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Philippine Army plans for more Black Hawks

Philippine Army plans for more Black Hawks

28-Oct-2022Source: Philippine News Agency

  Philippine Army (PA) commander Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said he wants more modern helicopters like the S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopter, now flown by the Air Force, to beef up the service’s Aviation Regiment. Speaking to reporters, Brawner said the PA is prioritizing the acquisition of “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters and... Read more

Bristow Group Announces Q2 Fiscal Year 2023 Earnings Release Call

Bristow Group Announces Q2 Fiscal Year 2023 Earnings Release Call

28-Oct-2022Source: Bristow

  Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, announced it will release financial results for its second quarter fiscal year 2023 after market close on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. In connection with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, November 3, 2022, to begin... Read more

LCI signs sustainability charter with Aircraft Leasing Ireland

LCI signs sustainability charter with Aircraft Leasing Ireland

28-Oct-2022Source: LCI

  LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of the Libra Group, has signed Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI) Sustainability Charter. Signatories are committed to driving forward and achieving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) related goals, centred around 10 priority sustainability principles. In signing the Charter, an industry that manages more than $100bn of assets... Read more

Saudia to purchase 100 all-electric Lilium Jets

Saudia to purchase 100 all-electric Lilium Jets

28-Oct-2022Source: Lilium

  SAUDIA, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, and Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM) (“Lilium”), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, at the sixth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the proposed development and operation by SAUDIA of an eVTOL network across Saudi Arabia. The proposed arrangement will make SAUDIA the... Read more

Air Industries Wins Agreement for Components for Blackhawk Helicopters

Air Industries Wins Agreement for Components for Blackhawk Helicopters

28-Oct-2022Source: Air Industries Group

  Air Industries Group (NYSE American: AIRI), an integrated Tier 1 manufacturer of precision assemblies and components for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications, and a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, today announced that it has been awarded a new Long-Term Agreement. Air Industries has been awarded a five-year Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to... Read more

UK Royal Air Force Benson Award For Engineering Excellence

UK Royal Air Force Benson Award For Engineering Excellence

28-Oct-2022Source: Heli-One

  Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is happy to announce the presentation of the Award for Engineering Excellence, donated by Heli-One, from the UK Royal Air Force to Sergeant Burns during the annual Station Awards Reception at RAF Benson. The award was won by Sgt Burns for his... Read more

Carabinieri introduces mission capabilities with new AW119Kx

Carabinieri introduces mission capabilities with new AW119Kx

28-Oct-2022Source: Leonardo

  Leonardo has announced today the signing of a contract by Italy’s Carabinieri for the supply of 20 AW119Kx single engine helicopters for its Air Service. The aircraft will be assembled at Leonardo’s Vergiate facility (Varese) with deliveries expected in the 2023-2026 period. The contract also includes a comprehensive turnkey logistics support package and training... Read more

Ecocopter expands forest firefighting operations

Ecocopter expands forest firefighting operations

28-Oct-2022Source: Ecocopter

Seventy percent of Chilean territory, home to more than 7.5 million people, is susceptible to forest fires. For this reason, the government, in order to prevent this type of disaster, has allocated a budget of Ch$83,000 million, which will allow 62 aircraft and some 3,000 brigade members in 283 brigades, distributed between the regions of... Read more

Boeing delivered first upgraded AH-64E Apache to Netherlands

Boeing delivered first upgraded AH-64E Apache to Netherlands

27-Oct-2022Source: Boeing

  Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first AH-64E Version 6, or v6, Apache helicopter featuring improved performance, sensors and software to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). As part of a Foreign Military Sale through the U.S. Department of Defense, Boeing received a contract in 2019 to remanufacture 28 RNLAF AH-64 D-model Apaches to... Read more

TN-HART team partners with local EMA for joint, water-rescue exercise

TN-HART team partners with local EMA for joint, water-rescue exercise

27-Oct-2022Source: Tennessee Government

  The Tennessee Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team partnered with Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency and other local and state first responders during a joint search and rescue exercise, Oct. 19, on Kentucky Lake. This exercise, led by Humphrey’s County EMA, integrated land, water, and air assets from participating departments. The Tennessee National Guard provided a... Read more

