Night Flight Concepts Launches Industry Specific NVIS Solution Programs
Source: Night Flight Concepts, 17-May-13
Night Flight Concepts, the premier provider of night vision solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of five new industry specific solutions programs. These new Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) solutions include equipment, maintenance and training programs which have been adapted to support the specific operational and regulatory requirements for the following markets: • Emergency Medical Services and Search [...]
Canada – UAV locates person after ground search failed
Source: Draganflyer, 13-May-13
Early this morning, Saskatoon RCMP received a call of a single vehicle rollover on Highway #5 about 5 km east of St. Denis, Saskatchewan. RCMP, along with St. Denis and Vonda Fire Rescue, and EMS from MD Ambulance responded to the scene. Upon arriving at the scene, emergency responders could not locate the vehicle’s occupants. [...]
Santa Barbara County helicopter budget under scrutiny
Source: Noozhawk, 13-May-13
Officials air concerns about the fleet’s soaring expenses, which have already exceeded the budget available. (See Full Story)
Devon & Cornwall Police air unit joins Twitter
Source: HeliHub.com, 03-May-13
Devon & Cornwall Police’s air support unit have joined Twitter and can be found @DCP_Helicopter. However, this move may be short-lived as the gradual nationalisation of law enforcement aviation across England and Wales under the “NPAS” (National Police Air Service) banner has seen various units adopt new Twitter identities involving the NPAS name. Time will [...]
West Michigan’s Newest Crime Fighter
Source: FOX 17, 02-May-13
There’s a new buzz around West Michigan and you may have heard it flying above your home. Michigan State Police have a new helicopter. (See Full Story)
Jordanian Police sell three Bo105s
Source: HeliHub.com, 29-Apr-13
The Jordanian Police have recently sold a batch of three Eurocopter Bo105s to Oceania Aviation in New Zealand after retiring them from active use four years ago – we assume they have been in storage in the interim period. Each has now been put on the local ZK- register, with Oceania working initially on ZK-HVA [...]
Boston police want drones for 2014 marathon security
Source: The Washington Times, 29-Apr-13
Boston’s top cop wants drones hovering over next year’s marathon, but getting his hands on one may be easier said than done. More than 30 states, including Massachusetts, are rushing to restrict the use of drones by law enforcement, with some seeking to ban it in all but the most extreme circumstances. (See Full Story)
West Midlands Police helicopter catches more than 500 suspects in a year
Source: Birmingham Mail, 29-Apr-13
West Midlands Police’s eye-in-the sky helicopter helped cops snare more than 500 suspects last year. The aircraft spent 1,175 hours in the sky and was also responsible for finding 27 people who had been reported missing. (See Full Story)
Two Columbus Police helicopters cleared to fly after safety audit
Source: The Columbus Dispatch, 22-Apr-13
Two Columbus police helicopters have been cleared to fly after an outside audit did not uncover any safety concerns, a commander said yesterday. (See full story)
Oklahoma – Stephens County Sheriff adds UH-1
Source: KSWO, 22-Apr-13
The Stephens County Sheriff’s Department has a new large piece of equipment that will help the department fight fires or crime from a bird’s eye view. (See full story)
Brazil’s State of Pará orders two AS350B2
Source: Helibras, 18-Apr-13
[electronic translation] Helibras signed in its booth at LAAD – Defence & Security 2013, a contract for delivery of two new helicopters AS350 B2 Squirrel model for the Secretary of State for Public Security and Social Defense of Pará These aircraft were acquired to form the security planning of the State Government due to the [...]
Uniflight to maintain Houston Police Bell 412
Source: Uniflight LLC, 16-Apr-13
Uniflight LLC of Grand Prairie Texas is very pleased to announce the award of a contract by the Houston Texas Police Department to provide maintenance support for the department’s helicopters. The contract awarded to Uniflight is for one base year and two additional option years. The contract is for the support of Bell Helicopter 412 [...]
Cities formally dissolve ABLE helicopter program
Source: Daily Pilot, 12-Apr-13
A 20-year law enforcement partnership that provided police helicopter patrols to Costa Mesa and Newport Beach touched down for the last time Thursday morning. (see full story)
Baltimore Police reverse decision to mothball one of four EC120s
Source: The Baltimore Sun, 12-Apr-13
Eighteen months after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake voted to approve the purchase of four new helicopters for the Police Department, her proposed budget called for grounding one of them in a cost-saving move (see full story).
