3-Sep-2013Source: AgustaWestland
PZL-Świdnik SA, an AgustaWestland company, is showcasing the AW149 multipurpose military twin engine helicopter at MSPO 2013 (Kielce, Poland – 2/5 September), following its demonstration during the recent Radom Air Show-2013, where the aircraft was presented in both the flying and static displays. PZL-Świdnik is offering the AW149 helicopter, based on a common platform, for... Read more
3-Sep-2013Source: Safran
Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) announced that it finalized the acquisition from Rolls-Royce of Rolls-Royce’s 50% share in their joint RTM322 helicopter engine programme. The cash consideration for the transaction amounts to Euro 293 million. Henceforth, Turbomeca (Safran’s world leading helicopter engine business) will assume global responsibility for the design, production, product support and services... Read more
2-Sep-2013Source: JSfirm.com
JSfirm.com Manager, Jeff Richards, announced today their integration with LinkedIn. “We have integrated LinkedIn with the job application process allowing job seekers to easily import their profiles. LinkedIn is a recruiting playground and JSfirm.com has taken full advantage of this, ” Richards said. “JSfirm.com’s new job seeker memberships have increased 126%,” Richards stated. “With the... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US Marine Corps
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262) was redesignated as Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (VMM-262) during a ceremony today at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. HMM-262, which is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force was originally activated Sept. 1, 1951 as Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 262 (HMR-262)... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Maritime Helicopter Support Co., Trevose, Pa., is being awarded a $170,449,998 modification against a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-4000) for the Through Life Support Phase II for the Royal Australian Navy MH-60 Romeo aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. This effort includes squadron administrative management of aircraft and support equipment inventory; data and... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
The Boeing Company was awarded a $22,706,288 cost-plus-incentive-fee, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract modification (P00059) of contract (W58RGZ-05-C-0001) for devolopment and demonstration of the AH-64 Apache Block III system. Performance locations will be Mesa. Ariz., with funding from fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation funds. This contract was a non-competitive acquisition with one bid solicited and... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded an $8,906,715 cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract for ten V-22 Block A to B 50-69 series upgrade kits and ten V-22 Block A- to B 50-69 series installs. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (60 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (40 percent), and is expected... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Kollsman, Inc., Merrimack, N.H. is being awarded a $44,800,000 firm-fixed-price, five year requirements contract, to repair nine Weapon Repairable Assemblies on the Night Targeting System in support of the AH-1W Helicopter. Work will be performed at Merrimack, N.H., and is expected to be completed by September 2018. No funds are being obligated at the time... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stafford, Conn., was awarded a $25,582,725 firm-fixed-price, option-eligible, multi-year contract modification (P0004) of contract (W58RGZ-12-D-0212) for the overhaul of 250 each UH-60 Blackhawk main rotor blades. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order. This contract was a non-competitive acquisition with one bid solicited and one bid received. The U.S.... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Physical Optics Corp.*, Torrance, Calif., is being awarded $14,452,568 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order #0003 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-12-G-0045) for the upgrade of 49 aircraft data transfer systems to advanced data transfer systems for the MH-60 and V-22 aircraft. This effort provides for the development of hardware and software solutions for an advanced... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $9,363,229 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N61340-12-C-0033) to exercise an option for the procurement of one Tiltrotor (MV-22) Containerized Flight Training Device for the United States Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas (45 percent); Chantilly, Va. (26 percent); Salt... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: US DoD
The Boeing Company, Mesa, Ariz., has been awarded a maximum $24,085,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rotary wing blades. Location of performance is Arizona with an Aug. 31, 2015 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Fiscal year 2014 Army Working Capital funds are being obligated at time of award. This contract is a sole-source acquisition.... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: Textron
The Tiltrotor Test Rig (TTR) Development Team comprised of NASA Ames Research Center, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), and Triumph Aerospace Systems – Newport News (TASNN) will be honored with a 2013 NASA Group Achievement Award at the Ames Research Center’sannual NASA Agency Honor Awards ceremony on August 29. The Group Achievement Award is presented to selected groups who have... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec has won the Golden Wings best debut award at the MAKS 2013 International Aviation and Space Salon for its presentation of the Ka-62 and Mi-38. The Golden Wings competition is run by the MAKS 2013 organizers to celebrate the latest developments in aviation technology... Read more