FAA, EASA, ANAC and TCCA propose new policies to streamline certification

FAA, EASA, ANAC and TCCA propose new policies to streamline certification

27-Oct-2022Source: FAA

The Certification Management Team (CMT), comprised of leaders from four civil aviation authorities, has published a strategy to develop and implement policies that streamline certification. The team includes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),Agencia Nacionalde Avia?ão Civil (ANAC) of Brazil, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). The FAA and EASA also have established a bilateral Validation Improvement... Read more

magniX Expands Into Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

magniX Expands Into Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

27-Oct-2022Source: magniX

  magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, announced plans to develop hydrogen fuel cells to complement its battery electric and hybrid electric systems. The company is to begin developing hydrogen systems for its industry leading electric propulsion units (EPUs). magniX EPUs, the only electric propulsion technology to be flight-tested in the 350kw to... Read more

Madrid City Council to oversee the development of VTOL infrastructure

Madrid City Council to oversee the development of VTOL infrastructure

26-Oct-2022Source: Cities Today

Madrid City Council is in the process of establishing an urban air mobility commission that will oversee the development of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in the Spanish capital. See Full Story.... Read more

Titra gains investment for Unmanned helicopter

Titra gains investment for Unmanned helicopter

26-Oct-2022Source: Titra

  New facilities and production development activities established for different needs within the Turkish defense industry will be supported by investment incentive mechanisms. According to the information obtained by the AA correspondent, defense industry companies are making various investments to produce new products and improve existing production opportunities in order to meet the security needs... Read more

Registration Now Open for HAI Heli-Expo 2023

Registration Now Open for HAI Heli-Expo 2023

26-Oct-2022Source: HAI

  Registration for HAI HELI-EXPO 2023 is now open! The world’s largest event dedicated to vertical flight, the show will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, Mar. 6–7 (exhibits open Mar. 7–9), at the Georgia World Congress Center. Expo offers unparalleled opportunities for rotorcraft professionals at all levels, in all sectors. Here are just a few of the... Read more

Airbus affirms position in North American air medical market with new orders

Airbus affirms position in North American air medical market with new orders

26-Oct-2022Source: Airbus Helicopters

  Airbus Helicopters continues to be the leading provider of helicopters to the North American air medical transport industry, with both new and long-standing customers from around the continent placing orders.  More than 35 new single and twin-engine Airbus helicopters were sold in the air medical market alone over the past 12 months. “Airbus is... Read more

Leonardo showcases AW609 and AW169 at AMTC 2022

Leonardo showcases AW609 and AW169 at AMTC 2022

26-Oct-2022Source: Leonardo

  Leonardo is back to AMTC, the annual tradeshow for the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) focusing on the newest technologies and the most innovative products and services for the medical transport industry. This year the exhibition, called AMTC2022 Elevated, takes place in the Gulf Coast of Florida, in Tampa from October 24 –... Read more

Advanced Rotorcraft Technology to use BRUNNER’s NOVASIM Virtual Reality Full Motion Simulator

Advanced Rotorcraft Technology to use BRUNNER’s NOVASIM Virtual Reality Full Motion Simulator

26-Oct-2022Source: BRUNNER

  California based Advanced Rotorcraft Technology will use BRUNNER’s NOVASIM Virtual Reality Full Motion Simulator in the future to demonstrate high definition Flight Dynamics Models based on their FLIGHTLABTM software. ART customers and future clients will now have the opportunity to test and fly various flight models at different model fidelities. BRUNNER’s NovaSim fulfills a... Read more

Unidentified drones over Norwegian rigs fuel fears of Russian threat

Unidentified drones over Norwegian rigs fuel fears of Russian threat

26-Oct-2022Source: PBS News Hour

Norwegian oil and gas workers normally don’t see anything more threatening than North Sea waves crashing against the steel legs of their offshore platforms. But lately they have noticed a more troubling sight: unidentified drones buzzing in the skies overhead. See Full Story.... Read more

