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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Saboteur Sentenced in CH-47 Plant Incident
A former Boeing employee has been sentenced to five months in prison, a $110,000 fine and five months of home detention after pleading guilty to sabotaging a CH-47 Chinook at the company’s Ridley, Pa... [read more]
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: 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...
December 30, 2008
Canada Waits for the Cyclone
Sikorsky is working on the 28 CH-148 Cyclones that the Canadian government contracted, but the manufacturer will be four years late now and isn't planning on delivery until...
December 30, 2008
Canada Waits for the Cyclone
Sikorsky is working on the 28 CH-148 Cyclones that the Canadian government contracted, but the manufacturer will be four years late now and isn't planning on delivery...
December 23, 2008
More U.S. Helicopters to Afghanistan
The U.S. Army's 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C. is going back to Afghanistan next year. Nearly 2,800...
December 23, 2008
U.S. Contracts with Canada
The Department of Defense contracted with Canadian Helicopters to provide Bell 212s to support...
December 19, 2008
Eurocopter's EC135/145 Sim Goes Operational
American Eurocopter now has its first full-motion, full-visual simulator on duty for its popular EC135/145 model helicopters. "This is a tremendous milestone for our training department,” said...
December 16, 2008
EADS Delivers 50th and 51st UH-72s
EADS North America is hosting a ceremony today to celebrate the delivery of the 50th UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter to the U.S. Army. The ceremony will...
December 10, 2008
New Marine Helicopter Dunker on Duty
Marine Corps aircrews training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. are now able to participate in water egress training in the service’s first indoor helicopter “dunker.” The new device...
December 9, 2008
EADS Receives Order for More UH-72As
The U.S. Army has ordered 39 additional UH-72A Lakotas from aircraft builder, EADS North America. The contract, valued at $207.7...
December 4, 2008
Boeing V-22/CH-47 Production Resumes
Boeing’s Philadelphia production lines have been reopened and operating normally for a week now that the plant has been cleared to resume building...
December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky to Upgrade Colombian UH-60s
MILITARY Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), a subsidiary of Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, won a multi-million dollar contract to convert Colombian Air Force UH-60A...
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