1-Sep-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, are pleased to announce that they have signed a Heads of Agreement at the MAKS 2013 air show defining the joint design and development programme for a new 2.5-tonne class single-engine helicopter. The agreement was signed byDaniele Romiti, CEO... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: Motor Sich
In Crimea, set a world record for the rise of the helicopter in the maximum altitude. Upgraded Mi-8MSB with TV3-117VMA SBM1V-4E series rose to a height of 9150 meters, thereby breaking its own record high last year (8250 meters). helicopter flight to achieve maximum height of the crew performed a joint enterprise of JSC “Motor Sich”... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: Curtiss-Wright Controls
Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it received a contract from the Kamov division of Russian Helicopters to supply rugged data acquisition systems for use on the new Ka-62 helicopter. The Ka-62 rotorcraft first prototype recently received its first public appearance at the MAKS 2013 air show in Zhukovsky, Russia, near Moscow. Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $33,996,000 firm-fixed-price contract for AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight Systems (TSS) and data. The TSS will be integrated into the AH-1Z Cobra Attack Helicopter and is part of the United States Marine Corps H-1 Upgrades Program for the remanufacture of legacy aircraft with state... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Prototype Engineering, Inc.*, Gardena, Calif., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, no option, non-multi-year contract with a cumulative maximum value of $10,059,040 for the maintenance and overhaul of Cylinder Assembly Actuators for the UH-60 A/L helicopter. Minimum quantity maintained is 540 each and maximum is 3,240 each. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order.... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Turbomeca (Safran) and Russian Helicopters (a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the opening of a new Maintenance Centre. In the frame of this agreement, Russian Helicopters will provide maintenance Level 1 and 2 activities on Turbomeca engines operated by the... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
At the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2013, the Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (КRET) OJSC, part of the State Corporation Rostec, and Russian Helicopters OJSC (subsidiary of Oboronprom) signed a general agreement on cooperation in the development, delivery and after-sales service of helicopters to meet the highest international standards and ensure competitiveness in the international market.... Read more
28-Aug-2013Source: Erickson Air-Crane
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (NASDAQ:EAC)(“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, announced today that it had received a firm-fixed price contract to provide ship-based and shore-based vertical replenishment and... Read more
26-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Boeing Company, Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed price, option eligible, multi-year contract with a cumulative maximum value of $904,418,647 for 36 new Block III Apache Helicopters (AH-64E) for the Republic of Korea to include logistical support, spares and one Longbow crew trainer. This contract is an approved Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of... Read more
26-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office Bell-Boeing Joint Program, Amarillo, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $42,995,069 delivery order (6125) on contract SPRPA1-09-G-004Y for prop rotor gearboxes. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract. There was one solicitation with one response. Location of performance is Texas, with a December 2017 performance completion date. Using service is... Read more
25-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $10,778,997 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for 11 low power repairs of the AE1107 turbo shaft engines for the MV-22 aircraft and two months of mission care site support for HMX-1s in Quantico, Va. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent); Indianapolis,... Read more
22-Aug-2013Source: AHS
The AHS International Student Design Competition Steering Committee announced that The University of Maryland came in first place in the 30th Student Design Competition graduate category with “HeliX,” a variable diameter tiltrotor concept, while Georgia Institute of Technology’s “Sterna” compound helicopter captured second-place honors. In the undergraduate category, The Pennsylvania State University’s “Griffin” tiltrotor aircraft... Read more
22-Aug-2013Source: NASA
NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Federal Aviation Administration on the Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test Bed full-scale crash tests at Langley’s... Read more
22-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP), a Russian Helicopters company, has produced the 750th Mi-8AMT (the export designation – Mi-171). The landmark was achieved on the eve of the MAKS 2013 International Aviation & Space Salon, one of the largest aviation forums anywhere in the world. The Mi-8AMTSh will enter service with the Russian Defence Ministry. According to the Ministry, the ruggedness, reliability... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Sudan Tribune
Sudan and Russia sealed two agreements since 2011 for the sale of two dozen Mi-24 attack helicopters and 14 MI-8 transport helicopters, a Russian newspaper reported see full story... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Royal Navy
