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Monday, March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: German Army CH-53GA Goes Airborne
Military | Airframes A crowd of more than 150 people witnessed the initial flight of the Eurocopter CH-53GA—the medium lift transport for the German Armed Forces—on Feb. 10... [read more]
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Multimission MH-60R to U.S. Navy
Lockheed Martin has handed over the 50th MH-60R helicopter with an equipment package designed to help protect the U. S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships. Sikorsky built the newest member of the Seahawk family, with advanced mission systems...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: DoD Budget Seeks Funding for 117 Helicopters, 35 V-22s
Military | Airframes Soldiers from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit survey the area around Corail, Haiti in late January before boarding a Bell-Boeing MV-22. The U.S. Department of Defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a request for 30 MV-22B...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: AW119Ke Added to Finnish Order
Public Service / Patrol T Finland’s Border Guard has purchased a fourth AW119Ke for police and special ops missions. The helicopters will come with a law enforcement package similar to this NYPD AW119Ke...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Boeing Apache Trainers Come Online
Training | Military Simulators Capt. Jeremy Duff, a battle commander for the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, uses an Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) to prepare for various missions in Iraq. U.S. Army/Terry Moore The U.S...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky’s Innovations Targets Unmanned Black Hawk
Military | Technology A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk from Task Force 34, 1st Battalion-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, flies above a mosque during an early 2009 mission in Iraq. Sikorsky is investing $1 billion in its new Innovations segment, which will...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Luminator Searchlight Going on UH-72A
Military / Observation EADS North America has chosen Plano, Texas-based Luminator’s LS16 searchlight for the UH-72A. In the security and support...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: AgustaWestland Receives Maritime AW109 Order
Military | Search & Rescue The Bangladesh Navy has placed an order for two AW109 Power helicopters from AgustaWestland. The AW109s will conduct search and rescue...
March 1, 2010
Flying Into the Abyss
Imagine for a moment that a single-piloted, passenger-carrying helicopter leaves on a VFR flight plan from its airport-based helipad, enroute to a remote island 20 miles offshore. The flight was intended to take off in the late afternoon, however the VIPs...
March 1, 2010
From Mozart to Huey
Fellow aviators (not shown) saluted Gerry Ventrella as he disembarked from his last mission flight at Camp Speicher in Iraq on Dec. 30, 2007. U.S. Army/SFC Jeff Troth Gerry Ventrella has piloted 41 different aircraft—fixed and rotary wing—in as...
February 1, 2010
Hot Products: February 2010
Sherwin-Williams AfterGlo Now Available for Commercial Aircraft A specialized paint from Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings and Defense Holdings Inc. allows commercial helicopter rotors and aircraft propellers to glow in the dark. AfterGlo photo-luminescent...
February 1, 2010
Military Insider: The Irresistible March of the Drones
Military | Unmanned Aircraft Military helicopter pilots beware—the day of the unmanned helicopter force could be fast approaching. In 1999 the U.S. Army fielded only three Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), said LTG James Thurman, Deputy Chief of Staff, at...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Army Seeks Expanded Aviation Brigades
Military | Attack The U.S. Army, gearing up to support the surge of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, is reorganizing its active duty Combat Aviation Brigades to create a 12th CAB, and may request fiscal 2011 funding for a 13th. The expansion aims to reduce the...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Gates Loves Helicopters
Military | Government Agencies It’s nice to have friends in high places, and helicopters have one in the Pentagon, the chief of the Army Department’s aviation division assured the annual Association of the United States Army aviation symposium...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: NH90 Tested on Norwegian Ship
Military | Airframes The NH90 military transport helicopter has completed a series of ship deck landing trials in cold weather aboard a Norwegian Coast...
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