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August 20, 2008
USAF to Award CSAR-X Contract
The U.S. Air Force seems to have learned its lessons from the protested Boeing contract and confirmed it is striving to ensure that the current $35-billion contract between Lockheed Martin...

August 18, 2008
Helos Rescue Scores From Flood
The Native American Havasupai reservation, located near the Grand Canyon in Colorado, was flooded due to a dam break yesterday. Helicopters by...

August 11, 2008
Coast Guard Rushes to Mayday Call
Four men were in trouble off the coast of Cannon Beach, Ore. this past weekend. The Coast Guard Group/Air Station Astoria, “Received a call from the vessel over VHF radio about 6:10 a.m. PST, reporting mayday they were taking on water and putting on...

August 1, 2008
Feedback
CSAR With a CH-47? As a former Vietnam War pilot who flew Hughes OH-6 Cayuses with C Troop, 2nd Sqdn, 17th Cavalry of the 101st Airborne Div and got shot down nine times, I can speak from the downed pilot’s point of view on being rescued in a combat...

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 15, 2008
Sikorsky Superhawl to Tour Europe
The manufacturer said at the Farnborough Air Show it plans to take its militarized variant of the S-92, dubbed the H-92 Superhawk, to at least nine European countries during the next several weeks to demonstrate its mission...

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 6, 2008
Will USAF Ousters Delay CSAR-X Again?
How will the ouster of top U.S. Air Force brass affect the protracted selection of a next-generation combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the service? The Air Force already has pushed back picking a new winner in its CSAR-X competition from next...

June 3, 2008
Nominate Your Helicopter Heroes
Nominations are open for Rotor & Wing’s Helicopter Heroism Award. For more than 40 years, the award has honored crews who tested the limits of their skill and courage and the performance of their...

June 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Darpa Seeks Rutan’s Help With 350-Kt Groen Heliplane
MILITARY To hear the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tell it, the financial troubles of very-light-jet manufacturer Adam Aircraft came at a good time for its Heliplane R&D project. Adam’s fixed-wing, twin-jet A700 was the baseline for that...

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...