Iran’s new Toufan 2 helicopter looks rather like a Cobra
03-Jan-13
Iran has unveiled its latest combat helicopter Toufan 2 during a ceremony attended by the country’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. (see full story)
PKL Services wins $16M USMC contract
Source: US DoD, 15-Aug-12
PKL Services, Inc.*, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $16,079,221 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for organizational level maintenance on the following Marine Corps aircraft platforms: AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (48 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan (22 percent); [...]
Americans plead guilty to selling helicopter parts to Iran
Source: Sacramento Bee, 27-Jun-11
Michael Edward Todd, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last month to conspiring to illegally export the parts. He is scheduled for sentencing in August. Hamid “Hank” Seifi, pleaded guilty to that charge and to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Seifi was sentenced to 56 months in prison, followed by three years [...]
Spain arrests eight and impounds 16+ helicopters being exported to Iran
Source: HeliHub.com, 27-May-11
Spains’s National Police have aborted the sale of a number of helicopters and fighter parts to Iran and Venezuela. A total of eight arrests have been made in relation to this deal, five Spanish businessmen and three Iranian nationals who had traveled to Spain to formalise the deal. Export of this type of equipment to [...]
Two Belgians charged with smuggling helicopter parts to Iran
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 18-May-11
The indictment alleges that Willy De Greef, 70, and Frederic Roland Nicolas Depelchin, 39, sent the parts to unidentified customers through their companies, Meca Airways Ltd. and Meca Overseas Airways Ltd, which were also named as defendants.
International Iran confirms willingness to sell helicopters to Bolivia
Source: AVN, 29-Oct-10
Bolivian Government has confirmed that they are evaluating a proposal from Iran to supply helicopters. No reference is made to whether they, or any other manufacturer, was asked to submit tenders.
Iran building attack helicopters, reports loacl news agency
Source: El Universal, 04-May-10
Iranian defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said his country had made new combat helicopters, equipped with antitank missiles and with “full national technology.”
Iran to present new unmanned helicopter on National Armed Forces Day
Source: Trend, 13-Apr-10
Iran will hold a parade on National Armed Forces Day April 18 with the participation of Iranian Air Force bombers and a new unmanned helicopter
Iran counterfeiting Bell’s helicopters
Source: http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/iran-counterfeiting-bells-helicopters/, 25-Feb-10
Iran appears determined to not only maintain its enormous fleet of hundreds of Bell helicopters in the wake of the ongoing U.S. arms embargo against it, but also to make indigenous and unauthorized copies of them.
Iran To Set Up Helicopter Base In Zimbabwe
Source: Bernama, 07-Feb-10
Iran has announced plans to set up a helicopter center in Zimbabwe, in a move that will further cement military cooperation between the two countries
Tehran Technical University flies indigenous helicopter UAV
Source: Aviaport, 01-Feb-10
First Iranian unmanned helicopter designed in the design office of the Tehran Technical University of Amir Kabir
US agents hold suspected Iran-bound Bell 412
Source: Dallas Morning News, 14-Dec-09
Federal agents are investigating whether a helicopter they have held for 14 months at an airport in Texas was earmarked for shipment to Iran.
Russian Helicopters Boosts Presence on Iranian Rotorcraft Market
Source: Russian Helicopters, 09-Dec-09
Russian Helicopters and Iran-based Fanavaran ASEMAN GITI Co. Ltd. have signed an agreement to promote Russian rotorcraft in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran to manufacture Ukrainian-developed Aerokopter AK1-3
Source: PressTV, 08-Sep-09
Iran and Ukraine have reportedly reached an agreement to manufacture the AK1-3 ultra-light multi-purpose helicopter in Iran, according to an Iranian official.
Iran, Ukraine Sign Deal on Transferring Helicopter Technology
Source: FARS, 26-Aug-09
Iran has signed an agreement with a Ukrainian company to transfer technology for helicopter manufacturing to the Islamic Republic, an Iranian Air Industries official announced on Monday.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Iranian Red Crescent Shabaviz 2-75, a modified Bell 205
Source: Airliners.net, 07-May-09
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bell AH-1J of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force
Source: Airliners.net, 01-May-09
Irish Company and Three Officers Charged With Illegally Exporting Helicopter Parts to Iran
Source: NASDAQ, 25-Mar-09
US charges Iran businessman with illegal export of helicopter engines and aerial cameras
Source: Reuters, 17-Mar-09