The prestigious award is presented annually to the most efficient and effective squadron in the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. 1710 was praised for completing more than 180 structural repairs on helicopters worldwide and carrying out wear-debris analysis on 19,000-plus samples. Also more than 30 modifications were made to improve operational capability and there were ‘exemplary’... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: NATO
NATO Allies have successfully completed the first of 29 ongoing multinational Smart Defence projects which are to help ensure that NATO remains fit for the future. The project, to develop a multinational logistics partnership on helicopter maintenance in Afghanistan, was part of the initial batch of projects launched by NATO leaders at their Chicago Summit... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Helibras
Helibras has just opened its new base of service and excellence in after-sales. The Customer Support Center (CSC) is located in Atibaia, São Paulo, and will receive and manage all customer inquiries related to maintenance, repair, parts supply, warranty and service of all helicopter operators Helibrás / Eurocopter in the country Aiming to improve the level... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, will hold the third International Russian Helicopters Operators Conference (IRHOC-2013) during the MAKS 2013 International Aviation & Space Salon. The conference will take place on 26-28 August at the Radisson Royal Hotel in Moscow. Russian... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Aviation Search Group
Aviation Search Group announced management hiring is strong in 2013 and industry leadership search assignments remain on the rise. When compared to 2012, the first half of 2013 reflected an 11% increase in all assignments with the most noticeable increase in executive and management roles. “We are retained by aviation companies to conduct hundreds of... Read more
20-Aug-2013Source: Terma
Terma North America Inc., a subsidiary of Terma A/S, Denmark is providing the Royal Canadian Air Force with first-of-its-kind capability on new Boeing [NYSE: BA] CH-47F Chinook helicopters. Terma supplies the Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) integrator for the recently delivered Canadian Chinook helicopter. The integrator – the Electronic Warfare Management System (EWMS) – features dual cockpit displays and integrates... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Reportstack
Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of The Global Military Rotorcraft Market 2013-2023 market report to its offering Product Synopsis This report is the result of SDI’s extensive market and company research covering the global rotorcraft industry. It provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values, factors influencing demand, the... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: ASU
As part of Aviation Specialties Unlimited’s, (ASU) global expansion and strategic growth plans for the future, ASU has hired former L-3 Warrior Systems Vice President of International Business Development Jim Winkel as its new President. Winkel, an industry veteran worked with L-3 for the last five years and helped spearhead ASU’s global distribution deal with... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $223 million contract to provide the Republic of Korea with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems for the nation’s AH-64E Apache helicopter. South Korea is the 12th international customer to purchase the M-TADS/PNVS-equipped Apache attack helicopter. The contract includes 36 M-TADS/PNVS systems and spares, with production through 2018. Electronics assembly of... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the introduction major enhancements to the Maintenance Programme for the best selling AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter, which will reduce maintenance and operating costs and enable operators to further increase aircraft availability and utilisation. Thanks to the proven capabilities and safety demonstrated over nine years of operation with... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has unveiled a major research program — designated MATRIX™ Technology — to develop, test and field systems and software that will improve significantly the capability, reliability and safety of flight for autonomous, optionally piloted, and piloted vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. In collaboration with... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced its first-ever direct commercial repair agreement with the Brazilian Air Force in support of their UH-60 BLACK HAWK fleet. Through OEM access, the multi-year contract will streamline support services and will help enhance operational readiness for the H-60 helicopter fleet. The agreement includes shipment of aircraft components to Sikorsky-approved... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing critical surveillance capabilities to field commanders in Afghanistan. Since deploying to Afghanistan in 2011, the MQ-8 Fire Scout system has provided real-time airborne surveillance and targeting supporting counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs), provided targeting support and delivered real-time video to... Read more
19-Aug-2013Source: Night Vision Awards
The Night Vision Awards selection committee announced today they are now taking nominations for the Mark of Excellence Award for the award ceremony to be held in Dallas, Texas at NightCon 2013 on September 15, 2013 at 5:00 P.M. The Mark of Excellence Award recognizes a unit/company that has shown dedication to quality and excellence in... Read more
16-Aug-2013Source: Avcorp
Avcorp Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a purchase contract from The Boeing Company for the production and supply of Tunnel Cover Assemblies for the CH-47 Chinook Helicopters. Each shipset of Tunnel Covers consists of several large and complex metal bonded aerostructures. These Tunnel Covers act as access covers to the... Read more
16-Aug-2013Source: US Navy
