24-May-2010Source: US Navy
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Four members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron here were named the 2009 MacKay Trophy winners. Capt. Robert Rosebrough, 1st Lt. Lucas Will, Master Sgt. Dustin Thomas and Staff Sgt. Tim Philpott, the crew of an HH-60G Pavehawk combat search and rescue helicopter “Pedro 16”, have been recognized for their... Read more
20-May-2010Source: Voice of Russia
Heli-Russia 2010 opened today in Moscow. This article presents the first show overview... Read more
20-May-2010Source: ProMetal RCT
The ProMetal Rapid Casting Technology division of The Ex One Company, LLC (with locations in Irwin, PA, Troy, MI and Houston, TX) in partnership with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation was awarded the coveted Robert L. Pinckney Award by the Vertical Flight Society of the American Helicopter Society. The award is given in recognition of notable achievement... Read more
20-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com
HeliHub.com is having great success with its “Gallery†feature, recording over 2,000 images added in two and a half months. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over time. HeliHub.com plans to utilise this gallery to... Read more
20-May-2010Source: Royal Navy
824 Naval Air Squadron, based at Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose near Helston in Cornwall has been awarded the Fleet Air Arm’s Bambara Flight Safety Shield. This annual award was given to 824 NAS in recognition of the Squadron’s commendable Flight Safety ethos throughout the last year. The shield was presented by Rear Admiral Tom... Read more
20-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com
The Sri Lankan Air Force has agreed to provide a helicopter service to get people to and from the airport, following recent flooding in the region. The SLAF has for a long time operated a commercial arm under the name of Helitours, albeit with the helicopters retained in military colours and with military serials. HeliHub.com... Read more
20-May-2010Source: US Marine Corps
Federal and state fire agencies remain ready to respond after local military and civilian fire personnel completed their third annual aerial firefighting drill at Camp Pendleton, May 13. Approximately 34 emergency service personnel and several aircraft from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Air Station North Island and California’s Department... Read more
20-May-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Ukraine’s Minister of Emergency Situations Nestor Shufrych has announced that a Mil Mi-2 helicopter has been allocated to a summer SAR role for the Sea of Azov. This 14,500 square mile sea is bordered by Ukraine to the north and Russia to the south and south-east. The helicopter will fly in daylight hours only from... Read more
19-May-2010Source: Australian Dept of Defence
Specialist personnel from the European engine manufacturer (Turbomeca and Rolls Royce have been brought to Australia to assist with the ongoing investigation into a technical incident with an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Multi Role Helicopter (MRH90) last month. The helicopter suffered an engine failure in one of its two main engines on 20 April 2010,... Read more
17-May-2010Source: Arizona Republic
The American Helicopter Society International honored an aerospace engineer from Boeing Co. in Mesa with the industry’s version of the Oscar for his leadership and innovation to improve vertical flight... Read more
17-May-2010Source: NATO Training Mission
The Afghan National Army Air Corps’s 377th Rotary Wing Squadron conducted their first combined operation mission on May 13th, 2010 using two Mi-17s for transport and two Mi-35s to provided air escort. Three mixed U.S. and Afghan crews and one all Afghan crew transported 70 Afghan National Army troops from Jalalabad to Forward Operating Base BOSTICK. The Mi-17s transported... Read more
17-May-2010Source: NATO Trade Mission
U.S. Air Force Major Caleb Nimmo is the first American Mi-35 HIND attack helicopter pilot to fly in combat. He is deployed to Afghanistan advising the Afghan National Army Air Corps’ rotary wing squadron as part of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force. The 377th Rotary Wing Squadron of the Kabul... Read more
14-May-2010Source: Belgian Military
Belgium has for many years had a two-ship demonstration team comprising of two AgustaWestland A109BA helicopters. This year is no exception, but the military command is clear that the two helicopters can be pressed back into military service on request, ready to intervene in various scenarios such as: Peace keeping and enforcement operations Help to... Read more
14-May-2010Source: Royal Navy
It was with a tremendous sense of pride that Royal Marines and Royal Naval personnel of the Commando Helicopter Force were presented with the Fleet Air Arm’s Bambara Flight Safety Trophy for 2009 from Rear Admiral T Cunningham Chief of Staff Aviation. This coveted prize is awarded annually to the Fleet Air Arm unit that... Read more