GPMS and Truth Data Insights sign flight data MOU

GPMS and Truth Data Insights sign flight data MOU

26-Oct-2022Source: GPMS

GPMS and Truth Data Insights announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to offer customers a powerful new suite of data acquisition, analytics, and services. By pairing GPMS’s advanced HUMS + Flight Data Management (FDM) solution with Truth Data’s specialized FDM analysis and Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) services,... Read more

FAA updates flying guidance of recreational drones

FAA updates flying guidance of recreational drones

26-Oct-2022Source: FAA

  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued guidance on how to become an FAA-recognized community-based organization for recreational drone flying. Under federal law, recreational drone flyers must follow the safety guidelines of a FAA-recognized community-based organization. The organization is required to develop its safety guidelines in coordination with the FAA and an... Read more

Raytheon awarded $8M contract for software of CV-22

Raytheon awarded $8M contract for software of CV-22

26-Oct-2022Source: US DoD

  Raytheon Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded an $8,356,194 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0051) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0007). This order provides for software product updates and qualification testing for the CV-22 Silent Knight Radar (SKR) Joint Services Vertical Lift Aircraft Experimental (JVX) Avionics System Software (JASS) instrumentation build, the SKR JASS Functional Requirements... Read more

FAA approves insulated suspension lines and flash rate harnesses from Boost Systems

FAA approves insulated suspension lines and flash rate harnesses from Boost Systems

26-Oct-2022Source: Boost Systems

Boost Systems, the global leader in fully certified Human External Cargo Systems, Personnel Carrying Device Systems (PCDS), and related Training Services is pleased to announce their Insulated Suspension Lines and flash rated harnesses are now FAA Approved when used with other manufacturers’ Bell 206L/407 and MD369 dual hook systems. Utility HEC operators are now able... Read more

Sonoma County Fire Dept adds Airbus H135

Sonoma County Fire Dept adds Airbus H135

25-Oct-2022Source: Sonoma County Gazette

Firefighters want to remind everybody of the cooler weather that will be brought by the coming winter season, and this is a great time to check your chimneys for debris before use, to prevent chimney fires. We have already started to see some rain this season, and we want to remind everybody to drive slower... Read more

Arrow Aviation to Support Repairs of SKYTRAC Iridium Satcom Terminals

Arrow Aviation to Support Repairs of SKYTRAC Iridium Satcom Terminals

25-Oct-2022Source: SKYTRAC

  SKYTRAC Systems Ltd. (SKYTRAC), a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) and intelligent connectivity solutions, announced Arrow Aviation, a trusted resource for 24/7 AOG helicopter services, parts sales, and helicopter leasing, as an authorized service center for SKYTRAC’s Iridium satcom terminals and accessories. SKYTRAC and Arrow Aviation have partnered to provide repairs of SKYTRAC’s... Read more

Leonardo celebrates final construction of the Single-Site Logistics Hub

Leonardo celebrates final construction of the Single-Site Logistics Hub

25-Oct-2022Source: Leonardo

  The final construction of the Single-Site Logistics Hub’s structure and flooring at Leonardo in Yeovil has recently been celebrated at the £30 million development through the industrial partners’ next-generation workforce cementing their hands into the floor. This event marks the coming together on this collaborative project between Leonardo and its logistics partner Kuehne+Nagel, with... Read more

Lockheed awarded $49M contract for upgrades to 12 Australian MH-60Rs

Lockheed awarded $49M contract for upgrades to 12 Australian MH-60Rs

25-Oct-2022Source: US DoD

  Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded a not-to-exceed $49,664,990 undefinitized firm-fixed-price modification (P00001) to an order (N0001922F2291) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0017). This modification provides non-recurring engineering and add/delete efforts to bring 12 MH-60R aircraft from standard Foreign Military Sales configuration to a unique configuration for the government of... Read more

HSC-3, HSC-4, VRM-30 recieve US Navy’s Highest Flight Safety Award

HSC-3, HSC-4, VRM-30 recieve US Navy’s Highest Flight Safety Award

25-Oct-2022Source: US Navy

Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces, presented the 2021 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award to the “Merlins” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, the “Black Knights” of HSC-4 and the “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30’s aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Oct. 20. Also known as... Read more