Two MV-22B Ospreys completed the longest distance Osprey tanking mission to date in the Pacific region Aug. 2-5, beginning from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and ending in Townsville, Australia. The aircrews conducted aerial refueling operations during tanking missions to extend their flight range, reducing the number of required landings and shortening the mission timeline.... Read more
15-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $92,278,416 modification (P00025) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, option-filled, foreign military sales (FMS) contract (W58RGZ-09-C-0147) for the procurement of Block III AH-64D helicopters and associated support. This FMS contract is in support of Taiwan. The cumulative total face value of this contract is $716,740,952. Fiscal 2009 procurement... Read more
14-Aug-2013Source: US Navy
Helicopter Strike Maritime Squadron (HSM) 46, Det. 9 recently surpassed the MQ-8B Fire Scout’s previous monthly flight hour record while performing operations at sea aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58). In June, four Fire Scouts that embarked on the frigate flew 333 flight hours, exceeding the unmanned helicopter’s previously monthly operational flight time record... Read more
13-Aug-2013Source: Aviall
Edward P. Dolanski has been named president and CEO of Aviall, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Dolanski joined Aviall in 2007 as senior vice president of operations and was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) in January 2010. As executive vice president and COO, Dolanski was responsible for... Read more
12-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, will showcase a new combat training helicopter Mi-28UB at the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS 2013), based on the Mi-28NE Night Hunter combat helicopter manufactured by Rostvertol. Mi-28UB is a special helicopter with a dual control system that can be used in Mi-28NE... Read more
9-Aug-2013Source: Star-Telegram
Bell Helicopter and United Auto Workers Local 218 have reached tentative agreement on about 10 issues in contract negotiations but remain apart on employee pensions, overtime and healthcare, the two sides said. see full story... Read more
8-Aug-2013Source: Hürriyet Daily News
The Turkish government has eventually penned the contract that tasks the country’s aerospace powerhouse, TAI, to launch work to design, develop and produce what will become the first made-in-Turkey helicopter, but defense analysts remain skeptical. see full story... Read more
8-Aug-2013Source: Research and Markets
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b3k33d/analysis_of_the_u) has announced the addition of the “Analysis of the U.S. DoD and Civil Helicopter Markets” report to their offering. Analysis of the U.S. DoD (Department of Defence) and Civil Helicopter Markets’ highlights how the civil market is flourishing amid budgetary pressures in the defence market sector. As the DoD’s discretionary spending... Read more
6-Aug-2013Source: Vector Aerospace
Vector Aerospace UK (Vector – www.vectoraerospace.com), a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft operators around the globe, today announced that its facilities in Gosport, UK has just completed its 400th major aircraft refinish project. The facility, which has four large paint and strip bays capable... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: Helihub.com
Russian Helicopters has signed a 12.6 billion ruble ($380M) order with the Russian Military, covering 40 Mi-8AMTSh helicopters. These will be built by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, for delivery between 2014 and 2020. The Mi-8AMTSh is a combat transport version of the Mi-17 helicopter, with more powerful turboshafts and portside tail rotor. Its weapon systems... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, will take part in the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS 2013), traditionally held at the central test base airport of the Mikhail Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky Aug 27 to Sept 1. MAKS-2013... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will offer a universal, highly adaptable and affordable mission equipment package (MEP) to meet requirements for the Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) rotary wing program, with potential applications for other customers and platforms. The Lockheed Martin MEP will integrate proven solutions from three of the Corporation’s business areas and more than... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: Fleet Air Arm Museum
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is proud to launch a summer exhibition from July 31 to September 5 as part of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Royal Navy Helicopter Search and Rescue. In 1953, the Royal Navy took delivery of its first Westland Dragonfly aircraft to form dedicated search and rescue squadrons and... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: RAF
THE RAF Chinook Display Team repeat last year’s success and returned home with two more awards from the world’s largest military airshow, a grand total of four awards for the team so far this display season. The team picked up the Sir Douglas Bader Trophy for the Best Individual Flying Display and the Crew Challenge... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI), a Lynn Tilton company and leading producer of commercial, air-rescue, military and law enforcement helicopters, paid tribute to the 50-year first flight milestone of the iconic OH-6 helicopter. The first Hughes OH-6 Cayuse light-observation helicopter (LOH) prototype completed its inaugural flight Feb. 27, 1963, beginning a rich heritage as the most heralded and versatile... Read more
5-Aug-2013Source: P&WC
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is in the midst of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first delivery of its iconic PT6 engine, an engine that has helped to change the face of modern aviation. P&WC is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). “The PT6 engine has played an integral role in building P&WC into... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: DynCorp International