14-May-2010Source: RIA Novosti
“We are working on the concept of the fifth-generation combat helicopter,” the paper quoted the company’s CEO, Andrei Shibitov, as saying at a news conference in Moscow, confirming that the company was going to spend some $1 billion on the project, with more investment expected to be allocated from the state budget.... Read more
14-May-2010Source: CPI Aero
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) (CVU 9.19, -0.05, -0.54%)Â announced today that it has received a purchase order from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation valued at approximately $680,000 for the S-70B(R) SEAHAWK(R) helicopter. CPI Aero will be providing Penguin Missile Launcher assemblies. Delivery of these parts will begin in early 2011. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United... Read more
13-May-2010Source: Boeing
The Boeing Company {NYSE: BA} and the Government of Jordan today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent for the AH-6i Light Attack/Reconnaissance. In a brief ceremony, arranged by Jordanian government leaders at the 8th Annual Special Operations Forum and Exhibition (SOFEX) 2010 at the King Abdullah I Airbase in Amman, Jordan – military... Read more
13-May-2010Source: FlightGlobal
Entry into service for the US Marine Corps’ Sikorsky CH-53K has been delayed by three years until fiscal year 2018, but the 7,500shp-class General Electric GE38-1 engine will arrive on schedule, programme officials say.... Read more
12-May-2010Source: Australian Dept of Defence
International Stabilisation Force (ISF) soldiers have conducted a Tactical Rotary Wing Exercise (TACREX) to enhance the capability of the East Timor Defence Force (F-FDTL). Elements of the ISF and the F-FDTL simulated a joint company assault by helicopter on an abandoned prison complex in Manatuto, with soldiers from Brisbane-based Alpha Company, 8/9 Battalion, The Royal... Read more
11-May-2010Source: DNA India
If reports emanating from the defence ministry are any indication, the purchase process will be halted and tender cancelled. The reason cited for imminent cancellation is deviations shown by the helicopters fielded by the contenders in the trials.... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Suarakarya
This article covers more of the operational aspects of the exercise over the details of the helicopters, but it is good to see these two countries working together in this way.... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Janes IDR
The system facilitates control of helicopter operations and their actions within forward landing sites, enabling ATC to be quickly established, along with all of the communications, navigation and landing aids required for IFR compliance.... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Zephyr International
Zephyr International LLC has delivered and installed a State of the Art Rescue Hoist Test Facility to the US Coast Guard’s Support Facility in Elizabeth City N.C. The test facility is designed to operate and test the Rescue Hoists in use by the Coast Guard on their Jay Hawk and Dauphine helicopters. The facility utilizes... Read more
11-May-2010
AgustaWestland has conducted a series of tests on the undercarriage of the future Lynx naval helicopter using HBM’s data acquisition equipment to ensure superior operational landing performance. The Lynx – with a maximum take-off weight of 6,000 kg – has a long pedigree as a twin-engine, multi-role aircraft used by the British Army and the... Read more
11-May-2010Source: US DoD
General Electric Engine Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on April 30, 2010 a $9,196,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul and upgrade of 20 Y700-GE-701C turbine engines to the T700-GE-701D configuration applicable to the UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters. The National Stock Numbers are 2840-01-284-4011 and 2840-01-503-1701. Work is to be performed in Arkansas... Read more
11-May-2010Source: US DoD
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on May 5 a $22,556,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the award of advance procurement/long lead for 10 Egyptian Block II Apache AH-64D helicopters. Work is to be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S.... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Eurocopter
The mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters produced for Middle East military services and law enforcement agencies are being highlighted at this week’s 2010 Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX) in Jordan. Eurocopter’s participation at SOFEX 2010 includes the exhibit of AS350 B3 and EC635 rotary-wing aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force, along with... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Eurocopter