Delaware State Police contract for two Bell 429s
Source: Bell, 10-Apr-13
Bell have announced that it has secured an agreement with the Delaware State Police for the supply of two Bell 429 aircraft. The multi-mission configured Bell 429s will be utilized for both airborne law enforcement operations and helicopter emergency medical services. “For the mission and operations for the Delaware State Police, we evaluated all helicopter [...]
PAvCon 2013 prepares for May date in Austria
Source: PAvCon, 09-Apr-13
PAvCon 2013 is to be held 21-22 May 2013 in Wiener Nuestadt, Austria. Our hosts will be the Flugmuseum Aviaticum, Diamond Aircraft, Airborne Technologies and Schiebel Planning for the event is going well and both industry and the police are showing a high level of support. There are still about six weeks to go to [...]
New York State Budget includes $12.5M for new helicopter
Source: WNYT, 08-Apr-13
New York is getting a new helicopter that costs four times as much as the one it is replacing. Our waste watchers team has learned that the new state budget contains twelve and a half million dollars for state police to purchase a new helicopter (see full story).
State police helicopter to make regular patrols in West Michigan
Source: M Live, 05-Apr-13
Michigan State Police 1st Lt. Chris McIntire, commander of the Rockford post, and Sgt. Jerry King, a pilot in the aviation unit, talk about the helicopter patrols over West Michigan (see full story).
Columbus Police ground helicopter fleet
Source: ABC6, 05-Apr-13
Columbus police helicopters are grounded while they are inspected and maintenance records are checked. Police were ready to sell one of the choppers when they discovered “gaps” in the maintenance records (see full story).
Cobham to equip State Police helicopters in Brazil
Source: Cobham, 27-Mar-13
Cobham’s Brazilian subsidiary – has secured its first major contract in Brazil to equip State Police helicopters with High Definition (HD) video surveillance downlinks which will be used on helicopters in 12 cities during the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. The contract was developed with a local integration partner following the opening [...]
Norwegian military station two Bell 412s at Bardufoss
Source: HeliHub.com, 27-Mar-13
Following a concerted public effort within the geographical area of Bardufoss, the Royal Norwegian Air Force have moved two Bell 412s to Bardufoss. This will meet the campaign’s target to provide a better spread of aviation resources throughout the country, particularly for emergency situations. Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen has also said that these helicopters are [...]
Curtiss-Wright Introduces 21″ HD Rugged Video Mission Display
Source: Curtiss-Wright Controls, 26-Mar-13
Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the newest member of its Skyquest™ family of rugged mission displays for airborne platforms. The new feature rich 21.5” Skyquest™ AVDU5500 is the company’s largest high definition (HD) display to date. This next generation video display with touchscreen is designed for the [...]
US Rep. Ed Markey pushes privacy rules for domestic UAVs
Source: Congressman Ed Markey, 26-Mar-13
With tens of thousands of domestic commercial drone licenses expected to be handed out in the coming years, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today introduced updated legislation to ensure standards for informing the public and establish safeguards to protect the privacy of individuals from expanded use of drones. [...]
RCMP fly Draganflyer UAV for accident/crime investigation work
Source: RCMP, 25-Mar-13
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a leading North American national police force, covering three Canadian territories, eight provinces, more than 190 municipalities, 184 Aboriginal communities, and three international airports. The “F” division is responsible for the Saskatchewan region and like other divisions, is always looking for new technology to improve their level of service [...]
Gainesville PD helicopter relaunches after 15 months
Source: WUFT, 21-Mar-13
Gainesville Police Department launched its helicopter back in the air Tuesday after a 15-month hiatus.Helicopter (see full story). File photo
Sevier County Sheriff gets airborne with R44
Source: Seymour Herald, 15-Mar-13
Public Safety Aviation, a public private partnership, held a presentation conference to highlight the benefits of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department new helicopter patrol Feb. 22 (see full story)
Police Service of Northern Ireland order second EC145
Source: Eurocopter, 15-Mar-13
The acquisition of an EC145 by the Police Service of Northern Ireland will add another helicopter to this agency’s all-Eurocopter fleet, and reinforces the company’s impressive presence with law enforcement agencies in the British Isles. This latest rotary-wing aircraft is to be delivered in the first half of 2013, joining the Police Service of Northern [...]
