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Wildfire Season Stretches U.S. Assets
This might seem like the worst U.S. wildfire season ever, and in some places it is. In Washington State, nearly 667,000 acres had burned through mid-September.However, the number of acres involved and...
View ArticleHelicopter Fleet Ambulance Ops Subject of Proposed AC
Proposed Advisory Circular 120-96A, “Operations Control Centers (OCC) for Helicopter Air Ambulance Operations,” provides information pertinent to implementing and operating OCCs in accordance with new...
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Egypt Orders KA-52 Combat Helos, Considers MiG-35s
Egypt awarded Russian arms vendor Rosoboronexport a contract for 50 Kamov Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters, according to Russian media reports. Details of the transaction remained scarce, but it is...
View ArticleMAGnificent Receives STC Validation in Canada
Mecaer Aviation Group's (MAG) luxury interior for the Bell 429 has received validation from Transport Canada Civil Aviation. MAG developed and branded the MAGnificent for the Bell 429 under an EASASTC...
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India Signs $3 Billion in Orders for Apaches, Chinooks
Boeing announced that India’s defense ministry has ordered 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. The package, worth $3.1 billion according to Indian and...
View ArticleAir Methods Offers Patient Logistics Services
Getting patient information to a higher level of care might be just as important as getting the patient there quickly in an air ambulance. That’s one of the factors driving the success of Air Methods’...
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Egypt, France In Discussions Over NH90 Helicopter Buy
Negotiations were at an advanced stage as of October 1 between France, helicopter consortium NHIndustries and Egypt for the sale of a significant number of NH90 medium helicopters. The order would be a...
View ArticleTurbomeca Busy with Arrano, Arrius 2R Engines
Turbomeca is preparing for the first flight of the 1,100- to 1,300-shp Arrano 1A on the Airbus Helicopters H160 medium twin and the certification of the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X's Arrius 2R (504 shp).Two...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters Outlines Product-support Progress, More Changes
After years of scoring last for helicopter product support in AIN’s annual survey, Airbus Helicopters jumped into second place just behind perennial winner Bell Helicopter. How did the world’s largest...
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Airbus Helicopters Strives To Maintain Orders, Revenues
Airbus Helicopters had a healthy first half despite a challenging situation in the otherwise lucrative oil-and-gas segment, the company said on the eve of the Helitech show in London that opened...
View ArticleAir Methods CEO: Air EMS Market Oversaturated
There has been growing criticism in recent years that the U.S. air medical system has too many aircraft, a factor that drives excessive use of patient air transport when ground transportation would be...
View ArticleOil-and-Gas Market a Headache for Helicopter Industry
The downturn in the offshore oil-and-gas market remains a prominent concern for the helicopter industry, the leaders of which are puzzling over the evolution of demand in the segment. “I am not sure I...
View ArticleVector Aerospace Signs Deal with Anaheim PD
Richmond, British Columbia–based Vector Aerospace signed a three-year contract with the Anaheim Police Department to provide MRO support for the agency's Airbus Helicopter AS350B2 components. Vector...
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Waypoint Leasing Signs Deals for Up To 38 More Helicopters
Waypoint Leasing today announced orders and commitments for up to 38 new rotorcraft at the Helitech show in London. In a deal agreed with Airbus Helicopters, the Ireland-based company signed to buy up...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters Unveils Upgraded H135 Light Twin
Airbus Helicopters on Wednesday at Helitech unveiled further improvements to the H135 light twin—an avionics upgrade with the Helionix suite, the addition of a four-axis autopilot and extra cabin...
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AgustaWestland Plans To Fly Next-gen Tiltrotor in 2021
AgustaWestland is planning to fly its next-generation civil tiltrotor (NGCTR) in 2021, two years later than previously anticipated. The 20-passenger rotorcraft, which is much larger than the...
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Bell, Sikorsky Showcase Different Concepts for Army Helo
Helicopter manufacturers showcased their competing concepts for a future Army rotorcraft at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) conference in Washington, D.C., this week—one a tiltrotor and the...
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U.S. Army Plans First Deployment of Laser-Guided Rocket
The U.S. Army has procured “an initial quantity” of laser-guided rockets for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, marking the service’s first planned deployment of the weapon, according to...
View ArticleBlade Is the New (Uber) Black
Your next helicopter ride is just a smartphone app away. And when Manhattan traffic is snared in gridlock, what could be more convenient?During the Pope’s recent visit to New York City–and ensuing...
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Garrison Bowing Out of Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison resigned last night after six years at the helm of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Textron subsidiary. Garrison is leaving to take the reins at Terex Corp., a $7.3 billion...
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