Kiewit awarded $53M contract to build helipads at Wheeler Army Airfield

Kiewit awarded $53M contract to build helipads at Wheeler Army Airfield

25-Oct-2022Source: US DoD

  Kiewit Infrastructure West Company, Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a $53,148,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a concrete rotary-wing aircraft parking apron, concrete taxiways with helipads and a concrete parallel taxiway at Wheeler Army Airfield. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Wahiawa, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date... Read more

Enstrom is looking to the future

Enstrom is looking to the future

25-Oct-2022Source: Enstrom

  After a tumultuous first half of 2022 for the storied Enstrom Helicopter Corp., the future is beginning to look bright once again. In January, after over 60 years of manufacturing helicopters, Enstrom was forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Shortly after, during HAI Heli-Expo 2022, Texas-based MidTex Aviation appeared ready to take over the reins... Read more

SPAES and Swiss Rotor Services join to promote  Maximum Pilot View Kit for H125 / AS350

SPAES and Swiss Rotor Services join to promote Maximum Pilot View Kit for H125 / AS350

25-Oct-2022Source: SPAES

  SPAES is the official Supplement Type Certificate holder for the MAXIMUM PILOT VIEW KIT of Swiss Rotor Services SPAES and Swiss Rotor Services joined forces to promote the use of the MAXIMUM PILOT VIEW KIT (MPVK) for the H125 / AS 350 helicopters. The MPVK provides the pilot with an uninhibited field of view... Read more

HAI Firefighting Event renamed The Aerial Work Safety Conference

HAI Firefighting Event renamed The Aerial Work Safety Conference

25-Oct-2022Source: HAI

  In recognition of the many operations entailed in aerial work, HAI has renamed its Aerial Firefighting Safety Conference the HAI Aerial Work Safety Conference, which will be held Nov. 16–17, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. The event’s focus changes as well. All the firefighting sessions remain, but this year, the program will expand to include... Read more

Air bp sustainability head and the role of co-processing in aviation’s transition to a low-carbon future

Air bp sustainability head and the role of co-processing in aviation’s transition to a low-carbon future

24-Oct-2022Source: Air bp

  by Air bp’s global head of sustainability, Andreea Moyes Although demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expected to experience significant growth1, production is currently limited with only a handful of commercial plants available today. bp believes that producing SAF through co-processing at existing refineries will help the aviation sector as it transitions to... Read more

AW101 completes high altitude trials in US

AW101 completes high altitude trials in US

21-Oct-2022

  A cross-departmental team from Leonardo in Yeovil has successfully undertaken high altitude trials, which were completed on schedule with the Norwegian AW101 helicopter in the US. The aircraft completed its 21-day trial plan in just 16 days. The AW101 Performance Improvement Programme certifies increased engine power and raises the Main Gear Box (MGB) torque... Read more

FAA and Japan to partner on AAM Certification

FAA and Japan to partner on AAM Certification

21-Oct-2022Source: FAA

  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) signed a Declaration of Cooperation to support future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft development and operation. The declaration continues the safety agencies’ long partnership and formalizes ongoing discussions on certifying and validating new AAM aircraft, production, continued airworthiness, operations, and personnel licensing. “The FAA... Read more

Foreign Military Sale to Australia for MH-60R sustainment items

Foreign Military Sale to Australia for MH-60R sustainment items

21-Oct-2022Source: US State Dept

  The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of non-MDE MH-60R sustainment items and services for an estimated cost of $162 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Australia has requested... Read more

FAA renames Drone Advisory Committee as scope widens to AAM

FAA renames Drone Advisory Committee as scope widens to AAM

21-Oct-2022Source: FAA

Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) is now the Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) The Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) is a broad-based federal advisory committee that provides independent advice and recommendations to the FAA on key unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) integration issues, interests and policies. The AAAC‘s work relates to the efficiency and safety... Read more

