18-Aug-2009Source: Engineering News
DSA has been one of the local companies which received offset, or industrial participation, work, and technology and skills transfer, in return for orders placed with overseas companies to re-equip the South African Air Force (SAAF). “We’ve certainly benefited from the offsets programmes,†she says.... Read more
17-Aug-2009Source: Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
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16-Aug-2009
16-Aug-09 Shahriar county, Iran... Read more
15-Aug-2009Source: Starlite Aviation Group
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15-Aug-2009Source: DefPro
Three new Bell UH-1Y “Yankee†helicopters, attached to Marine Medium Helicopter (HMM) Squadron 163 (Reinforced) returned from a six-month deployment aboard USS Boxer (LHD-4) to Camp Pendleton, Aug. 1,... Read more
15-Aug-2009Source: ISI Emerging Markets
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14-Aug-2009Source: DefPro
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14-Aug-2009Source: Berwickshire News
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14-Aug-2009Source: Guardian
One problem, say military sources, is the difficulty of getting cement, which the aircaft can rest on, to stick to sand.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: Honeywell
Beginning next year, Honeywell will begin fitting U.K. Chinooks with its upgraded 55-L-714A engine that increases power by 17%, increases maintenance intervals and reduces fuel consumption by nearly 5 percent... Read more
13-Aug-2009Source: Lockheed Martin
Kaman Aerospace Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Marine Corps on behalf of Team K-MAX to demonstrate the ability of the Unmanned K-MAX® helicopter to deliver cargo to troops in extreme environments and at high altitudes. Kaman will award a subcontract to Lockheed Martin to integrate a beyond line of sight data link... Read more
13-Aug-2009Source: EADS
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12-Aug-2009Source: http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=786
The Boeing Company and Schiebel Industries AG of Austria today announced they have signed a teaming agreement to pursue marketing and support opportunities for Schiebel’s S-100 CAMCOPTER... Read more
12-Aug-2009Source: FB Heliservices
M onths of hard work and preparation are finally coming to fruition with the arrival of the AW139s and the first students at Valley.... Read more
12-Aug-2009Source: Boeing
The Boeing Company received a $500,000 contract from the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory on Aug. 5 to demonstrate the company’s A160T (YMQ-18A) Hummingbird for the Marines’ Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration Program.... Read more
11-Aug-2009Source: http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2009/Thailand_09-49.pdf
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11-Aug-2009Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop Grumman Corporation-developedMQ-8B Fire Scout VTUAV recently completed flight tests aboard the USS McInerney. This is part of a series of shipboard evaluations leading to Operational Evaluation (OpEval) scheduled for this fall.... Read more
11-Aug-2009Source: Jakarta Post
The Indonesian Military has ordered 6 Bell 412 helicopters while the National Search and Rescue Agency [Basarnas] ordered four... Read more
11-Aug-2009Source: DefPro
The Austrian Ministry of Defence announced that a “Jet Ranger†helicopter has made the last flight of this helicopter type with the Austrian Army (Bundesheer) at the Hinterstoisser military airfield near Zeltweg, Austria. This marks the conclusion of 40 years of service and some 100,000 flight hours with the Austrian Army.... Read more
10-Aug-2009Source: Daily Mail
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10-Aug-2009Source: AgustaWestland
This Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)/Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW) configured aircraft is the first unit of the last AW101 batch for the service which has committed to a total of 24 AW101s.... Read more
10-Aug-2009Source: Frost & Sullivan
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10-Aug-2009Source: Sikorsky
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10-Aug-2009
10-Aug-09 NA-502 Bell UH-1H Wutai Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan... Read more
9-Aug-2009
9-Aug-09 Boeing CH-47 Henderson, US-Kentucky... Read more
7-Aug-2009Source: http://www.pnj.com/article/20090731/NEWS01/907310335
A Navy helicopter thumped low over Pensacola on Wednesday, making its final flight before landing in the National Naval Aviation Museum’s parking lot to take its place in history. At a ceremony Thursday morning, the museum officially unveiled “Venom 500” an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter that has been in continuous duty with the Navy since 1986.... Read more