Tennessee Highway Patrol Announces Permanent Aviation Support for West Tennessee
Source: Tennessee Highway Patrol, 13-Mar-13
Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons joined Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Tracy Trott to announce the permanent assignment of a THP helicopter and pilot to assist with aviation support of law enforcement in west Tennessee. This permanent aviation support will enhance public safety by increasing response time to incidents or missions [...]
Bell Shares Lead Role in Public Safety
Source: Bell, 12-Mar-13
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today an enhanced relationship with the Public Safety Aviation Accreditation Commission (PSAAC) a subsidiary of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA), as part of Bell Helicopter’s continued commitment to advancing safety in the rotorcraft industry. Bell Helicopter is the exclusive sponsor in the development of PSAAC’s [...]
FAA approves Arlington Police’s drones
Source: Star Telegram, 11-Mar-13
The Arlington Police Department recently won approval from the federal government to fly two remote-control helicopters for public safety purposes ( see full story)
Power Sonix to supply PA system to Korea National Police
Source: Power Sonix, 07-Mar-13
Power Sonix, Inc. has been awarded a long-term contract with Korean Aerospace Industries of South Korea (KAI) to supply 900-watt PSAIR32A tactical public address systems for the Surion helicopters being made for the Korean National Police Agency program. The Surion helicopter is being designed, engineered and manufactured in South Korea by KAI in partnership with [...]
Power Sonix releases new aeodynamic PA system speaker arrays
Source: Power Sonix, 07-Mar-13
Power Sonix, Inc. announces at HELI-EXPO in Las Vegas the release and availability of new aeodynamic speaker arrays for their industry-leading airborne public address systems. The new wing-shaped hexagon speaker enclosures offer a 30-40% reduction in the surface area of the speaker driver enclosures from their previous models. With these improvements, the new externally mounted [...]
Japan National Police orders two more AW139s
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) to supply two AW139 twin engine helicopters which will be operated in Hokkaido and Fukushima prefectures. This latest order brings the number of AW139 helicopters ordered by customers in Japan [...]
Japan National Police orders another GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Kanematsu Corporation are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) to supply a GrandNew law enforcement light twin helicopter which will be operated in Kawagawa prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The order brings to three the number [...]
Polk County Florida Sheriff orders a 500E
Source: MD Helicopters, 07-Mar-13
MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI), a Lynn Tilton company and leading manufacturer of commercial, air-rescue, military and law enforcement helicopters, announced a new order for a MD 500E helicopter from the Polk County Florida Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). The new MD 500E is the first order in a program to replace an aging fleet of three military surplus OH58′s. “We are [...]
American Eurocopter is leader in law enforcement sales
Source: American Eurocopter, 06-Mar-13
American Eurocopter continues to lead the U.S. airborne law enforcement market, maintaining a 55 percent market share over the last decade with a product line that has become the industry standard. With 280 Eurocopter aircraft operating in federal, state and local law enforcement units, operators cite reliability, versatility and cost effectiveness as key factors in [...]
Maryland State Police – first pair of AW139s arrive
Source: Frederick News Post, 28-Feb-13
Years after a multimillion-dollar contract to replace the state’s fleet of aged medevac helicopters caused controversy in Annapolis, two newly purchased aircraft arrived Tuesday at the aviation command of the Maryland State Police (see full story)
Texas bans shooting immigrants from helicopters
Source: The Raw Story, 26-Feb-13
Officials in Texas announced on Thursday that State Troopers would no longer be allowed to open fire on suspects from helicopters after the recent killing of two immigrants (see full story)
Bell confirms HeliHub.com stories on Nigerian 429s
Source: Bell, 25-Feb-13
Four weeks ago, HeliHub.com ran two stories on Bell 429s being delivered into Nigeria Jan 23 -Nigerian Police receive a Bell 429 Jan 24 -First EMS Bell 429 arrives in Nigeria for NEMA And then on Friday February 22nd, Bell issued the following:- Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today the delivery [...]