North Texas team tests emerging AAM technology

North Texas team tests emerging AAM technology

21-Oct-2022Source: University of North Texas

  Researchers and a nationwide partnership of companies and government agencies took a giant step toward next generation air travel with a successful live flight test of emerging Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technologies, including future airspace system automation, advanced communications infrastructure, a surrogate electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft and a simulated air route... Read more

BAE Systems and Supernal collab on flight control system for eVTOL

BAE Systems and Supernal collab on flight control system for eVTOL

21-Oct-2022Source: BAE Systems

BAE Systems and Supernal announced an agreement to design and develop the flight control computer for Supernal’s electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle. In support of Supernal, BAE Systems will help define the architecture of a lightweight, fly-by-wire system for its autonomous-capable aircraft. The fly-by-wire controls will safely and efficiently control the aircraft during flight. “The development of... Read more

CAAS and EASA Sign Memorandum of Understanding on UAM

CAAS and EASA Sign Memorandum of Understanding on UAM

21-Oct-2022Source: EASA

  The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on urban air mobility to support the development, deployment and safe operation of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The agreement was signed by Mr Han Kok Juan, Director-General of... Read more

North American Helicopter and Kaman sign purchase agreement

North American Helicopter and Kaman sign purchase agreement

21-Oct-2022Source: Kaman

  Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Corporation (NYSE: KAMN), announced the receipt of a signed purchase agreement from North American Helicopter for a K-MAX® medium-to-heavy lift helicopter with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2022. “North American Helicopter has been a highly respected operator for more than 55 years and we appreciate the... Read more

PHI leases two S92s and one AW139 from Milestone

PHI leases two S92s and one AW139 from Milestone

20-Oct-2022Source: Milestone

DUBLIN – Thursday, October 20, 2022 – The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), the global leader in helicopter leasing, today announced it has signed lease agreements with leading commercial helicopter operator, PHI Aviation (“PHI”) for three helicopters. The agreements include the placement and extension of two Sikorsky S92 helicopters and one Leonardo AW139 helicopter, bringing... Read more

Babcock extends Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance contract

Babcock extends Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance contract

20-Oct-2022

Babcock and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) have announced a three-year contract extension to keep the helicopter emergency medical service up in the sky saving lives. The new contract starts this month and will allow Babcock, a leading UK provider of specialist air ambulance operations, to continue to provide a high standard... Read more

Campcopter S-100 impresses at test flights

Campcopter S-100 impresses at test flights

20-Oct-2022Source: Schiebel

  [electronic translation] The testing of border surveillance took place in the Schachendorf area, Burgenland, by invitation of the BMI. The unmanned helicopter was tested for two weeks for its suitability for tried and tested routine day and night operations for the police and emergency services successfully demonstrated his skills on numerous flights. “The CAMCOPTER®... Read more

Aviators Urged to Seek Mental Health Treatment at National Safety Forum

Aviators Urged to Seek Mental Health Treatment at National Safety Forum

20-Oct-2022Source: NBAA

  Mental health conditions are often underreported and untreated, especially in the aviation industry, despite the fact that a significant percentage of the population will face a serious mental health challenge at some point in their life. In fact, post-COVID, one in three adults will face a mental health challenge in a given year. A... Read more

Heli-One Establishes AW139 Gearbox Testing

Heli-One Establishes AW139 Gearbox Testing

20-Oct-2022Source: Heli-One

  Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has established in-house testing capability for the AW139 Intermediate Gear Box (IGB) and Tail Gear Box (TGB) at its Canadian facility in Delta, British Columbia. This latest expansion of HeliOne’s service portfolio not only expedites the turnaround times for customers at the... Read more

Schiebel CAMCOPTER pioneers its Anit-Submarine Warefare capability

Schiebel CAMCOPTER pioneers its Anit-Submarine Warefare capability

20-Oct-2022Source: Schiebel

  Schiebel, together with Thales and sponsored by the UK Royal Navy participated in REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2022 in Portugal. Together, we successfully demonstrated the CAMCOPTER® S-100 and its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and cargo delivery capabilities, which all received wide acclaim.... Read more