6-Aug-2009Source: Bury Free Press
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were at the airfield to present operational service medals to more than 100 soldiers from 4 Regiment Army Air Corps (AAC).... Read more
5-Aug-2009Source: Rotorhub
The MTR390-E (Enhanced) engine will equip the French-Spanish HAD variant, as well as the German UHT variant (for the last 16 UHTs).... Read more
4-Aug-2009Source: Flightglobal
A re-engineered version of HAL’s Cheetah, the Turbomeca TM333-2M2-powered aircraft delivers increased range, endurance and payload... Read more
4-Aug-2009Source: Rotorhub
Australia is still to make decisions on whether it uses traditional capital acquisition or public private partnership (PPP) methods to finance its planned Project Air 9000 phase 7 helicopter training system requirement.... Read more
3-Aug-2009Source: Rotorhub
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31-Jul-2009Source: Kazan
July, 24 was held the official visit of two important visitors on the Kazan helicopter plant. The Interest to manufacture of the world famous helicopters of mark “Mi” and ANSAT was shown by the mayor of the city of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and the mayor of Istanbul Kadir Topbas.... Read more
31-Jul-2009Source: Nexter
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31-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub
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31-Jul-2009Source: Canada.com
China’s newest attack helicopter is powered by Canadian-built engines, a development military analysts say could spark a backlash against Canada’s aerospace industry from U.S. lawmakers concerned about technology being transferred into the wrong hands.... Read more
31-Jul-2009Source: Star Gazette
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31-Jul-2009Source: Busienss Standard
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31-Jul-2009Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has signed a contract to purchase four AW139 medium twin turbine helicopters. Trinidad and Tobago’s Air Guard (TTAG) will establish a dedicated unit to use these helicopters for search and rescue, surface surveillance, law enforcement, drug interdiction and disaster relief... Read more
31-Jul-2009
31-Jul-09 Mil Mi-24 on route from Kabul to the Ghazni province, Afghanistan... Read more
30-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub
Raytheon Australia has been tapped to provide in-service support for the Royal Australian Navy’s Aerospatiale AS350BA Squirrel helicopters through to their planned life of type with an initial five year contract announced 29 July.... Read more
30-Jul-2009Source: EADS
EADS North America today announced it has completed a series of successful “high/hot†flight demonstrations of its UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) platform.... Read more
30-Jul-2009Source: PTI
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29-Jul-2009Source: Vector Aerospace
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28-Jul-2009Source: Textron
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28-Jul-2009Source: DSCA
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28-Jul-2009Source: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowhead system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.... Read more
28-Jul-2009Source: Boeing
The Boeing Company recognizes the service of the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, which completed its first flight 45 years ago this month. One hundred sixty-eight of the 624 aircraft originally produced remain in operation with the U.S. Marine Corps and are still maintained by Boeing.... Read more
27-Jul-2009
27-Jul-09 Sikorsky UH-60 Huntsville, US-Alabama... Read more
26-Jul-2009Source: DVidsHub
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26-Jul-2009Source: Flightglobal
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26-Jul-2009Source: Jerusalem Post
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26-Jul-2009
26-Jul-09 Doda, J&K, India... Read more
24-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub
The United States Coast Guard says its Jayhawk update will extend the aircraft’s life to 2027. The Coast Guard’s Acquisition Directorate the programme will update 42 Jayhawk Medium Range Recovery helicopters with the first one to enter operational service in September.... Read more
24-Jul-2009Source: FinChannel
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24-Jul-2009
24-Jul-09 (1 of 2) Mil MI-35 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia... Read more
24-Jul-2009
24-Jul-09 (2 of 2) Mil MI-35 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia... Read more
23-Jul-2009
23-Jul-09 Mil Mi24 Chirchik Airbase, 30 km from Tashkent, Usbekistan... Read more
22-Jul-2009Source: Aberdeen Press & Journal
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