California County Inching Toward Drone Deployment?
Source: Wired, 22-Feb-13
Alameda County, just east of San Francisco, is closing in on becoming one of dozens of local law enforcement agencies nationwide to deploy the unmanned crafts. (see full story)
China’s Dalian Police train in Germany on Cabri
Source: Heli Aviation, 20-Feb-13
[electronic translation] The police chief and the head of the provincial police force flying Liaoningun inspected with a delegation from the Heli Aviation TRAINING ACADEMY in Augsburg. Impressed by our forward-looking, equipped with state of the art technology flight school, training and expertise of the entire fleet of Heli Aviation teams audited executives the TRAINING [...]
Osun State Government lease AS355N for police work (or VIP?)
Source: HeliHub.com, 19-Feb-13
Sources in Nigeria are saying that the Osun State Government has commenced a lease with OAS Helicopters for a Eurocopter AS355N – the one we reported here that they had recently bought from Sky Helicopters in Spain. In a statement, the state governor’s media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the helicopter is to support its [...]
Website shows live heli traffic in Belgium and Netherlands
Source: HeliHub.com, 17-Feb-13
The Belgian based website helispot.be has recently launched a new page, featuring the helicopter traffic which flies each day. For every tracked helicopter that flies in Belgium and Netherlands, you can see the first and last recorded track times each day [in UTC], along with the registration, type , serial number, operator, pressure altitude and [...]
Neighbours force hold on New Jersey State Police helipad
Source: Barista Net, 15-Feb-13
Bloomfield Township Administrator Ted Ehrenburg reported that state officials had agreed to hold off on including a helipad as part of the construction of new State Police barracks on the Garden State Parkway. (see full story)
RSG completes advanced mission package for Fukui Police EC135
Source: RSG AeroDesign, 14-Feb-13
RSG has successfully completed the design, manufacture and integration of advanced mission equipment package for the Fukui prefecture Police Department’s newly acquired EC-135 helicopter. The modular mission equipment design included dual, multi-spectral, electro-optical systems, a microwave digital data link system, stabilized high intensity search light system, and high powered external PA equipment. The Fukui PD [...]
Seattle Mayor orders Police to end UAV usage
Source: HeliHub.com, 12-Feb-13
Mayor Mike McGlinn issued the following brief statement “Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and we agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD can focus its resources on public safety and the community building work that is the department’s priority. The vehicles will be [...]
DeSoto County Sheriff adds JetRanger
06-Feb-13
DeSoto County Sheriff is buying a 1976-build Bell Jet Ranger helicopter from the Georgia State Highway Patrol (see full story) File photo
Winnipeg Police responded to 3,445 incidents in 2012
Source: CBC, 06-Feb-13
According to police, AIR1 responded to 3,445 incidents in 2012, resulting in 185 arrests by ground patrol units. (see full story)
LA County Sheriff uses SkyWeb to navigate Presidential TFRs
Source: SkyTrac, 04-Feb-13
During the recent presidential campaign, local law enforcement agencies and other departments needed to be aware of the temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) in place to accommodate the presidential candidates’ movements across the country. LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) made extensive use of SkyWeb, SkyTrac’s asset management program to ensure aircraft avoided TFRs, and to identify [...]
Court orders refund of Topeka Police R44 down payment
Source: Topeka Capital-Journal, 03-Feb-13
Kansas Supreme Court upholds the decision of a lower court to invalidate a 2008 contract for Topeka Police to buy an R44 after the down payment of $74,000 had been paid. (see full story here – and the documentation from the court here)
Eurocopter Japan delivers EC135T2 to National Police Agency
Source: Eurocopter, 01-Feb-13
Eurocopter Japan delivered a brand new EC135 T2 to the National Police Agency (NPA) on 30 January 2013. It will be the first EC135 to be deployed to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for law enforcement missions in the Tokyo prefecture. The NPA and its police departments across Japan currently owns a fleet of 28 [...]
