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January 1, 2009
Editor’s Notebook
The Three Little Angels of Spending This month, we bring you our R&W Annual Report. And as you probably saw during your initial flip-through, it contains two sections. The first is called "Executive Outlook," which contains comments and...

January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Capabilities Based Assessment
NEWS A little-noticed provision in the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill has set in motion the most ambitious project in years to divine and define the future for military vertical lift aircraft. The goal of the Pentagon-led Future Vertical Lift...

January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: V-22/CH-47 Lines Temporarily Halted Amid Fear of Sabotage
MILITARY On November 21, Boeing halted production on the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook lines at its Ridley Township plant outside of Philadelphia. This action came after a worker discovered a plastic cap in the fuel line of an Osprey. Boeing could...

January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Jury Rules in Honeywell vs Sandel Dispute
PRODUCTS After three court appearances and one jury trial, defendant Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif. prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Honeywell International. The $10.6 million suit, which was filed in 2002, alleged that Sandel’s...

January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Iraq Wants Bell 407s
MILITARY Congress has been notified that the Government of Iraq is interested in buying more than two-dozen Bell 407 armed reconnaissance helicopters. The 26 aircraft...

January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: U.S. Wants More UH-72s
MILITARY This latest contract, asking for 39 Lakotas, brings the total number of UH-72As ordered by the Army to 123 and the acquisition value up to $208 million. The extended production will run through...

January 1, 2009
Military: On the Horizon?
The outlook for U.S. military rotorcraft programs as the Obama administration comes to power might look bleak at first glance. Incoming President Obama’s defense team inherits two costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a plan Obama supports to expand the...

January 1, 2009
Executive Outlook
"We really hand over the heavy lifting of the edit duties this month to our writers who work directly with industry vendors to create this unique section." By now you may have noticed that there is an all new photo up on the front pages of this...

January 1, 2009
Turbomeca
Turbomeca specializes in the design, production, sale and support of low- to medium-power gas turbines for helicopters. In the industry since 1938, Turbomeca is the world’s leading manufacturer of helicopter engines. With continued investments to expand...

January 1, 2009
Aero Dynamix, Inc.
Formed in 1994, Aero Dynamix is a fast growing company, focused on safety, quality and customer satisfaction – the three pillars of the company’s success. During the past 15 years, Aero Dynamix has become the leader in the Night Vision...

January 1, 2009
FlightSafety International
FlightSafety, the world’s foremost aviation training company, greatly expands its rotorcraft training capacity with its newest Learning Center at Lafayette, Louisiana. The new center devotes its efforts exclusively to helicopter safety, providing a...

January 1, 2009
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce produces one of the broadest turboshaft and turboprop engine families available in the world, with a power range stretching from 300 shp to more than 7,300 shp. This industry-leading fleet of 18,000 engines has accumulated more than 200 million...

January 1, 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide. The company is a premier developer, integrator, producer and supporter of manned and unmanned...

January 1, 2009
Timken Aftermarket Solutions
For compehensive aerospace after-market solutions. Timken is the name to know. In fact with its recent acquisition of EXTEX, Timken Aftermarket Solutions, based in Mesa, Ariz., now has the world’s largest inventory of quality replacement parts for...