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Monday, March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Soteria Wins SAR-H Battle to Civilianize UK’s SAR Helicopter Force
Military | Search & Rescue Made up of CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Soteria Consortium has chosen the S-92A to replace UK-operated Sea Kings.Sikorsky The Soteria Consortium (comprising CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank of Scotland) has won a bid to replace the... [read more]
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...
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: 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: 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...
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
Like An Angel Came Down to Get Me
Korean War helicopter pilot, World War II fighter pilot, author, artist, great-grandfather. Many people would relish in accomplishing just one of these goals. For Richard C. Kirkland, that’s just where his story begins. Among his honors are the...
March 1, 2010
CSAR – Not Just a ‘Spur of the Moment’ Thing
Military | Combat SAR There were at least two factors behind last year’s decision to terminate the funding for the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR-X) aircraft. The first was the obvious one that it saved money by an incoming...
March 1, 2010
Suspension of Disbelief
I recently attended an aerial firefighting conference in Rome, Italy. The food was great, the people are wonderful, but I managed somehow. Conference attendees came from all aspects of aerial firefighting. Great discussions were held in the conference itself...
March 1, 2010
Safety Watch: Stay with the Wreckage!
The business of developing strategies for actions following aviation mishaps is not usually a favorite topic for helicopter operators, but it does represent an area of flight planning, and mission execution, that can prove to be absolutely pivotal where...
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...
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