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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: R&W Test Flies Honeywell’s Primus EPIC
PRODUCTS Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell Aerospace brought its AgustaWestland AW-139 to Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside of Washington, D.C., to demonstrate one of its latest avionics products: the Primus EPIC. Editor-in-chief Ernie Stephens took the aircraft aloft on a one-hour flight to evaluate... [read more]
November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: NBAA Meets in Orlando
PRODUCTS The National Business Aviation Assoc. reported robust participation at its 61st Annual Meeting and Convention, which was held October 6-8 in Orlando, Fla. Organizers counted 30,811 attendees who represented a variety of disciplines in the business...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: ALEA A Hit in Houston
ALEA 2008 Houston was the site of the 38th Annual ALEA Conference and Exposition. The two-day event drew 1,143 law enforcement aviators from around the globe, many of whom come every year for classes, workshops and access to the industry’s leading...
July 29, 2008
Rotorway Eyes Using RR300
Kit helicopter maker Rotorway International is considering using Rolls-Royce's RR300 turboshaft engine in its products. The Chandler, Ariz. firm signed a memo of understanding with Rolls at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc. to assess applications...
July 16, 2008
Goodrich Pursues "Virtual" Engine Controller
Goodrich is developing advanced programming for the U.S. Army aimed allowing a computer model to manage power on an engine in flight, Rotor & Wing has learned at the Farnborough Air Show. The effort takes advantage of improved data storage and computing...
June 1, 2008
Rotorcrat Report: Four Rotors Afloat?
A four-engine cargo plane that can land on a ship? Might happen, if Bell Helicopter and Boeing keep progressing on their development of the Quad Tilt-Rotor (shown at right). Project Manager Alan Ewing said the industrial team is moving toward a prototype 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...
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 7, 2008
Work Stalls on Funding Bill for U.S. FAA
In what may be a sign that big airlines are losing their fight for user fees, talks have broken down over new funding for the U.S. FAA. The Wall Street Journal reports recent attempts at a bipartisan compromise in...
May 5, 2008
V-22 One-Engine Landing: Check
Check off an engine-out landing as a demonstrated capability of an operational and fielded V-22. During the recent deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps' Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Sqdn 263 (VMM-263) to...
April 10, 2008
Bell Seeks MRO Partner in India
Bell Helicopter plans to establish a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in India, according to the Dow Jones news service. It...
April 8, 2008
U.S. Army Probes Chinook Power Losses
U.S. Army officials are assessing the cause of engine “rollbacks,” or power losses, on the latest-generation Chinooks. Losses of power from the Honeywell T55 engines have occurred both...
April 8, 2008
Aviation Today Webinar Focuses on Rotorcraft
The state of the rotorcraft industry, the prospects for new business development, and the potential impact of a U.S. recession and global economic downturn are collectively the focus of an Aviation Today...
April 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Rolls, USMC Square Off on V-22 Engine Support
PRODUCTS | ENGINES Rolls-Royce Corp. has told the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command it can no longer afford to sustain engines it makes for the V-22 Osprey under a 1998 power-by-the-hour contract and wants to renegotiate. In response, NavAir is considering...
April 1, 2008
Rotor & Wing: Rotorcraft Report: People
Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Michelle Goodman on March 7 became the first woman to be awarded the U.K. Distinguished Flying Cross. She was honored for flying her Incident Reaction Team Merlin into "an extremely dangerous area of Basra City" in Iraq on...
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