Cécile Vion-Lanctuit has been appointed as Eurocopter Group’s Vice President of Corporate Communications. In her new role, Vion-Lanctuit reports to CEO Lutz Bertling and oversees all internal and external communications for Eurocopter. Prior to this new position, Vion-Lanctuit, 43, was Eurocopter’s Head of International Media Relations since January 2007, and previously worked as one of... Read more
11-May-2010Source: Aerojet
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has been selected by The Boeing Company to supply heavy alloy weights for Boeing’s revolutionary Composite Main Rotor Blade (CMRB) in support of the AH-64D Apache Block III (AB3) program. Under the initial contract, Aerojet will deliver completed rotor weights to support Boeing’s production of... Read more
9-May-2010Source: Quatro Composites
Since 2007, Quatro has manufactured composite wiper blades for application in several military helicopters’ windshield wiper systems, including the Eurocopter NH90. Broadening their production portfolio, Quatro will begin the design phase for the composite wiper blades for the Sikorsky CH-53K Super Stallion helicopter in May 2010. Driven by the increased strength, stiffness, light weight properties,... Read more
7-May-2010Source: Guardian
The 14-year-old distracted a Sea King crew searching for a missing kayaker off the river Tees estuary by sweeping the sky in front of them with a narrow beam of green light... Read more
7-May-2010Source: Selex Galileo
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and a key player in the Electronic Warfare (EW) market is delighted to announce its successful participation in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Project Baker. The Company has been awarded contracts worth in excess of £10 Million as part of an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) to provide an integrated... Read more
6-May-2010Source: Royal Navy
77 Royal Navy Sea King crew members from 857 Naval Air Squadron have been presented with their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals by The Prince of Wales. Naval Officers and Ratings from the Squadron marched from Wellington Barracks past Buckingham Palace and up the Mall to receive the Operational Service Medal at a Royal medal presentation... Read more
6-May-2010Source: Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:Â ESLT), was awarded a 5-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army PM Air Warrior, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Elbit Systems of America, Airborne Solutions, will supply Improved Signal Data Converter (ISDC) processors to the U.S. Army fleet of... Read more
5-May-2010Source: US Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced), the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar joined forces commemorating the 35th anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind and the unveiling of “Lady Ace 09,” the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter that evacuated Ambassador Graham Martin from the South Vietnamese Embassy in 1975. Hundreds of Marines, their... Read more
5-May-2010
The U.S. military is pleased with the performance of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is still working hard to improve its readiness, the Pentagon’s program manager said on Tuesday.... Read more
5-May-2010Source: Northstar Aerospace
(All amounts in this news release are stated in U.S. dollars.) Northstar Aerospace (Canada), Inc., a subsidiary of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (“Northstar”), has received a purchase contract from The Boeing Company for the production of transmission components using the innovative split-torque Face Gear technology for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Block III Helicopter Modernization Program.... Read more
5-May-2010
Eurocopter will receive a Community grant amounting to 11.2 million euros to strengthen its industrial project in Albacete. This was approved by the Governing Council at its meeting yesterday... Read more
5-May-2010
Fire-X Adds Cargo, Range, Payload Capabilities to Proven Fire Scout Architecture U.S. war fighters will be able to keep tabs on their enemies for longer periods of time, communicate more easily with their commanders, and deliver more cargo to more remote locations using the new Fire-X medium-range vertical unmanned aerial system (VUAS) unveiled today by... Read more
4-May-2010Source: Kaman
Kaman Aerostructures has recently delivered its 500th H-60 helicopter cockpit to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The milestone UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit will be incorporated into an airframe which will undergo final assembly at Sikorsky’s Bridgeport, Conn. facility for delivery to the U.S. Army. Delivery of Kaman’s 500th H-60... Read more
4-May-2010Source: American Eurocopter
Columbus, Mississippi – Civilianjobs.com announced American Eurocopter as a winner of its 2010 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military™ recognition. American Eurocopter was one of 25 to earn the honor, which was open to all U.S.-based companies. MVEs are selected based on surveys in which employers outline their recruiting, training and retention plans that best... Read more
