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Avidyne upgrades Flight Management Systems on Colombian Army fleet

Avidyne upgrades Flight Management Systems on Colombian Army fleet

21-Feb-2024Source: Avidyne

Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated avionics systems announced that the Colombian Army has selected IFD550 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM systems for their fleet of UH1-H, UH-1N, MI-17, and UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters as part of their Avionics Standardization Program. A portion of the fleet has been upgraded and operationalized in 2023 and the second phase of installations... Read more

Airbus to display EMS H145 at F-AIR Columbia

Airbus to display EMS H145 at F-AIR Columbia

13-Jul-2023Source: Airbus Helicopters

Airbus celebrates its return to the F-AIR 2023 aeronautical event that will take place in Rionegro, Antioquia from July 12 to 16, to present its most advanced security and defense solutions and portfolio of products and services for the aeronautical industry Colombian. Airbus Defense and Space will exhibit different products in the field of military... Read more

Latin-American business aviation specialist invests in Wingcopter

Latin-American business aviation specialist invests in Wingcopter

20-Dec-2021Source: Wingcopter

German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has secured its next investment. The capital influx comes from SYNERJET Corp, a leading business aviation specialist in Latin America, with operations in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and Guatemala. The new funding follows recently announced investments from Japan-based DRONE FUND as well as UBER co-founder Garrett Camp’s Expa. SYNERJET... Read more

AW139 will be Colombia’s new Presidential helicopter

AW139 will be Colombia’s new Presidential helicopter

12-Jan-2021Source: Leonardo

The Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter will be the new Presidential Transport helicopter in the Republic of Colombia. The aircraft, in a special VVIP configuration, is expected to be delivered in spring this year and will be operated by the Colombian Air Force. The supply of this helicopter will make the Colombian Air Force the... Read more

Trakka delivers total surveillance solutions package for Colombian National Police

Trakka delivers total surveillance solutions package for Colombian National Police

15-Jul-2020Source: Trakka Systems

Trakka USA, LLC is pleased to announce the delivery of Trakka’s Total Surveillance Solution Package for the Colombian National Police to support the Directorate of Aviation, Halcon Group. The Total Surveillance Solutions Package is comprised of the TrakkaCam TC-300 Multi-sensor Camera System, TrakkaMap TM-100 Mission Management, Moving Map, and recording system, and the TrakkaBeam A800... Read more

US sends 60 training helicopters to Colombia

US sends 60 training helicopters to Colombia

11-Sep-2019Source: US Army Security Assistance Command

Fighting illegal drug trafficking is done to safeguard national security, and this fight is supported by security assistance programs executed for the Army by Security Assistance Command. USASAC has used one such program, Section 333, to transfer 60 TH-67 Training Bell Model helicopters to the Regional Helicopter Training Center in Melgar, Colombia. The helicopters had... Read more

First Female Pilot for Colombian Army

First Female Pilot for Colombian Army

21-Jun-2018Source: HeliHub.com

The Colombian Army Aviation Branch have recently gained their first female helicopter pilot. Second Lieutenant Viviana Yesenia Forero Moncada finished her nine months of training at the Armed Forces Helicopter School in Bogotá. 2nd Lt. Forero is now equipped to fly the Bell TH-67 Creek helicopter, and is paving the way for inclusion of women... Read more

Sikorsky to support Mexican Black Hawks from Colombia

Sikorsky to support Mexican Black Hawks from Colombia

5-Aug-2016Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, will leverage its assets in Colombia to provide BLACK HAWK helicopter operators in Mexico with maintenance, component repair and pilot simulator training, the company announced today as a step toward establishing Colombia as a nexus for supporting BLACK HAWK operators throughout Latin America. The initiative will enable Mexico’s growing BLACK... Read more

Widow Al Purwin sues film production companies

Widow Al Purwin sues film production companies

22-Apr-2016Source: Report CA

The widow of Helinet boss Al Purwin has raied a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages and against Cross Creek Pictures LLC, Imagine Entertainment LLC, Vendian Entertinament LLC, Quadrant Pictures and the estate of pilot Carlos Berl, who also died in the accident – See full story... Read more

Colombian Air Force receives 7th Huey II upgrade kit

Colombian Air Force receives 7th Huey II upgrade kit

31-Mar-2016Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the Colombian Air Force (COLAF) had accepted their seventh Huey II Kit – continuing to improve their fleet performance and mission readiness. The delivery of the Huey II Kit is a part of an ongoing upgrade program designed to revitalize the Colombian Air Force’s... Read more

CAS awarded $11M for UH-60 FMS support work

CAS awarded $11M for UH-60 FMS support work

15-Mar-2016Source: US DoD

CAS, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded an $11,821,010 modification (003887) to foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-05-A-0024 (Egypt, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Colombia, Jordan, Brazil, Tunisia, Sweden, Slovakia) for labor hours and travel supporting the Utility Helicopter Project Office.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016.  Fiscal... Read more

