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Kuwait Signs Contract for 30 H225M Caracal Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters signed a long-awaited contract with the Kuwait Ministry of Defense for 30 H225M Caracal helicopters. According to French media reports, it is worth more than €1 billion, including a...
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AW609 Tiltrotor Flight Testing Resumes
AW609 tiltrotor prototype AC1 arrived at the Leonardo-Finmeccanica Philadelphia plant yesterday after recently resuming flight testing in Arlington, Texas. The AW609 flight-test program had been...
View ArticleWaypoint Places Former CHC Helicopters in Africa, Asia
After helicopter operator CHC filed a bankruptcy plan in May that saw it return 90 of its 230 leased helicopters by the end of last month (with another 65 to be dropped by year-end), Ireland-based...
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Paraguayan Company Orders Bell 505 Helicopter
Paraguayan industrial group Signature S.R.L. plans to add a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to its fleet following the August 5 signing of a letter of intent with the U.S. manufacturer. The company, which...
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Argentina’s Cicare Prepares for Certified Helos
Argentine kit helicopter maker Cicare plans to enter the certified helicopter market. Raul Oreste, the company’s chief commercial officer, told AIN that the company is working on a certified version of...
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Bristow Helicopters Crews Aid Louisiana Flood Rescues
Bristow Group is lending its SAR-equipped helicopters to the Louisiana flood relief efforts, performing numerous rescue missions over the weekend in cooperation with the Office of Homeland Security and...
View ArticleNew Challenges for Erickson
Despite attracting several new significant contracts in recent months, Erickson continues to struggle in a challenging market while under a crippling debt load and while trading in a market that is...
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HEMS at Odds with Insurers, Medicare
Over the last several years, patient transport fees charged by the helicopter EMS industry in the U.S. have come under scrutiny from public policy makers, the private health insurance industry and...
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U.S. Interior Department Awards Contract for Quadcopters
The U.S. Department of the Interior has contracted with drone manufacturer 3D Robotics (3DR), of Berkeley, Calif., to order up to 40 of the company’s Solo quadcopters for aerial survey, fire management...
View ArticleFAA Warms To Easier SE-IFR Helo Certification
The U.S.FAA appears poised to adopt industry recommendations drafted last year that are aimed at reducing the cost and complexity associated with single-engine helicopters meeting IFR certification...
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New Orders Show Latin American Rotorcraft Market Still Alive, Says Bell
Brazil generally, and São Paulo in particular, have long represented a true hotspot in the global rotorcraft market. Demand may have cooled of late but that hasn’t deterred Bell Helicopter from...
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First H175 Delivered in the Americas
The first Airbus H175 super-medium twin has been delivered to a customer in the Americas, going to Mexico's Transportes Aéreos Pegaso for oil-and-gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The company will...
View ArticleMoody's Downgrades Credit Rating for Helo Operator Erickson
On Thursday, credit rating agency Moody's downgraded Erickson's $355 million bond debt two full notches to Caa3, assigning it a very high credit risk. The credit rating agency called Erickson's current...
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Final MD 530Fs of Follow-On Contract Arrive in Afghanistan
MD Helicopters completed delivery of 12 MD 530F light scout/attack helicopters to Afghanistan, fulfilling an October 2015 follow-on contract from the U.S. Army Non-Standard Rotary Wing Program Office....
View ArticleU.S. Helicopter Accident Rate Improves
The U.S. civil helicopter accident rate continues to fall and the industry just posted its second safest July in more than 30 years, according to data released August 31 from the U.S. Helicopter Safety...
View ArticleSafety Alert Addresses Bell 206/407 Transmission
Following up on an earlier, Airworthiness Directive Transport Canada has issued a Civil Aviation Safety Alert (CASA) to address transmission issues with Bell 206, 206L and 407 helicopters. The purpose...
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Lord Corporation Provides New Anti-Vibration System for CH-47s
The Lord Corporation has produced an Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) for the Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter. It reported the completion of all program milestones under a contract awarded by...
View ArticleSafran Delivers First U.S.-built Arrius 2R to Bell
Safran Helicopter Engines has delivered the first Arrius 2R engine made at its Grand Prairie, Texas plant. The 2R was certified in December 2015 and is slated to power the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light...
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Dallas Cowboys Score with New Airbus H145 Helicopter
The National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys franchise finished dead last in its conference last year with a 4-12 record, but the team is still profitable enough to allow owner Jerry Jones to take...
View ArticleAvic Starts Flight Trials of AC312e Helicopter
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic) recently began flight-testing its new AC312e light-medium twin helicopter. This new model is derived from the previous “A” model, itself a descendant...
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