RCMP to expand use of unmanned mini-helicopters
Source: National Post, 28-Jan-13
“It’s starting to catch on more and more. Eventually, I think you’ll see (unmanned aerial vehicles) in almost all the provinces,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Dave Domoney (see full story)
FBI investigates fatal shooting from Texas DPS helicopter
27-Jan-13
A letter sent from the Texas Department of Public Safety to the state Attorney General on Wednesday confirms that the FBI is investigating a state trooper’s fatal shooting which lead to the death of two Guatemalan immigrants. (see full story) This is an update to a story we first ran on 1st January – Texas [...]
Sheriff reassures Orange County residents on use of UAV program
Source: Orange County Sheriff, 25-Jan-13
We are currently in a test phase of this Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) platform and will not be using this UAS until we have appropriate permissions and have implemented training and guidelines. The OCSO has no intention of using this technology to spy on the citizens of Orange County, but to have it as a [...]
IMT Awarded Technical Investigative Surveillance Contract
Source: IMT, 23-Jan-13
Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems for the MAG (Military, Aerospace & Government) markets, has been awarded a Technical Investigative Surveillance (TechOps) contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). TechOps Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), presented by the [...]
Nigerian Police receive a Bell 429
Source: HeliHub.com, 23-Jan-13
The first Bell 429 arrived in Nigeria last Thursday, marked up in the colours of the Nigerian Police. Still lacking blades, boom and with plenty of packaging still in place, the helicopter was photographed out in the open at Lagos Airport pending a short land trip to the Police hangar read for preparation and test [...]
Melbourne’s rail network starts helicopter patrols
Source: 3AW, 22-Jan-13
Metro Trains Melbourne has started using a helicopter with infrared cameras in an attempt to reduce theft of copper – which has led to significant cancellation and delays to rail services (see full story)
Bolvian Police order two Robinson R44s
Source: HeliHub.com, 16-Jan-13
Bolivian Government Minister Carlos Romero is reported in local press as announcing that the the national law enforcement agency “Policía Boliviana” will receive two Robinson R44s later this month. Due to the altitudes involved in Bolivia, the pair will not be able to fly around the capital La Paz, which lies between 10,650 and 13,250 [...]
Peruvian National Police order four EC145s
Source: HeliHub.com, 15-Jan-13
The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior have ordered four Eurocopter EC145s from local distributor Eurocopter Cono Sur (located in Chile). Contract value is 93,718,765 Nuevo Sol (approx $36.8M), and the contract requires all four to be delivered by 20th December 2013. The helicopters will be used to provide a range of law enforcement roles in [...]
Monroe County Sheriff takes on OH-6A from Kansas City Police
Source: Monroe News, 09-Jan-13
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has added a second military helicopter to its aviation unit – a no-cost aircraft from the Kansas City Police Department (see full story) File photo
UK – West Midlands Police EC135 helped arrest 537 people in 2012
Source: West Midlands Police, 07-Jan-13
MORE than 500 people were arrested in 2012 – who would otherwise have got away had it not been for the West Midlands Police helicopter. The helicopter, known to officers on the street by its call sign ‘Alpha Oscar 1’, has taken off 1,362 times this year and has been involved in 3,698 incidents. Using a [...]
New free online tool for night flight planning
Source: www.flyatnight.info, 07-Jan-13
Night flights are challenging. Visual information about the flight environment is greatly reduced as compared to daytime flying and is largely dependent on the amount of celestial illumination encountered throughout the flight. It is therefore of significant importance for the night pilot to know exactly when darkness falls, and if some level of illumination in [...]
Riverside County Sheriff selects Becker digital system for AS350 fleet upgrade
Source: Becker Avionics, 07-Jan-13
Becker Avionics announced today that Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in California, selected the Becker DVCS6100 digital airborne audio control panel system to upgrade their four Eurocopter AS350 multi-mission helicopters and single Cessna 182P surveillance fixed wing platform. During the next few months the Riverside Air Unit aircraft will undergo avionics upgrades, to include Becker’s Digital [...]