CAS awarded $8.6M for running Utility Helicopter Project Office at Huntsville

CAS awarded $8.6M for running Utility Helicopter Project Office at Huntsville

8-Sep-2015Source: US DoD

CAS Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $8,651,520 modification (003873) to foreign military sales contract (Mexico, Egypt, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Jordan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Sweden, Slovakia) W31P4Q-05-A-0024 for labor hours and travel  supporting the Utility Helicopter Project Office.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of March... Read more

Colombia looking into helipad near Lost City site

Colombia looking into helipad near Lost City site

3-Sep-2015Source: Colombia Reporters

A tourism operator is talking to Colombia’s national authorities to see if it is possible to build a helicopter pad near the Lost City, ancient pre-Columbian ruins that now require a six-day trek to visit. See Full Story... Read more

Moroccan Chinooks near completion of refurbishment at Columbia Helicopters

Moroccan Chinooks near completion of refurbishment at Columbia Helicopters

13-May-2015Source: Columbia Helicopters

The Royal Moroccan Air Force had a good problem. They had just acquired three Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters from the US Army, the Moroccan’s had a requirement to bring the aircraft to an almost new condition before they could begin to operate them. The answer came from just under 6,000 miles away, in Aurora, Oregon.... Read more

Vector Aerospace and Colombian Air Force Sign Contract for PT6T Engine Overhauls

Vector Aerospace and Colombian Air Force Sign Contract for PT6T Engine Overhauls

3-Mar-2015Source: Vector Aerospace

Vector Aerospace Corporation (Vector Aerospace), a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is pleased to announce Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services – North America (HS-NA) with the assistance of their local representatives, Naher Trading, has signed a contract to provide the Colombian Air Force with Pratt & Whitney PT6T and JT15D... Read more

Colombia – Helistar buys two offshore AW139s

Colombia – Helistar buys two offshore AW139s

9-Nov-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Helistar de Aviacion of Colombia has signed a contract for two AW139 intermediate twin helicopters, marking the entrance of the type in the Latin American country and the first offshore AW139 in Spanish South America. These aircraft, whose delivery is expected in 2015, will be used to support the... Read more

Los Angeles judge denies motion for R66 trial to be held in Colombia

Los Angeles judge denies motion for R66 trial to be held in Colombia

11-Apr-2014Source: Baum Hedlund

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied a forum non conveniens motion filed by Robinson Helicopter Company, Rolls-Royce and Honeywell to have a fatal helicopter crash case (the very first R66 crash) removed from her courtroom in Los Angeles to be litigated in Colombia, where the crash occurred. In her March 28 ruling, the Honorable Michelle R.... Read more

Colombian Navy takes delivery of two Bell 412EPs

Colombian Navy takes delivery of two Bell 412EPs

9-Jan-2014Source: HeliHub.com

The Colombian Navy has recently taken delivery of two Bell 412EPs, serialled locally as ARC-225 and ARC-226. These are Bell serial numbers 36639 test flown as N493AH and became ARC-225 with Colombian Navy, and 36640 test flown as N495FB and became ARC-226 with Colombian Navy Finished in a overall naval grey colour, the helicopters feature... Read more

R66 being used in EMS role in Colombia

R66 being used in EMS role in Colombia

13-Nov-2013Source: HeliHub.com

A Robinson R66 is being used in Colombia as a pediatric air ambulance. It is flying alongside Westwind 1124A and Learjet 31 jets with Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia (FCV). Doctors at FCV are using the R66 to reach pediatric patients in remote areas. The back seat of the R66 has been replaced with a bench,... Read more

Colombia takes delivery of first S-70i with Terrain Awareness and Warning Capability

Colombia takes delivery of first S-70i with Terrain Awareness and Warning Capability

18-Oct-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has delivered to the Colombian Army two S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters incorporating a Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) as standard equipment. Colombia is the first country to field S-70i helicopters equipped with HTAWS, which Sikorsky has customized for the unique requirements of the combat assault and... Read more

MAKS 2013 – Vertical de Aviacion signs for five Mi-171A1s and five Ka-62s

MAKS 2013 – Vertical de Aviacion signs for five Mi-171A1s and five Ka-62s

28-Aug-2013Source: Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, and Colombia’s Vertical de Aviacion today signed agreements for five Mi-171A1s and five Ka-62s at the MAKS 2013 International Aviation and Space Salon. Vertical de Aviacion plans to deploy the Mi-171A1s in Mexico for cargo and passenger flights, while... Read more

Colombian Army buys two more S-70i Black Hawks

Colombian Army buys two more S-70i Black Hawks

11-Apr-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) announced today at the LAAD Defence & Security International Exhibition that the Colombian Army has contracted to buy two additional S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters. The two aircraft will augment five S-70i helicopters that arrived January 30 in Colombia to join the Special Forces of the Colombian... Read more

