10-Aug-2020Source: AMN
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Monday, the arming of the guards ‘Cobra’ helicopters with laser-guided missiles and “Mi-171” helicopters with “S-24” missiles. See Full Story. ... Read more
1-May-2019Source: HeliHub.com
The Iranian Defence Ministry and Army Aviation has recently developed three new combat helicopter missiles. All three are still in testing phase. Named Heydar, Dehlaviyeh and Qamar-e Bani Hashem, each have a range of over 8km even though they are different types of missiles. Heydar is used for ground-based targets and is an air to... Read more
11-Aug-2017Source: Russian Helicopters
The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) together with Iran Helicopters Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) will test the light utility helicopter Ka-226T for its usability at extremely high temperatures. The tests will be conducted on the Iranian company site within the framework of a memorandum signed by the parties in May 2017 at the... Read more
10-Apr-2017Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, and the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) of Iran have announced new cooperation in potential JV to assemble Russian light civilian helicopters in Iran. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky and the chairman of the Board of Directors of IDRO Mansour... Read more
22-Nov-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, signed an agreement on control of certified repairs with Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) at the 8th International Airshow on Kish Island, Iran. The document is another step for the Russian and Iranian sides on expansion of after-sales service of helicopters produced in Russia, which operate... Read more
15-Nov-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, will feature a range of medium-sized and light multirole helicopters at the 8th International Airshow, November 16-19 on Kish Island, Iran. Visitors can view a Mi-171A2, an Ansat and a Ka-226T in the passenger mode at the Russian Helicopters’ booth. Russian Helicopters will show a wide range of... Read more
16-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Iran’s Health Ministry is in negotiations with Russian Helicopters for a supply of 60 light helicopters Ansat and Kamov Ka-226T. Currently Iran holds 50 Russian helicopters, including Mi-17, Mi-171, Mi-171E, Mi-8MTV, Mi-17V5s. The Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company are also discussing the possibility of creating a helicopter maintenance and repair centre. As reported by... Read more
1-Sep-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, for the first time will hold a seminar for Iranian operators and potential customers of Russian helicopters. During the event, which will be held in Tehran from 23 to 25 August, Russian experts will demonstrate current models of civilian helicopters and talk about plans for setting up a... Read more
30-Aug-2016Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, has conducted a technical examination of the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC). The audit has resulted in a certificate for a temporary authorization of IHSRC as the only Mi- series aircraft and components repair enterprise in Iran. Russian experts carried out technical examination of the Iranian... Read more
12-Nov-2015Source: Sputnik News
Two contracts have been reached to “in compliance with the memorandum signed in October 2015 with the PANHA factory on its retrofitting,” Alexander Shcherbinin told RIA Novosti at the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates.See full story.... Read more
26-Feb-2015
No details released apart from fatality numbers. One unconfirmed report quotes the type as AB212... Read more
20-Nov-2014Source: Tasnim News
A domestically-made unmanned helicopter drone was put on display at an international aviation exhibition in southern Iran on Wednesday. See Full Story... Read more
13-Aug-2014
Helicopter came down with significant vertical force, causing the skids to splay out, the cabin to touch the ground and the boom to detach at the root. That said, the main and tail rotor blades were not damaged. 4 of 6 POB injured... Read more
26-Nov-2013
Photos show helicopter on its side with blades _undamaged_ but tail ripped away and damage to port stabiliser... Read more
3-Nov-2013Source: McClatchy
The case focused on the manufacture and marketing of a helicopter that resembles Bell’s Jet Ranger 206 See full story... Read more
2-Jun-2013
Helicopter carrying President Mahmud Ahmadinejad made an emergency landing. No details. President on board and an continued his journey by car... Read more
3-Jan-2013
Iran has unveiled its latest combat helicopter Toufan 2 during a ceremony attended by the country’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. (see full story)... Read more
14-Nov-2012
Struck wires in poor visibility and crashed after rescuing five from a minibus road crash. A further five crew on board were killed. Extensive photo cover in news agency photo albums here , here and here... Read more