Blue Christmas lights cause ‘difficulties’ for police helicopters
Source: BBC, 04-Jan-13
Tactical flight officer PC Paul Gridley said: “When we are approaching a scene, usually at 1000ft, we tend to use the blue lights of emergency vehicles as one way of guiding us into the scene” (see full story)
City must pay $38k for police officer helicopter lessons
Source: NJ.com, 03-Jan-13
An arbitrator has ruled against the township in a battle over who should pay for helicopter flying lessons taken by two police officers, but an appeal is already under way, officials said. (see full story)
HeliHub.com reported 3,432 news stories in 2012
Source: HeliHub.com, 02-Jan-13
As we launch into 2013, HeliHub.com is proud to announce that we filed no fewer than 3,432 news stories in 2012. This averages around 14 stories per working day, and with the rate increasing towards the end of the year, the total for 2013 is expected to be a step-change higher. We are already clear [...]
Texas DPS faces questions on use of helicopter sharpshooter
Source: ACLU of Texas, 01-Jan-13
The ACLU of Texas Tuesday asked Attorney General Greg Abbott to compel the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to comply with open records requests about a DPS shooting of unarmed persons last October 25 that resulted in two fatalities. A sharpshooter fired several shots from a helicopter while in pursuit of a moving vehicle. [...]
Happy Christmas from the HeliHub.com team
Source: HeliHub.com, 21-Dec-12
The team at HeliHub.com would like to wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas and a financially secure 2013. This is the time of the year we celebrate the birth of Jesus, and we trust many of our readers will take time to consider what that means to the world, perhaps through attending a [...]
Finland to add two more AS332L1 for SAR missions
Source: Eurocopter, 21-Dec-12
The Finnish Border Guard is to expand its Eurocopter fleet with the acquisition of two additional AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopters fully equipped for maritime search and rescue missions in the country’s challenging conditions. With deliveries scheduled for 2015, the rotorcraft will be configured as the AS332 L1e version, incorporating the integrated advanced cockpit and [...]
Jacksonville helicopter crew win awards for risky water rescues
Source: Florida Times Union, 20-Dec-12
The heroism of two Jacksonville Police officers earned them a Medal of Merit and a Medal of Valor for their May 26 mission during Tropical Storm Beryl. One of the pair received a second medal after a July 23 rescue of a woman in the Intracoastal Waterway. (see full story)
Tatarstan Police takes delivery of two Mi-8AMTs
Source: Russian Helicopters, 19-Dec-12
Russian Helicopters, part of Russian state defence holding Oboronprom and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, this month delivered two multirole Mi-8AMThelicopters built by Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant to the Republic of Tatarstan Interior Ministry. The contract was signed in August 2012 and Russian Helicopters delivered on the helicopters schedule. The Mi-8AMTs will fly missions [...]
Brazil – Bahia State Public Security receive EC145
Source: Helibras, 17-Dec-12
[Electronic translation from local language] Helibras has held the official handover of another helicopter for Public Security of the Government of Bahia, when the aircraft was presented to the people soteropolitano. This is the first EC145 marketed in the country by the company to operate in that state police missions. ‘s contract acquisition of new [...]
Santa Barbara County refurbish UH-1 for fire and sheriff tasks
12-Dec-12
Commissioned into service Monday at Santa Ynez Airport, state-of-the-art Copter 3 is able to provide law enforcement functions as well as aerial firefighting, search and rescue, air ambulance service, and the transport of Special Enforcement Team (SET) members. (see full story) File photo
EHS Announce Patron for 2013 event
Source: European Helicopter Show, 11-Dec-12
European Helicopter Show is pleased to announce the patronage of Mr Přemysl Sobotka, Vice-President of the Senate of Parliament, Czech Republic. The political career of Mr Přemysl Sobotka started in the Velvet Revolution in 1989, where he was a member of the “for-all” Civic Forum and joined the right-wing Civic Democratic Party after its foundation [...]
FAA approves Grand Forks County Sheriff to use Draganflyer X6 UAS
Source: Grand Forks County, 11-Dec-12
On November 27, 2012 the Federal Aviation Administration issued the Grand Forks County (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Department a Certificate of Authorization (COA) permitting the operation of a Draganflyer X6 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) within the 16 counties located in northeastern North Dakota. The counties include: Grand Forks, Rolette, Towner, Cavalier, Pembina, Pierce, Benson, Ramsey, [...]
