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Thursday, August 28, 2008
USMC Flying the UH-1Ys
The helicopters, built by Bell, began operating this month. They can fly farther, faster and have a greater load capacity, 125 percent higher, than the UH-1N (the UH-1N is being rebuilt and redesigned... [read more]
August 27, 2008
Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
August 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Contracts
The Brazilian navy signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. government covering the planned purchase of four Sikorsky Aircraft S-70B Seahawks valued at almost $195 million (311 million reais). The letter also covers options for a further two...
July 24, 2008
Colombia Orders Extended-Range Tanks
Helicopter Support Inc. has sold 12 extended-range helicopter fuel tanks to...
June 23, 2008
N.Y. Times Shocker: U.S. Army Flies UAVs
The New York Times stunned the worlds of military aviation and Washington yesterday. Its scoop? That the U.S. Army, frustrated with lack of unmanned aircraft combat support from the U.S. Air Force, has launched its...
June 17, 2008
Boeing’s Return to the Civil Market?
A recent briefing by the aerospace company for investors and financial analysts has some observers wondering if that will happen. Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, was pressed at that event on whether Boeing would sell its...
June 10, 2008
Piasecki Shows Off Speedhawk to Boeing
Piasecki Aircraft performed flight demonstrations of its X-49A Speedhawk for top Boeing Rotorcraft executives June 5. Boeing has partially bankrolled Piasecki's development of the vectored-thrust...
June 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: July 2 Review Looms Large For U.S. ARH
MILITARY | OBSERVATION A July 2 Pentagon review of the U.S. Army’s armed reconnaissance helicopter program has taken on greater significance following congressional cuts of the program’s proposed Fiscal 2009 funding. Officials of the Army and Bell...
June 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Contracts
San Francisco-based URS Corp will train helicopter pilots for the U.S. Army and the Air Force under a five-year contract that could be worth up to $240 million. URS won the contract through its EG&G division, which has been training helicopter pilots for...
June 1, 2008
Heard in the Hallways: Is the C.G. Shifting for Rotorcraft R&D in the U.S.?
That was a question on the minds of U.S. attendees at last month’s American Helicopter Society International annual gathering in Montreal. What provoked the question? The U.S. Navy’s launch of a rotorcraft center of excellence, based at NAS...
May 21, 2008
Ground-Based Powerline Detector Advances
U.S. FAA officials responsible for regulation of obstacle marking and lighting are weighing whether to approve a Norwegian-developed system as an alternate means of marking powerlines. Oslo-based OCAS developed the...
May 15, 2008
A Second Contract for U.S. Army Engine R&D
A Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney joint venture was awarded a $108 million contract by the U.S. Army for work on the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) technology demonstrator program. GE in September 2007 won the first contract under that program...
May 14, 2008
The Latest Hazard? Wind Farms
The latest hazard to safe helicopter flight in the United States comes in the form of wind farms. These collections of modern-day windmills, seen as an environmentally friendly energy option to gas, coal, and nuclear powerplants, are proliferating. The U.S. Energy...
May 13, 2008
This Old Soldier Isn't Fading Away
Will the OH-5D Kiowa Warrior ever leave the battlefield? The U.S. Army has been attempting to retire that combat-proven but war-weary Bell Helicopter fighter for years, most recently through the planned procurement of Bell's...
May 6, 2008
U.S. Army's ARH Survives GAO Hit, For Now
The U.S. Army's ARH-70A program apparently has survived the latest hit--a recent review that called for cutting all production funding in the Fiscal 2009 federal budget. Senators late last week signed off tentatively on a defense authorization bill that...
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