DynCorp International’s (DI) DynAviation unit today announced that it is in the process of reconditioning, upgrading and modifying eight aircraft to enhance the Company’s future global operations and offering. The upgrade work on six UH-1 and two Mil Mi-17 helicopters that were previously used in various global locations, including the company’s operations in Afghanistan, is... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter today delivered the first NH90 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter) to the Belgium Armed Forces, providing an advanced, highly capable and fully-qualified rotary-wing aircraft for this nation’s multi-role mission requirements. In addition to being the no. 1 NH90 NFH received by Belgium, it also is the first built at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth, Germany industrial site –... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: Cobham
Cobham has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) worth up to $7.1 million to overhaul and upgrade Nitrogen Inerting Units (NIUs) for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The work will be performed by Cobham Life Support in Davenport, Iowa, beginning in 2013. In September 2012, Cobham received a five year Indefinite... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $7,738,885 for the advanced procurement of long lead materials in support of the low rate initial production of A-Kits for the Kiowa OH-58F model. Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award. One bid was solicited, with... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Honeywell International Incorporated, Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-filled contract with a maximum value of $29,375,653 for the procurement of T-55 engines for the CH-47 Chinook aircraft. There is a Foreign Military Sales option included in this contract for potential use in the future. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order.... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: HAI
HAI – a Commemorative Partner of the official U.S. Vietnam War Commemoration – on Wednesday paid tribute to Vietnam veterans, thanking them for her service. Any Vietnam veteran who stopped by the HAI HELI-CENTER and identified themselves as such received a limited edition baseball cap. Among the attendees was Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, a Dustoff... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: EDA
Participants of HB13 celebrated on 31 July the end of HB13 exercise with an official closing ceremony. More than 750 personnel from five countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal) participated in the successful second edition of the exercise, taking place in Portugal as of 17 July. During HB13 a total of 324 sorties... Read more
2-Aug-2013Source: Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins announced today that its board of directors elected company President Kelly Ortberg, 53, to the additional role of CEO, effective immediately. He has also been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors and to the Board’s Executive Committee. Ortberg succeeds Clay Jones, 64, who retired as CEO after nearly 34 years with the... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: HeliHub.com
EADS – or “European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V” to give it its full title – has decided to rename itself Airbus Group, and will be aligning all its subsidiaries accordingly. According to this press release, The Airbus Group will consist of three Divisions: * Airbus, responsible for all commercial aircraft activities – so... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: Reuters
Is the US military writing RFPs around the aircraft they want to win? Or is the S92 genuinely the only helicopter type which could meet the spec? You decide after reading this article ... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: DefenceWeb
With the country’s military watchers united in their view the SA Air Force (SAAF) is fast approaching crisis point in terms of operational ability, the finger is – again – being pointed at underfunding. see full story... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: RNZAF
Three Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters were put through their paces as part of an intensive flying training programme around Waiouru this week. “The exercise was to test our ability to deploy in a more austere environment, away from the comfort of home base at Ohakea,” said SQNLDR Chris Andrew, Commanding Officer for... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
PKL Services Inc., Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $16,300,156 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for reset organizational level maintenance services in support of Marine Corps AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E platforms. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (30 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan (22... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $39,427,558 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide flight test, technical, management, and process support services necessary to update and maintain operational software, vendor software, maintenance-related software, and laboratory support software in support of the MH-60R/S and SH-60B aircraft. Work will be performed in Owego,... Read more
1-Aug-2013Source: Larry Klayman, Attourney
Last week, U.S. Representative for Utah’s 3rd congressional district and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on National Security, Jason Chaffetz, confirmed he will “dive into” the shoot-down of Extortion 17, a helicopter shot down by the Taliban killing 30 American special operators in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011. The victims’ families met with... Read more