First production AW609 takes to the air

First production AW609 takes to the air

20-Oct-2022Source: Leonardo

  The world’s first multirole tiltrotor programme, designed to redefine a range of commercial and public services, set a major milestone with the maiden flight of the first AW609 production aircraft. This aircraft introduces unprecedented capabilities under a dedicated ‘powered lift category’ civil certification now under development. Designated AC5, the aircraft took to the air... Read more

Portugal donates parked Kamov Ka32s to Ukraine

Portugal donates parked Kamov Ka32s to Ukraine

20-Oct-2022Source: The Portugal News

Portugal will send six Kamov firefighting helicopters to Ukraine, currently without a license to operate because they are of Russian origin and one of which is inoperative, Defense Minister Helena Carreiras announced.... Read more

Bond Helicopters name to return to Southern North Sea with 5 year contract

Bond Helicopters name to return to Southern North Sea with 5 year contract

20-Oct-2022Source: Gama Aviation

Gama Aviation Plc, the global aviation services provider, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint venture with Peter Bond to pursue rotary opportunities as part of the Group’s Special Mission SBU (the “Joint Venture” or “Bond Helicopters Limited”). The Joint Venture has won its first contract to support the offshore operations... Read more

USAF recovers CV-22B six weeks after emergency landing on Norwegian island

USAF recovers CV-22B six weeks after emergency landing on Norwegian island

19-Oct-2022Source: US Air Force

  While participating in a training exercise in Norway, a CV-22B Osprey experienced an inflight emergency, requiring the pilots to land immediately. After six weeks of being grounded on the island of Senja, the 352nd Special Operations Wing’s Osprey was recovered via crane barge, Sept. 27, 2022. The aircraft is now at a Norwegian military... Read more

Zuri Hybrid eVTOL updates cabin design

Zuri Hybrid eVTOL updates cabin design

19-Oct-2022Source: Zuri

  From the outside, the most significant change has been made at the aircraft’s rear. Here, instead of a standard tail with a vertical stabilizer, there is now a V-Tail. Such design change will allow for larger propellers and a further increase in the distance between propellers and the ground. Furthermore, using a V-Tail should... Read more

EASA publishes guidelines on noise level measurements for 600kg drones

EASA publishes guidelines on noise level measurements for 600kg drones

19-Oct-2022Source: EASA

  The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published guidelines to establish the noise levels of drones below 600 kg, the first proposal world-wide for this, applicable to a wide variety of drone designs including multicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and powered-lift aircraft. These guidelines aim at providing harmonised procedures to measure the noise of drones used... Read more

Blade shares date for Q3 Earnings Release Conference Call

Blade shares date for Q3 Earnings Release Conference Call

19-Oct-2022Source: Blade Air Mobility

Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDE, “Blade” or the “Company”), will release financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2022 on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 after the market closes. Management will conduct a conference call the same day at 4:30 pm Eastern Time to discuss the results. Please note that there is... Read more

Poland chooses GE’s CT7 Engines for AW149 Fleet

Poland chooses GE’s CT7 Engines for AW149 Fleet

19-Oct-2022Source: GE Aviation

  The Polish Government selected GE Aerospace’s CT7-2E1 turboshaft engine to power its new fleet of Leonardo AW149 helicopters. As part of the recent contract announcement between the Government of Poland and PZL-Swidnik, the Polish company fully owned by Leonardo, Poland will receive 64 CT7-2E1 engines along with spare engines for its 32 AW149 helicopters... Read more

Airbus’ “cargo copter” is tested during military exercise

Airbus’ “cargo copter” is tested during military exercise

18-Oct-2022Source: Airbus

  A sub-scale demonstrator of a future Airbus multi-mission unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrated its capabilities during a large robotic exercise organised last month by the Portuguese Navy and NATO, which brought together military forces, universities and selected industry partners. By taking part in this exercise, the “cargo copter” operated in a dense robotic environment, validating the concept’s... Read more

