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Bell Helicopter Expands its Presence in Russia
Fort Worth, TX – May 16, 2013 - Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), continues to expand its presence in Russia through recent aircraft deliveries, the appointment of a second Independent Representative and through participation at the 6th… Continue reading
Eurocopter opens its Systemhaus helicopter development center at the company s Donauwörth, Germany site
Eurocopter today officially opened its new Systemhaus helicopter development center at Donauwörth, Germany today in the presence of Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer.
The facility, which provides workspace for some 900 employees, offers complete system capa-bility for the global helicopter… Continue reading
Sikorsky S-76D™ Helicopter Achieves Certification in Mexico
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the S-76D™ helicopter has been awarded Type Certification by Mexico’s civil aviation authority, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
The S-76D helicopter… Continue reading
Osprey debuts at Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1
Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1 Marines, past and present, family members and friends mingle on the flight line with the newest addition to the squadron, an MV-22 B ‘Osprey,’ after an MV-22B Introduction Ceremony in the HMX-1 hangar May 4… Continue reading
1st Flight of Newest UK Chinook Helicopter
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., April 15, 2013 — Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force.
The March 15 flight, at the Boeing helicopter facility near Philadelphia, happened ahead… Continue reading
Fokker Services delivers first standard parts for NH90 helicopter
Fokker Services
Fokker Services performed its first official standard part delivery for a NH90 helicopter. During a ceremony in the Fokker Services warehouse in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, representatives from the Dutch Ministry of Defense took receipt of the first batch… Continue reading
Four Russians killed in UN helicopter crash in Congo
Reuters
Four Russians were killed when a U.N.-contracted cargo helicopter crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.
The helicopter crashed on Saturday on a thickly wooded mountainside around 20 km (12 miles) west… Continue reading
A global leader endorses the EC175: Bristow Group places a major order for Eurocopter’s next-generation medium-sized helicopter
Bristow Group, a world-leading provider of transportation services for the offshore energy industry, today signed an agreement for up to 12 EC175s – marking the latest major acquisition of Eurocopter’s rotorcraft, which sets new standards in the medium-sized twin-engine helicopter… Continue reading
Sikorsky, Boeing Propose X2™ Technology Helicopter Design for US Army’s Joint Multi-Role Future Vertical Lift Requirements
Boeing/Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., and Boeing will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft — based on Sikorsky’s X2™ Technology rotorcraft design — for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD)… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Completes 400th MH-60 Digital Cockpit for Installation on First Australian Romeo Helicopter
Lockheed Martin has completed the 400th Common Cockpit™ avionics suite for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk helicopter program. The digital cockpit will be installed aboard the first of 24 MH-60R (Romeo) anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopters to be acquired… Continue reading
PMA-276 and defense industry partner welcome production of 100th H-1 Helicopter
NAVAIR
Marking a key development for U.S. Marine Corps aviation, Bell Helicopter the manufacturer of the service’s H-1 Helicopter, delivered the 100th UH-1Y model to the U.S. government Jan. 16.
The aircraft was the 100th of 349 H-1… Continue reading
Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays
Raytheon/Thales
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems… Continue reading