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Monday, September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Canada Wet Leases Mi-8s for Afghan Operations
MILITARY Allied forces have been urging worldwide governments to send more attack and transport helicopters for years. Soldiers are being injured or killed by roadside bombs and without medevac helicopters and their attack escorts, many of the soldiers, who could have been flown to safety, are dying... [read more]
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Expands AS350 Fleet
PUBLIC SERVICE The U.S. Homeland Security Dept is calling for more Eurocopter AS350s for its Customs and Border Protection service. The vendor, American Eurocopter, expects the indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract to cover up to 50 more AS350B3s...
September 1, 2008
Program Updates
Attack- Iraq will spend as much as $2.4 billion to buy helicopters, related munitions and associated equipment and services. Bell Helicopter or Boeing would be the principal contractors. Iraq requested the possible sale of 24 Bell armed Model 407s or 24...
September 1, 2008
Program Focus
India Re-Opens Light Utility Bidding India has reopened bidding for 197 utility helicopters for its army and air force. The helicopters are expected to be inducted into service by 2010 in a deal valued about $750 million. Army and air force officials have...
September 1, 2008
Contracts
Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $22-million contract for two MH-60S Sea Hawks. Work will be performed in Stratford and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. Bristow Academy Inc, Titusville, Fla., was awarded a $5.3-million contract...
September 1, 2008
New Aircraft: Lakotas Join U.S. National Guard Fleet
Units in Mississippi and Louisiana, and the training center in Pennsylvania, are flying the new utility helicopter. The first Light Utility Helicopters fielded to National Guard units in Mississippi and Louisiana are ready to respond when called upon by state...
September 1, 2008
Eurowatch
Helicopters Needed, Now! PARIS — Canadian soldiers have a history of being let down by their governments and being left to operate outdated, costly and maintenance-hungry weapons so that their politicians can make whatever point they are hoping to...
August 28, 2008
USMC Flying the UH-1Ys
The helicopters, built by Bell, began operating this month. They can fly farther, faster and have a greater load capacity, 125 percent higher, than the UH-1N (the UH-1N is being rebuilt and redesigned...
August 27, 2008
Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
August 26, 2008
Chartered NATO Helo Crashes
A NATO-chartered Mi-8 crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, near the border with Pakistan, killing one person and wounding three on...
August 18, 2008
Brazilian, U.S. Firms to Service Helos
Brazilian-based Sierra Aeronáutica and U.S.-based Texas Aviation Services (TAS), formed a partnership to support Brazilian helicopter clients, unveiling it at LABACE in Brazil. The companies are trying to catch up with the...
August 15, 2008
Celebrate 100 Years of Military Aviation
On Saturday, September 6, the Army Aviation Assn will be hosting an open house in Fort Myer...
August 13, 2008
U.K. Kicks Off Rotor Research Project
The Rotor Embedded Actuator Control Technology, or React, project is a three-year effort to develop active surfaces in helicopter rotor blades and active...
August 12, 2008
Bell Expand Amarillo, Texas Plant
Bell Helicopter is expanding its Military Aircraft Assembly Center there to prepare for ramped up production of UH-1Ys and AH-1Zs for the U.S. Marine Corps and...
August 7, 2008
Rotorsim to Provide First NH90 Sim
The consortium owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland has signed contracts with the Netherlands defense ministry to provide comprehensive NH90 helicopter training systems and services. The total value of the contracts is about €50 million (C$80...
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