Girls in Aviation Day 2022 Inspires Over 16,000 Participants

Girls in Aviation Day 2022 Inspires Over 16,000 Participants

18-Oct-2022Source: WAI

Thousands of girls, ages 8-17, around the world experienced WAI’s 8th Annual Girls in Aviation Day on September 24 in their local communities through unique events hosted by WAI chapters and corporate members. This year’s GIAD received a special commemoration with the relaunch of the Aviation for Girls App to enhance young learners’ educational experience all year-round. In... Read more

NSPA Awards Heli-One Multiyear Contract

NSPA Awards Heli-One Multiyear Contract

18-Oct-2022Source: Heli-One

  Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), is pleased to announce signature of a contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for support of Airbus AS332 and AS532 helicopters. Heli-One will provide MRO services for airframe, engines, and components for NATO user nations helicopters on an ad hoc... Read more

Urban-Air Port’s collabs with Coventry University

Urban-Air Port’s collabs with Coventry University

18-Oct-2022Source: Urban-Air Port

Urban-Air Port’s innovative vertiport technology, Air One, features extensively in a new paper written by Coventry University. This first of a kind study uses human factors research[i] and VR technology to inform the successful design of infrastructure to support future mobility. The Air One vertiport, built in Coventry City Centre in April of this year,... Read more

Survitec Appoints new CEO

Survitec Appoints new CEO

18-Oct-2022Source: Survitec

  Strengthening the company’s position as the world’s leading Survival Technology solutions partner, Survitec has announced the appointment of Robert Steen Kledal as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CEO, Robert will be responsible for setting Survitec’s strategic direction. He will lead the Survitec Executive team and sit on the Survitec Board. At... Read more

VFS Hits 180 Corporate Members

VFS Hits 180 Corporate Members

18-Oct-2022Source: VFS

  The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, reports today that it has continued to experience steady growth in corporate members during the second quarter of year, propelled largely by the continued expansion of electric aircraft developments around the world.  As of Oct. 1, 2022, a total... Read more

Archer to unveil production aircraft midnight™ on November 16th

Archer to unveil production aircraft midnight™ on November 16th

17-Oct-2022Source: Archer Aviation

  Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) announced that they will be unveiling Midnight, the company’s first production eVTOL aircraft, at an Open House event on November 16, 2022. The event will provide further details on the aircraft’s specifications and capabilities, including its proprietary electric powertrain system, as well as the company’s progress towards FAA certification... Read more

Mississippi Dept of Public Safety receives Eurocopter EC135T2+ from CNC

Mississippi Dept of Public Safety receives Eurocopter EC135T2+ from CNC

17-Oct-2022Source: CNC Technologies

  CNC Technologies is proud to announce the delivery of a Eurocopter EC135T2+ to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. On hand for the official delivery ceremony were MS DPS Commissioner Sean Tindell and Mississippi Highway Patrol Colonel Randy Ginn, as well as numerous department heads from within the agency and the MHP Air Operations... Read more

Eaton Aerospace awarded $7M contract for V-22 Valve System

Eaton Aerospace awarded $7M contract for V-22 Valve System

17-Oct-2022Source: US DoD

Eaton Aerospace LLC, Los Angeles, California, is awarded a $7,577,627 firm-fixed-price, requirements contract for the repair of nine items for the valve system used on the V-22 aircraft. This contract includes a three-year base with no options. All work will be performed in Los Angeles, California, and work is expected to be completed by September... Read more

Honwywell awarded T55 Engine contract for UK CH-47s

Honwywell awarded T55 Engine contract for UK CH-47s

17-Oct-2022Source: Honeywell

  Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) announced that it signed a contract to supply 34 T55-GA-714A engines to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) for its new H-47 Extended Range Chinook helicopter fleet. The order and supply of the T55 engines is managed through the office of U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales. Honeywell’s T55 engine is the... Read more

Proposed Aviation Standard Supports Hybrid-Electric Powerplant Design

Proposed Aviation Standard Supports Hybrid-Electric Powerplant Design

17-Oct-2022Source: ASTM International

  A newly proposed standard from ASTM International’s aircraft systems committee (F39) will cover the design of hybrid-electric powerplants and engines. “This proposed standard is intended to support companies that are creating hybrid-electric power generation systems for use as the primary source of electrical propulsive power in electric aircraft,” says ASTM member David Eichstedt. “They will... Read more

