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Bell Unveils Single-screen V-280 Cockpit
Bell Helicopter is unveiling a single-screen instrument panel concept for its V-280 Valor next-generation military tiltrotor. The panel currently is installed in the V-280 mock-up, which will be on...
View ArticleACSR Introduces Tailboom Motion Detection System
A fatal tailboom separation on a Bell UH-1B in 2013 inspired Aircraft Structural Repair (ACSR) of Stevensville, Mont., to design the Bart tailboom motion-detection system. Bart is currently being...
View ArticleLord Team Lauded for Vibration-suppression System
The team behind Lord’s hub-mounted vibration suppressor (HMVS) technology has received the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Grover E. Bell award. The award is given for an outstanding research and...
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Soft Launch for Airbus H175
After several years of delays, Airbus Helicopters delivered its first H175 super-medium twin late last year and is slowly ramping up production while it campaigns the finished helicopter on a worldwide...
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Boeing Will Begin Production of AH-6i 'Little Bird' This Year
Boeing Defense will begin production of the AH-6i Little Bird light attack and reconnaissance helicopter in Mesa, Ariz., by the end of the year. The manufacturer declined to name the first buyer, which...
View ArticleBell Helicopter To Assemble Some 407GXPs in Russia
Bell Helicopter inked a deal with Russia’s JSC Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA) on Monday to assemble new 407GXP singles for UWCA in Russia to speed their inclusion on the country's civil aircraft...
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Sikorsky S-97 Raider Enters Flight-test Phase
Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider semi-compound helicopter made its first flight on May 22. A follow-on to the X2 demonstrator, the S-97 combines two rigid coaxial, counter-rotating rotors and a pusher propeller...
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CHC S-92 Conducts First LPV Approach in Norway
A CHC Helikopter Service Sikorsky S-92 equipped with dual Universal Avionics SBAS-flight management systems recently performed the first localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approach to...
View ArticleSikorsky To Lay Off 1,400 as Oil Prices Weigh on Offshore Operators
Sikorsky will cut approximately 1,400 production-related jobs, the company announced this week. “Sustained decreases in oil prices continue to drive significant declines in capital investments by oil...
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Kaman To Restart K-Max Production after 12-year Hiatus
Kaman Aerospace announced on Friday that it will restart production of the K-Max K-1200 heavy external lift helicopter. The K-Max was certified in 1994 and the production line was shuttered in 2003...
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Sikorsky To Add Black Hawk to Autonomy Program
Sikorsky is proceeding with flight-testing more unmanned “autonomous” helicopters, and is planning to add a Black Hawk to its Autonomy Program next year.The U.S. rotorcraft manufacturer’s Matrix...
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Airbus Helicopters Gears Up for Flight Testing of New H160 Medium Twin
Airbus Helicopters is here exhibiting a full-scale mockup of the H160 medium twin, a long-awaited successor for the Dauphin family designed to lock horns with the AgustaWestland AW139 on the...
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France-based Companies Win and Lose in Big Indian Helo Contest
French aerospace simultaneously lost one contract, but won another last month. India’s decision in favor of the Kamov Ka-226T for its reconnaissance and surveillance helicopter (RSH) requirement was a...
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New Russian helicopters designs to offset decline in shipments
Russian Helicopters’ backlog of firm orders was 585 rotorcraft valued at Rouble 490 billion (U.S.$9.8 billion at the then-current exchange rate), the manufacturer announced at HeliRussia 2015 held May...
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UTC To Offload Sikorsky Rotorcraft Business
UTC announced on Monday that it will pursue the separation of its Sikorsky helicopter business, subject to final board approval. “Our strategic review has confirmed that exiting the helicopter business...
View ArticleMilestone Signs Deal for Airbus, Bell Helos
Milestone Aviation, the GE Capital Services company that specializes in rotorcraft operational leasing, signed deals with Airbus Helicopters and Bell Helicopter on Monday at Paris 2015. A previously...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters Selects FLIR Imaging Turrets
FLIR Systems (Chalet 373) and Airbus Helicopters Deutschland announced the selection of FLIR’s Star Safire 380-HD as the preferred electro-optical system for the H145T2 medium helicopter and the...
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Airbus Helicopters H160 Enters Flight-test Phase
The Airbus Helicopters H160 medium twin made its first flight on Saturday, June 13, at Marignane Airport, where the manufacturer has its headquarters. The helicopter took off at 9:30 a.m. and the...
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Airbus Helicopters Launches Concept X6 Heavy-twin Helo
Airbus Helicopters unveiled the first artist rendering of the long-awaited X6 on Tuesday at Paris 2015. The X6 is a new helicopter in the heavy category that is now beginning a two-year “concept...
View ArticleTurkish Aerospace picks LHTEC engine for light utility helicopter
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has chosen the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Co. (LHTEC), a 50-50 partnership between Honeywell International and Rolls-Royce, to supply engines for the Turkish...
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