4-May-2010Source: Kaman
Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq GS: KAMN), has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute. The tests add a new delivery method for the 6,000-pound power lifter, which Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Kaman have successfully transformed into an unmanned aircraft... 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
4-May-2010
First flight won’t take place for three years, and the CH-53K won’t enter service until 2015. Technical problems are blamed, although helicopter advocates imply that the marines don’t want to take money away from their MV-22 program to keep the CH-53K program on schedule.... Read more
4-May-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced the signing of a contract with the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC) to upgrade its fleet of BLACK HAWK helicopters from the UH-60 A model configuration to the more modern UH-60L aircraft configuration. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United... Read more
3-May-2010Source: DGA
The Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) have delivered the first of two EC225 helicopters to the French Navy, ordered in December 2009 for maritime safety tasks. The ceremony was held on April 22 at the naval aviation base at Lanvéoc (Finistère). The second EC225 to be delivered in June. Both aircraft will replace the Super... Read more
3-May-2010Source: DGA
The Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has approved Friday, April 23, 2010 the first NH90 NFH version for the Navy. It will soon be delivered to the Naval Aviation begins a campaign of operational experiments to lead to operational fielding expected in late 2011. The DGA has ordered 27 NFH 13 in support version and... Read more
3-May-2010Source: Zeenews
The US will purchase the two Bell 412 enhanced performance utility transport helicopters, valued at 24 million dollars, to support Pakistan’s counter-insurgency operations.... Read more
1-May-2010Source: FlightGlobal
TheMalaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has put in a formal request to double its air fleet, a move that comes as the country prepares for a major clamp down on human trafficking.... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: Hurriyet
fficials from a Turkish procurement agency are holding contract negotiations with Boeing for a helicopter deal worth up to $1.2 billion, officials said... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: ATK
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received follow-on production contracts valued at $32 million to produce rocket motors and warheads for the precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE® II missile.  ATK will manufacture approximately 7,100 rocket motors and 2,200 metal augmented charge (MAC) warheads at its manufacturing facility in Rocket Center, West Virginia.  The contracts were awarded by Lockheed... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: EADS
EADS Defence & Security (DS) has been ordered to equip three additional helicopters of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) with its obstacle warning system. This device, which is known as “HELLAS†(Helicopter Laser Radar), ensures the detection of obstacles that are virtually invisible for pilots, such as high-voltage power lines, thus enabling missions to... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: Ouest-France
The last four aircraft serving with 32 Flotille at Lanv̩oc-Poulmic will be withdrawn from service today Р30th April 2010... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: Telegraph
“Prince Harry is absolutely determined to return to the front line in Afghanistan and flying the Lynx will give him the best opportunity,†an Army Air Corps source said.... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: Arizona Republic
The East Valley’s aerospace industry got a boost Thursday with Boeing Co.’s announcement that production of its unmanned A160T Hummingbird helicopter has been moved to Mesa.... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins today celebrated the delivery of the 30,000 th ARC-210 radio to the U.S. military during a ceremony held at the company’s corporate headquarters in Cedar Rapids. U.S. Navy Capt. Ralph Portnoy, program manager for the Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) took part in the ceremony along with Rockwell Collins executives and employees.... Read more
29-Apr-2010Source: NASA
Some helicopters of the future will look very different from today’s, at least as imagined by high school students for a NASA aeronautics competition. NASA challenged students to write a paper about a civilian aircraft that could hover, rescue up to 50 survivors of a disaster, land on ground or water, travel at least 920... Read more
29-Apr-2010Source: Australian Government