PHI & bp sign 10 year contract extension

PHI & bp sign 10 year contract extension

17-Oct-2022Source: PHI

PHI Aviation, a global leader in helicopter services, has extended its contract with bp to provide helicopter transportation services for bp’s energy exploration and production efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The 10-year, multi-aircraft agreement, which began in September and is an amendment to the existing contract, provides full-time Sikorsky S-92 support from PHI’s Houma... Read more

XPeng X2 Completes Global Public Flight in Dubai

XPeng X2 Completes Global Public Flight in Dubai

17-Oct-2022Source: XPeng

  XPENG AEROHT, the largest flying car company in Asia and an affiliate of XPENG, conducted the first flight of its electric flying car, the XPENG X2, at Skydive Dubai. It is XPENG X2’s first public display after completing the specific operations risk assessment and achieving a special flying permit from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).... Read more

NHV win contract with Ineos

NHV win contract with Ineos

17-Oct-2022Source: NHV

NHV Group is delighted to announce a contract award to perform helicopter services to the Central North Sea, on a 5 year contract for INEOS FPS. Starting operations at the beginning of November, NHV will perform flights to the Forties Unity from NHV Aberdeen. The Forties Pipeline System, which is 100% INEOS-owned and has played... Read more

Bristow SVP/General Counsel resigns

Bristow SVP/General Counsel resigns

17-Oct-2022Source: Bristow

From SEC submission by Bristow Group Inc Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On October 11, 2022, Crystal Gordon, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Head of Government Affairs, and Corporate Secretary of Bristow Group Inc. (the “Company”), submitted her resignation from her position... Read more

First Korean-produced delivered to customer

First Korean-produced delivered to customer

14-Oct-2022Source: Airbus Helicopters

  Airbus Helicopters and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have delivered the first Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) to a local operator, Gloria Aviation, following certification in September this year. Entering service in an emergency medical services configuration in December this year, this helicopter will be deployed to support critical life-saving missions in Jeju. This key milestone... Read more

Germany – Nordausen EMS base celebrates 30 years

Germany – Nordausen EMS base celebrates 30 years

14-Oct-2022Source: DRF Luftrettung

  [electronic translation] Reason to celebrate at the Nordhausen station: the station on the edge of the Harz Mountains was founded exactly 30 years ago . The DRF Luftrettung has been on board since 2006, when it took over flight operations from the Federal Police. Christoph 37 is now alerted around 1,500 times a year . About 98 percent of the... Read more

Clayton awarded $7M contract for maintenance of VH-3A

Clayton awarded $7M contract for maintenance of VH-3A

14-Oct-2022Source: US DoD

  Clayton International, Inc.,* Peachtree City, Georgia, is awarded a $7,905,026 firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract to provide depot level maintenance services for one VH-3A Helicopter for the Government of Egypt. Work will be performed in Peachtree City, Georgia and is expected to be completed in June 2024. Foreign military sales customer funds in the amount... Read more

Korean Police and Fire Depts sign follow-on orders for Surion

Korean Police and Fire Depts sign follow-on orders for Surion

14-Oct-2022Source: Korea Aerospace Industries

  [electronic translation] Government agencies repurchase domestic helicopters that have been verified for perfect mission performance. ‣ Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a contract with the Public Procurement Service to supply two police helicopters on the 5th and one firefighting helicopter in Gyeongbuk on the 12th. Three units will be delivered in the second half... Read more

Royal Navy completes Martlet and Sea Venom missile trials on AW159

Royal Navy completes Martlet and Sea Venom missile trials on AW159

14-Oct-2022Source: Royal Navy

Month-long trials in the Atlantic have paved the way for global operations using Navy’s new ship-busting missiles. Martlet and Sea Venom – the Navy’s two new air-to-surface anti-ship missiles – have completed extensive tests in the hands of expert aviators and scientists and a Wildcat helicopter. The trials in the Atlantic and Mediterranean will help... Read more

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