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April 1, 2012
Artist’s rendering of the new facility. AgustaWestland Representatives of AgustaWestland and Tata Sons were on hand March 14 to launch construction of a new helicopter production facility for Indian Rotorcraft at Hyderabad International Airport. The 10-acre...April 1, 2012
Chile is home to an expanding AgustaWestland GrandNew fleet, with two recent purchases from corporate operators. AgustaWestland AgustaWestland has expanded its presence in Chile with Santiago-based Naviera...April 1, 2012
Ka-52 Alligator. While Russian Helicopters is expanding globally in civil markets, the manufacturer’s military variants continue to draw international attention. Photos by Russian Helicopters During a Feb. 13 interview at Heli-Expo, Russian Helicopters CEO Dmitry Petrov sat down with Rotor & Wing to discuss a number of topics, ranging from global expansion, emerging markets and training, to...April 1, 2012
Pair of FB Heliservices AS350B3s in flight with the Defence Helicopter Flying School. Cobham Cobham Aviation Services and Bristow Helicopters joint venture, FB Heliservices, has agreed to provide helicopter flight training for the UK Ministry of Defence at RAF Shawbury, RAF Valley and Army Aviation Centre (AAC) Middle Wallop. The four-year, £193-million (approximately $303-million) contract carries...April 1, 2012
Aviation support units from across Australia converged in Parramatta for a three-day helicopter tactical training course hosted by the New South Wales Police Force Aviation Support Branch (PolAir). The tactical flight course, led by airborne law enforcement trainer Kevin Means, was aimed at improving...April 1, 2012
Traveling the floor at the 2012 Heli-Expo, I had to make a second and third visit to many a helicopter on display in order to absorb more of what my eyes were taking in, beyond the glitz of the latest gee-whiz cockpits. Many waited for their turn to sit in the driver’s seat. I slowly circled each aircraft from tip to tail, trying to pick up on as many ingenious design points as I could. One of the...April 1, 2012
Boeing and the U.S. Army have wrapped up a series of tests on the company’s Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS), a rotorcraft flight control system. AVMS...April 1, 2012
One of Italy’s 10 new HH-139As in service with the Air Force. AgustaWestland AgustaWestland has handed over the first of 10 HH-139As to the Italian Air Force. The helicopters will serve in search and rescue (SAR)...April 1, 2012
Artist’s impression of the two versions, Army and Royal Navy, flying in formation. The AW159 Lynx Wildcat from AgustaWestland is the successor to the existing Lynx and will enter service with the British Army and Royal Navy (RN) during 2014-2015, more than 36 years since the first Lynx helicopter achieved operational capability with the British Army in 1978. The designations are the Lynx Wildcat AH...March 27, 2012
Russian Helicopters has handed over a Kamov Ka-32A11BC to Helipark Taxi Aereo in Brazil. The coaxial helicopter will...March 23, 2012
Under an action approved by the government's Federal Financial Markets Service, Russian Helicopters has initiated a "squeeze out" procedure to purchase the minority shares of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP) and assume a 100 percent stake in the Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-171 producer. Russian Helicopters began consolidating all of the country's manufacturing and service entities in 2008, a process that...March 22, 2012
Eurocopter Japan has received an order from All Nippon Helicopter (ANH) for two new AS365 N3+ Dauphins. The helicopters, which will be used in...March 16, 2012
American Eurocopter has handed over an AS350B3 to the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Tucson, Ariz. Pima becomes the first...March 14, 2012
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Kaman Aerospace Group has named two new vice presidents. The company has appointed Pat Wheeler, former president and CEO of Vermont Composites...March 14, 2012
Representatives of AgustaWestland and Tata Sons were on hand Wednesday to launch construction of a new helicopter production facility for Indian Rotorcraft at Hyderabad International Airport. The 10-acre facility will include a...March 14, 2012
Eurocopter Japan has received an order from the Japan Ministry of Defense for a passenger-configured EC225. The helicopter will replace another EC225 that...March 13, 2012
Bell Helicopter has obtained an order from the Turkish National Police for 15 Bell 429s. The selection follows an...March 9, 2012
The Italian Air Force has incorporated the first of 10 AgustaWestland HH-139As into its fleet. The helicopters...March 8, 2012
Brazil is one of the driving forces behind Latin America’s emergence as a fast-growing market for helicopter support operations. The largest rotorcraft operator in Latin America is Lider Aviacao, with a fleet of 61 helicopters—comprising the Sikorsky S-92, S-76A/C+/C++ and Bell 412/212—as well as 31 fixed-wing aircraft. Lider employs 250 helicopter pilots and recently purchased an S-76...March 1, 2012
Jeff Pino addresses the press at Heli-Expo 2012. Photo by Andrew Parker Igor Sikorsky “thought the helicopter was only here to save lives,” said Jeff Pino, president of Sikorsky Aircraft, at the start of his Heli-Expo briefing. “We’ve kind of counted how many lives have been saved by Sikorsky—and come up with two million!” Was he joking? According to Sikorsky’s own...
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