25-Aug-2012
Helicopter crashed about 6 miles from the Iraqi border in northwestern Iran. Four killed – one Revolutionary Guard member and three crew members. Bell 214 as a type is not fully confirmed... Read more
15-Aug-2012Source: US DoD
PKL Services, Inc.*, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $16,079,221 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for organizational level maintenance on the following Marine Corps aircraft platforms: Â AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E. Â Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (48 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan (22 percent);... Read more
23-Dec-2011
Two killed after a police helicopter hit telecom tower,  located on a base of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards. Some reports say 3 killed, not 2... Read more
27-Jun-2011Source: Sacramento Bee
Michael Edward Todd, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last month to conspiring to illegally export the parts. He is scheduled for sentencing in August.  Hamid “Hank†Seifi, pleaded guilty to that charge and to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Seifi was sentenced to 56 months in prison, followed by three years... Read more
30-May-2011
A military helicopter belonging to Iran’s Air Force has crashed near the central city of Isfahan, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a senior Iranian official says. Deputy Governor of Isfahan Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said that the crash was caused by technical problems in the helicopter.... Read more
27-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Spains’s National Police have aborted the sale of a number of helicopters and fighter parts to Iran and Venezuela. A total of eight arrests have been made in relation to this deal, five Spanish businessmen and three Iranian nationals who had traveled to Spain to formalise the deal. Export of this type of equipment to... Read more
18-May-2011Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The indictment alleges that Willy De Greef, 70, and Frederic Roland Nicolas Depelchin, 39, sent the parts to unidentified customers through their companies, Meca Airways Ltd. and Meca Overseas Airways Ltd, which were also named as defendants.... Read more
8-Feb-2011
Blades struck building on take-off. One passenger was Housing and Urban Development Minister Ali Nikzad... Read more
29-Oct-2010Source: AVN
Bolivian Government has confirmed that they are evaluating a proposal from Iran to supply helicopters. No reference is made to whether they, or any other manufacturer, was asked to submit tenders.... Read more
4-May-2010Source: El Universal
Iranian defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said his country had made new combat helicopters, equipped with antitank missiles and with “full national technology.”... Read more
13-Apr-2010Source: Trend
Iran will hold a parade on National Armed Forces Day April 18 with the participation of Iranian Air Force bombers and a new unmanned helicopter... Read more
25-Feb-2010Source: http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/iran-counterfeiting-bells-helicopters/
Iran appears determined to not only maintain its enormous fleet of hundreds of Bell helicopters in the wake of the ongoing U.S. arms embargo against it, but also to make indigenous and unauthorized copies of them.... Read more
7-Feb-2010Source: Bernama
Iran has announced plans to set up a helicopter center in Zimbabwe, in a move that will further cement military cooperation between the two countries... Read more
1-Feb-2010Source: Aviaport
First Iranian unmanned helicopter designed in the design office of the Tehran Technical University of Amir Kabir... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Dallas Morning News
Federal agents are investigating whether a helicopter they have held for 14 months at an airport in Texas was earmarked for shipment to Iran.... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters and Iran-based Fanavaran ASEMAN GITI Co. Ltd. have signed an agreement to promote Russian rotorcraft in the Islamic Republic of Iran.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: PressTV
Iran and Ukraine have reportedly reached an agreement to manufacture the AK1-3 ultra-light multi-purpose helicopter in Iran, according to an Iranian official.... Read more
26-Aug-2009Source: FARS
Iran has signed an agreement with a Ukrainian company to transfer technology for helicopter manufacturing to the Islamic Republic, an Iranian Air Industries official announced on Monday.... Read more
16-Aug-2009
16-Aug-09 Shahriar county, Iran... Read more
10-Aug-2009
10-Aug-09 Bell B205 nr Kerman, Iran... Read more
7-May-2009Source: Airliners.net
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1-May-2009Source: Airliners.net
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25-Mar-2009Source: NASDAQ
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17-Mar-2009Source: Reuters
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