40,000 flight hour mark reached by Helidax
Source: DCI, 28-Sep-12
Helidax, a subsidiary of DCI and INAER, announces that it has exceeded 40,000 flight hours on EC120 Colibri aircraft, in their Calliope configuration, after 2 years of operation. Helidax is the first public-private partnership (PPP) launched by the French Ministry of Defense in 2008. This partnership concerns the supply of helicopter flight hours, for 22 [...]
DCI retains Kuwait helicopter maintenance contract
Source: DCI, 19-Jun-12
(Electronic translation) DCI services company that operates over the entire spectrum of defense and national security, remember that a 3-year contract in favor of the helicopter Kuwait Air Force (KAF) was renewed earlier this year. The State of Kuwait maintains its confidence in DCI, operator of the Light Aviation Army (ALT) French, for the maintenance [...]
Helidax’s success attracts Qatar, Kuwait, Chad, Malaysia and Brazil
Source: DCI, 31-Aug-11
Hélidax, the first public-private partnership (PPP) launched by the French Ministry of Defense in 2008, exceeded last June 20 000 flight hours on EC120 Colibri aircraft. A subsidiary of DCI and INAER, Helidax achieved this performance in less of 13 months of operation and trained two batches of trainees for the armed forces. Helidax’s example brought [...]
DCI and INAER win contract to support 51 French EC145s
Source: DCI, 25-Feb-11
DCI announces that a new outsourcing contract has been granted, following the outsourcing contract on the fleet of helicopters from the French Army’s light aviation school in Dax. A call for tenders was launched concerning the outsourcing of in-service support related to French civil defense and gendarmerie EC 145 helicopters. This outsourcing concerns 51 helicopters [...]
DCI trains Royal Saudi Naval Forces Panther SAR crews
Source: DCI, 25-Feb-11
The Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) has entrusted DCI-NAVFCO, the naval branch of DCI group, with the training of its flight crews for the use of the helicopters PANTHER N3 Search and Rescue. This training takes place in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and in Toulon (France). DCI-NAVFCO has sent 6 instructors and provided operational means in [...]
Helisim Inaugurates its First NH90 Simulator
Source: Eurocopter, 23-Sep-09
Today, Helisim inaugurated its first NH90 flight simulator at the training center in Marignane (France) where it will be used to train military helicopter pilots. Helisim is a company jointly created by Eurocopter, Thales and DCI. The Australian Army Aviation, the French Navy and the French Army Air Corps will be the first customers to [...]