The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner today announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation has released project solicitation documents to the United States Navy and Australian Aerospace for the supply of a new naval combat helicopter under Defence Capability Plan project AIR 9000 Phase 8. Under this project, the Government will acquire sufficient helicopters to... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: Novinite
The Bulgarian Army has lost BGN 76 M in default payments because of its failure to meet its obligations under contracts with helicopter producer Eurocopter.... Read more
28-Apr-2010
The army is seeking two squadrons of utility helicopters, totalling 24 aircraft, and state-owned aircraft-maker IAe is putting forward the Bell 412EP.... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: Defense News
RFI has been sent to Eurocopter, AgustaWestland, Kamov and Bell.... Read more
27-Apr-2010Source: EADS
Ten years after the company’s debut on the stock exchanges in France, Germany and Spain, the EADS Internet platform www.eads.com has been given a new layout, new functions and a new navigation. The redesign has made possible three important improvements. The connection among the various websites in the Group has been strengthened, the navigation is... Read more
27-Apr-2010Source: AVX
In addition to increased performance at a reduced cost, modeling has shown that the AVX configuration has the potential to reduce brownout conditions in the landing configuration. Preliminary studies were made of the downwash/sidewash flow fields of the OHâ€58D and the OH†58AVX, along with limited studies of particle transport in ground effect in representative... Read more
27-Apr-2010Source: Eurocopter
Marignane, 27 April 2010 In answer to the economical crisis and the evolution of the helicopter market, Eurocopter has decided to accelerate its SHAPE improvement program. The company intends to invest between 2010 and 2014 more than 1.3 Billion € in self-funded Research & Development, after having doubled its annual self-funded research and development budget... Read more
27-Apr-2010Source: AVX Aircraft
AVX Aircraft Company officials have announced that they have improved and expanded the company web site. Opened just last week at the Army’s AAAA annual convention, the site has experienced such a large volume of traffic that it was decided to expand it sooner than originally planned. Commenting on the effort, Brett Jackson, vice president... Read more
25-Apr-2010Source: ABC
The first of three law-enforcement equipped R44s has arrived at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport – Paraguay’s main national and international gateway, located at Luque, suburb of the capital Asunción.... Read more
25-Apr-2010Source: Stars & Stripes
Five UH-72 Lakota helicopters arrived at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany on Wednesday to replace the fleet of UH-1 Hueys used to train troops deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more
25-Apr-2010Source: Defensa
Alpha Unmanned Systems exhibits two of its helicopter UAVs – Command and Sniper – at this week’s Security Expo 2010 in Mexico City... Read more
24-Apr-2010Source: Montgomery Advertiser
A monument paid for by the Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association was dedicated in Enlisted Heritage Plaza, where it will stand with 15 other monuments in front of the museum... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Brazillian Air Force
“Brazil is changing its level in relation to the Defence. We are no longer mere buyers. We now receive and internalize technology. These helicopters strengthen aviation rotorcraft. With these words, the Defence Minister, Nelson Jobim, named the newly acquired helicopter MI-35 Brazilian Air Force, which in this Saturday (17) came to be called A-H2 Sabre.... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: American Eurocopter
G.I. Jobs has named American Eurocopter one of the United States’ 2010 Top 100 Military Friendly Employers®. The helicopter manufacturer debuts at number 49 on the list. “We are thrilled to have been recognized by G.I. Jobs as a Military Friendly Employer,†states Marc Paganini, American Eurocopter President and CEO. “We will continue to recruit... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: http://www.univision.com/contentroot/wirefeeds/50noticias/8194033.shtml
Defense Minister Rafael Rey announced Thursday that Peru is proceed towards the financing and acquisition of eight helicopters... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Raytheon
Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) completed four ground-based guided flight tests of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket. The TALON LGR is an affordable, semi-active laser guidance and control kit that connects directly to the front of 2.75-inch unguided rockets currently in U.S. and international inventories. “The Raytheon-EAI team has a proven, production-ready laser-guided rocket,” said... Read more