Sikorsky launches State-of-the-Art Black Hawk Training Centre in Colombia

Sikorsky launches State-of-the-Art Black Hawk Training Centre in Colombia

11-Apr-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the opening of a new UH-60 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Center at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar. The first of its kind in South America, the center provides pilot and flight crew training for the Colombian Armed Services and Sikorsky military customers throughout the region.... Read more

Colombian Army takes delivery of five S-70i Black Hawks

Colombian Army takes delivery of five S-70i Black Hawks

22-Mar-2013Source: Sikorsky

The Colombian Army has formally inducted five new Sikorsky S-70i multi-mission helicopters into its fleet of BLACK HAWK aircraft. Colombia is the first South American country to buy the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter variant from Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. “We are honored by the trust the Colombian Armed Forces continue to... Read more

Black Hawk simulator delivered to Colombian Air Force

Black Hawk simulator delivered to Colombian Air Force

11-Mar-2013Source: Colombian Air Force

(electronic translation) In order to improve the training of helicopter pilots UH-60L, the Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón Well, today delivered to the Colombian Air Force (FAC) art simulator in Melgar (Tolima). The sophisticated equipment is the exact replica of a cockpit of these aircraft, known as Black Hawk, has all the tools, systems and... Read more

Sikorsky triples size of its team in Colombia

Sikorsky triples size of its team in Colombia

31-Jan-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced plans to structurally repair seven damaged UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters for the Colombian Army (COLAR) at its base depot in Tolemaida, Colombia. To ensure sustained support for operations as mandated by the Colombian Army, the Colombian Army Aviation (part of the Army’s Combined Arms Team) has continued to expand its in-country... Read more

Colombia’s Vertical de Aviacion adds three Mi-171s

Colombia’s Vertical de Aviacion adds three Mi-171s

8-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Vertical de Aviacion has added three Mi-8s to its fleet, believed to be part of its ongoing support flights in Afghanistan. In the last three years, US Dept of Defense has contracted the company to the value of $498 Million – see details. The three Mi-8s have been acquired pre-owned, one from South Africa and... Read more

RotorWay Announces Two New Dealers

RotorWay Announces Two New Dealers

10-Dec-2012Source: RotorWay

RotorWay International is pleased to announce the addition of two new dealers in Colombia, and Australia. RotorWay of Colombia is back! Diego Torres is owner of RotorWay Colombia. Diego has been selling, building and flying RotorWay helicopters for over a decade, and we are happy to have him back. David Donaldson is taking over the... Read more

Sikorsky continues to expand its capabilities in Colombia

Sikorsky continues to expand its capabilities in Colombia

2-Nov-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft today announced it has expanded its support of the Colombia Armed Forces BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet by opening an office in Bogota, Colombia. In addition, Sikorsky will open South America’s first BLACK HAWK helicopter training center in Melgar, Colombia, in early 2013. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. The new office... Read more

Colombian Air Force closes first workshop on aviation drug interdiction

Colombian Air Force closes first workshop on aviation drug interdiction

15-Oct-2012Source: Colombian Air Force

(electronic translation from original)  After two days of the seminar held in the capital city, which was represented in 25 countries of the continent, successfully concluded this academic event, where experience showed that Colombia has acquired over time, in the fight against illicit drug trafficking by air. He highlighted the work being done combined with... Read more

Columbian Air Force replaces VVIP Bell 412

Columbian Air Force replaces VVIP Bell 412

10-Oct-2012Source: HeliHub.com

The Columbian Air Force has very recently taken delivery of a new Bell 412EP, with the aircraft being noted at various points on its ferry flight from Texas, including San Jose Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica on Sunday 7th October.  The aircraft is a replacement for an earlier 412 which was damaged beyond... Read more

FARC guerrillas release kidnapped helicopter pilots

FARC guerrillas release kidnapped helicopter pilots

1-Aug-2012

Pilots Juan Carlos Alvarez and Alejandro de Jesus Ocampo were handed over to representatives of the ICRC and a local human rights non-governmental organisation in a remote area in the jungle-covered Cauca province (see full story)... Read more

Colombian Air Force Bell 212 accident kills 13

Colombian Air Force Bell 212 accident kills 13

1-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site.  Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred.  Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches,... Read more

Helicargo SA to bring Bell 525 Relentless to Colombia

Helicargo SA to bring Bell 525 Relentless to Colombia

23-Apr-2012Source: Helicargo

Luis Guillermo Angel Restrepo and his company Helicargo S.A. will bring the newly unveiled Bell 525 “super medium” helicopter to Colombian skies in the near future. Angel Restrepo (Helicargo) will have sole authority to distribute this helicopter in Colombia and will begin marketing this model immediately. With literally an audience of thousands, Bell Helicopter put... Read more

Turbomeca adds subsidiary in Mexico

Turbomeca adds subsidiary in Mexico

12-Feb-2012Source: Turbomeca

Turbomeca (Safran group) announces the creation of Turbomeca Mexico , Located in. the federal capital of Mexico , Called Federal District – DF. Turbomeca Mexico is Aimed at Supporting Turbomeca engines operators in Mexico, Central America and north of South America ( Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador and Venezuela ). The primary goal of Turbomeca... Read more

Colombia’s National Police orders three Black Hawks

Colombia’s National Police orders three Black Hawks

27-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Colombia’s National Police has ordered three Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawks, according to Infodefensa.com The helicopters will be operated by the Anti-Narcotics Police Directorate for use in detection and monitoring missions derived from drug trafficking activities.  Deliveries are scheduled from January 2012. The three were purchased by the Colombian military under a “Special Projects” budget category. ... Read more

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

25-Jul-2011Source: LRAD

LRAD Corporation, the world’s leading provider of acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced that a LRAD 1000X system mounted on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was deployed by the Colombian Air Force recently in their “Audacity and Will” campaign. The main component of the campaign was the use of the LRAD 1000X to communicate demobilization messages to... Read more

Sikorsky advances Black Hawk training center in Colombia

Sikorsky advances Black Hawk training center in Colombia

7-Jul-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today that construction of a new UH-60 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Center at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar is well under way and on schedule for completion this year. A premier training center for rotary wing aircraft, the facility will further improve the operational readiness of... Read more

Colombian Black Hawk fleet exceeds 300,000 hours

Colombian Black Hawk fleet exceeds 300,000 hours

23-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky

PARIS – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Paris Air Show that Colombia’s UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet has surpassed the 300,000 flight hour milestone. Colombia’s Army, National Police, and Air Force combine to operate nearly 100 BLACK HAWK helicopters for a variety of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster relief, anti-drug,... Read more

Sikorsky provides in-country Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

Sikorsky provides in-country Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

14-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the signing of an annually renewable contract providing in-country maintenance in support of the Colombian Army UH-60 BLACK HAWK fleet. Twenty-one Sikorsky-trained technicians will perform Phase Maintenance Inspections and 120 hour inspections at the Aviation Maintenance Base in Tolemaida to help ensure fleet mission readiness for combat operations. Sikorsky... Read more

Vertical de Aviación wins $139M of Afghanistan transportation work

Vertical de Aviación wins $139M of Afghanistan transportation work

5-Nov-2010Source: US DoD

Nueva Zona De Aviacion General, Bogota, Colombia, is being awarded a $139,038,859 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Nov. 1, 2010, to be completed by Oct. 31,... Read more

RotorWay announces new dealers in Russia, Colombia, and Australia

RotorWay announces new dealers in Russia, Colombia, and Australia

12-Oct-2010Source: RotorWay International

RotorWay International is pleased to announce the addition of three new dealers in Russia, Colombia, and Australia. Our newest dealer is Jet Flyer, LLC. located in Moscow, Russia. Jet Flyer will be responsible for sales and support in Russia, Belarus and Kazachstan. They have extensive experience in manufacturing and maintenance of light sport aircraft. Their... Read more

HMM-774 performs exchange program with Colombian Marines

HMM-774 performs exchange program with Colombian Marines

30-Aug-2010Source: US Marine Corps

COVENAS, Colombia  — Colombian Marines search the sky as they hear a loud commotion overhead. Within minutes, three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters creep from the trees and land at the flight line as part of a joint subject matter expert exchange on Colombian Marine Corps Base Covenas in Colombia, Aug. 13. Colombian Marines geared up... Read more

Colombia to buy 9 Black Hawk helicopters -sources

Colombia to buy 9 Black Hawk helicopters -sources

14-Apr-2010Source: Reuters

The Colombian government plans to purchase nine Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky, sources at the Colombian embassy in Washington told Reuters... Read more

United Rotorcraft Solutions expanding business into Latin America

United Rotorcraft Solutions expanding business into Latin America

7-Apr-2010Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions

United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS), currently supporting some Latin American customers, has taken steps to expand their business in that region.  At February’s HAI Hel-Expo, URS introduced their recently appointed Director of New Business Development, Mr. Luis Vargas, whose present focus is Latin America. Luis holds an MBA with concentration in international business and entrepreneurship, a... Read more

AgustaWestland and Synergy Aerospace Expand Their Distribution Agreement To Include Colombia

AgustaWestland and Synergy Aerospace Expand Their Distribution Agreement To Include Colombia

25-Feb-2008Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland and Synergy Aerospace Expand Their Distribution Agreement To Include Colombia... Read more

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