005. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS)... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Sikorsky-Further-Consolidates-Business-in-Turkey_79205.html Thu, 9 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT American Eurocopter has hired Mike Spears to serve as senior director of the UH-72A Lakota Production and Retrofit facility in Columbus, Miss. He will take over from Fred Gerard, senior director of LUH... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Columbus-Lakota-Production-Line-Gets-New-Director_79125.html Thu, 2 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/services/overhaul-and-repair/Safran-to-Supply-Engine-Mods-for-Brazilian-Army_79097.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Las Vegas, Nev.-based All Metal Maintenance Stands has installed a series of multi-purpose stands at the U.S. Coast... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/All-Metal-Sets-Up-USCG-Maintenance-Stands_79071.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Three years after entering FAA's voluntary Safety Management Systems (SMS) pilot project, Metro Aviation has entered Level III of the program.   SMS is recognized by the U.S. Joint Planning... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Metro-Achieves-Level-III-of-SMS-Project_79022.html Mon, 22 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/services/overhaul-and-repair/Eurocopter-Identifies-and-Reproduces-EC225-Gear-Bevel-Shaft-Cracking_79044.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Shreveport, La.-based Metro Aviation has started a completions project for Boston MedFlight’s new EC145, around the same time as securing an agreement to finish an EC155 for the University of Florida’s ShandsCair. Representatives of Boston MedFlight met with Metro officials during a visit to... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/services/overhaul-and-repair/Boston-MedFlight-ShandsCair-Completions-in-Works-at-Metro-Aviation_78932.html Wed, 10 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/services/overhaul-and-repair/Eurocopter-Turbomeca-to-Open-Polish-EC725-Assembly-Lines_78928.html Tue, 9 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT