Ducommun receives Flow-on Black Hawk contract
Source: Ducommun, 18-Jun-13
Ducommun Incorporated today announced that it has received a multi-year contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), to continue to produce electromechanical assemblies for various models of the UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter. Ducommun LaBarge Technologies will produce the electromechanical assemblies at its Huntsville, Ark., facility through 2017. “We’re very pleased to support Sikorsky in meeting its [...]
Erickson Air-Crane extends S64 contract in Afghanistan
Source: Erickson Air-Crane, 18-Jun-13
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (NASDAQ: EAC) (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, announced today that it has won an extension to its prime contract with USTRANSCOM (U.S. Transportation [...]
Bristow to equip 44 helicopters with Rockwell Collins TCAS II
18-Jun-13
Bristow Group, which provides helicopter transport services for offshore oil and gas and government operations, is retrofitting a fleet of 44 helicopters, including Sikorsky S-76 C++ and Sikorsky S-92A aircraft with Rockwell Collins’ Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance (TCAS II) system. Installations are in progress. To date, Rockwell Collins, working closely with Bristow Group, has [...]
Vector Aerospace get Sikorsky approval for UK S76 service centre
Source: Sikorsky, 18-Jun-13
Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of an agreement with Vector Aerospace that appoints Vector’s United Kingdom facilities as authorized Customer Service Centres (CSC) to support Sikorsky S-76® helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). “Vector Aerospace is recognized in the [...]
Zhuhai Helicopter Company orders another four Sikorsky S92s
Source: Sikorsky, 18-Jun-13
Sikorsky and Zhuhai Helicopter Company (ZHC) today announced a new contract for four Sikorsky S-92® offshore utility helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). ZHC, a fully-owned subsidiary of China Southern Airlines Ltd., is a leading provider of offshore helicopter service in China, serving both Chinese and Western oil companies. Since May 2011, ZHC [...]
CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company orders two Sikorsky S92s
Source: Sikorsky, 18-Jun-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has signed a contract with China’s CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company (COHC) for two S-92® helicopters to be used for the offshore oil crew transportation mission. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Established in 1983, COHC is a publicly traded company based in Shenzhen, Guandong, China. It [...]
Erickson Air-Crane amends Credit Facility to Increase Capacity
Source: Erickson Air-Crane, 17-Jun-13
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (eac:NASDAQ), (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers and the vertical manufacturer and operator of the powerful, heavy-lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, announced today that it had successfully amended its five-year revolving credit facility to increase the total [...]
Japan Coast Guard increases S-76D order to 11
Source: Sikorsky, 17-Jun-13
Mitsubishi Corporation has contracted with Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), to acquire 11 S-76D™ helicopters for use in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG). The new helicopters were ordered in three contracts that were finalized between Feb. 2012 and March 2013. The contracts are the largest series of orders [...]
September launch for Sikorsky’s Training Academy in Oklahoma
Source: Sikorsky, 17-Jun-13
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced that the Sikorsky Training Academy (STA) – located in Altus, Okla., USA – will open on Sept. 6, 2013. The academy will provide advanced flight and maintenance training and will initially focus on the needs of international military BLACK HAWK helicopter operators. SAS, the worldwide aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., implements [...]
Sikorsky awarded $244M for UH-60M helicopters
Source: US DoD, 15-Jun-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $244,863,014 modification (P00077), to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract (W58RGZ-12-C-0008), for the procurement of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Fiscal 2013 procurement funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
UK – Significant growth for Gama helicopter maintenance
Source: Gama Engineering, 14-Jun-13
Gama Group, the global business aviation services provider, announced today that Fairoaks, UK based Gama Engineering Ltd has established its helicopter maintenance facility as the first choice service centre for Sikorsky S.76 operators. Harry Lees, Gama Engineering’s Managing Director gave the inaugural Helicopter Maintenance presentation at ROC2013, (the first Rotary Operators Conference held yesterday at [...]
Volga-Dnepr completes 1,697th helicopter delivery with two S92 and a Super Puma
Source: Volga-Dnepr, 13-Jun-13
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has carried one of Eurocopter’s Super Puma helicopters and two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters from Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands and Philadelphia, USA, to Bergen, Norway. The project was completed in two delivery stages. The Super Puma was loaded onboard one of the airline’s AN-124-100 freighters in Mount Pleasant before the aircraft continued [...]
Massive Insider Deal Threatens Erickson Air-Crane
13-Jun-13
The transaction is far from intuitive…. In fact, in makes no sense whatsoever. Rather than help Erickson, this acquisition is more likely to sink the entire ship – see full story
Why is the X3′s speed an unofficial record?
Source: HeliHub.com, 13-Jun-13
Here in the HeliHub.com office, we’ve been wondering how Eurocopter have decided that the X3 speed is an “unofficial speed record”. What are they measuring it against? Who have they beaten? What makes it a record? The Eurocopter X3 is a hybrid aircraft which has vertical lift and hover capability, but features two massive tractor [...]
CAE breaks ground on new training centre in Brunei
Source: CAE, 10-Jun-13
The Government of Brunei Darussalam, represented by the Ministry of Finance; the Brunei Economic Development Board (‘BEDB’) and CAE today held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially celebrate the construction of the new CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) in Rimba. The groundbreaking, marked by a ceremonial concrete pouring for the first footing, was attended by [...]
Azerbaijan Airlines orders S92 and AW139 simulators from CAE
07-Jun-13
CAE (NYSE:CAE)(TSX:CAE) today announced that it has sold six full-flight simulators (FFSs), three to Azal (Azerbaijan Airlines) and three to Turkish Airlines. Azerbaijan Airlines has purchased simulators for the Embraer 190 E-Jet, Sikorsky S92 helicopter and AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter. Turkish Airlines has purchased simulators for the Boeing 737NG, Airbus A320 and Airbus A330 aircraft. The [...]
Belgian SAR chief frustrated by NH90 delays
Source: Shephard Media, 07-Jun-13
A delay in the delivery of four NFH NH90 helicopters to meet the Belgian SAR requirement has compromised the government’s plans to retire its fleet of ageing Sea Kings on-schedule. (See Full Story)
£7m hangar for Bristow’s new air SAR service at Newquay
Source: BBC, 06-Jun-13
A £7m hangar will be built at Newquay Airport in Cornwall by the firm behind the country’s new air search and rescue service (SAR). (See Full Story)
S61 training rerouted to Corvallis
Source: Gazette-Times, 06-Jun-13
Guidance Aviation moves S61 training after incident takes out ILS at McMinnville. (See Full Story)
Ornge Returns Sikorsky S76Fleet To Service
Source: Ornge, 05-Jun-13
Ornge, Ontario’s provider of air ambulance and related services, announced today it is returning its Sikorsky S76 helicopters to service. On Friday May 31st, Ornge voluntarily and temporarily took its five Sikorsky S76 helicopters offline out of an abundance of caution following a fatal accident involving an Ornge air ambulance helicopter in Moosonee. Ornge fixed [...]
INAER Spain invests €1.2m to renovate facilities in Las Palmas
Source: INAER, 05-Jun-13
The Spanish Maritime Safety Agency (SASEMAR) is celebrating 20 years of activity on the island on Gran Canaria. Based in Las Palmas, the INAER Spain (INAER) operated helicopter Helimer Canarias has carried out more than 1,365 emergencies and successfully assisted more than 1,500 people. To coincide with this milestone, INAER, the country’s leading emergency services [...]
Ex-Im Bank guarantees $187M for S92 exports to Milestone Aviation Group
Source: Ex-Im Bank, 04-Jun-13
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is providing a $187.4 million guarantee of a capital-markets bond to finance the export of Sikorsky S-92® helicopters to The Milestone Aviation Group Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. The transaction is Ex-Im Bank’s largest financing of U.S.-manufactured commercial helicopter exports and the agency’s first support of these [...]
Bristow restarts SAR service from Sumburgh with S92
Source: HeliHub.com, 03-Jun-13
Bristow Helicopters has restarted providing the SAR service from Sumburgh Airport in the UK’s Shetland Islands from Saturday 1st June. Bristow was the original holder of this contract from 1993, before CHC won it in 2007. Over the last few years huge efforts have been put in to a new nationwide SAR contract with the [...]
Final MH-60J to MH-60T conversion begins for US Coast Guard
Source: US Coast Guard, 31-May-13
The Coast Guard’s H-60 Conversion Project, which modernizes the Service’s legacy fleet of H-60J Jayhawks to the upgraded MH-60T configuration, recently achieved three major milestones, project officials said. On March 15, 2013, the last MH-60J pilot completed training to transition to the MH-60T; on May 2, the last MH-60J air station completed the transition to [...]
Sikorsky contracted for four CH-53K prototypes at $435M
Source: US DoD, 31-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $435,315,279 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0081) to procure four CH-53K System Demonstration Test Article aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn. (17 percent); West Palm Beach, Fla. (17 percent); Wichita, Kan.(15 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (10 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (4 [...]
Breeze Eastern awarded $7M for H-53 work
Source: US DoD, 28-May-13
Breeze Eastern Corp., Whippany, N.J., is being awarded a $7,002,145 modification to previously awarded contract (N00383-12-D-002F) to exercise option year one for the repair of five items required to support the H-53 helicopter. Work will be performed in Whippany, N.J., and is expected to be completed Nov. 21, 2013. If all options are exercised, work [...]
FLIR Systems wins $23M US Coast Guard order
Source: FLIR Systems, 21-May-13
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military qualified Talon 9-inch stabilized multi-sensor gimbal system. The ESS systems will be deployed on the Coast Guard’s H-60 and H-65 helicopters. Work under this order is [...]
Sikorsky to convert Brunei Shell S-92 for SAR work
Source: Sikorsky, 16-May-13
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced plans today to perform the first post-delivery Search and Rescue (SAR) modifications to Brunei Shell’s Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Originally configured for offshore oil missions, the aircraft will undergo a comprehensive conversion to a SAR configuration to serve customers in Borneo and the surrounding Southeast Asia region. SAS is the aftermarket [...]
Bristow bring S92s to Sumburgh for start of “Gap SAR”
Source: HeliHub.com, 16-May-13
Bristow Helicopters have now completed their three month training period with their new SAR Sikorsky S92s. Accordingly the three newly delivered helicopters have now been moved from Inverness to Sumburgh ready for the start of operations on 1st June 2013. The “Gap SAR” contract, an interim period until Bristow’s nationwide SAR contract comes into force [...]
Bristow holds PR exercise at Humberside for new SAR base
Source: Scunthorpe Telegraph, 15-May-13
Residents interested in the proposed development of a new Search And Rescue (SAR) helicopter base at Humberside Airport are being invited to find out more about the plans at a drop-in community exhibition. (See Full Story)
Budget freezes US Army Armed Aerial Scout program
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-May-13
The US Army has issued the following statement on helicopter procurement as part of a wider statement on how it responds to cuts in the military budget. It refers to the lack of “viable candidates” for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout program, which we read as “No candiates falls within our newly-tightened Budget constraints” [...]
Mexico certifies Sikorsky S76D
Source: Sikorsky, 13-May-13
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 is the newest product from Sikorsky Aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Type Certification [...]
Bond Offshore Helicopters signs new contract with ADTI
Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters, 09-May-13
Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd (Bond), one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a new contract with Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI). The new contract, worth approximately £14m, is to provide crew-change flights for the well management specialist. Services are due to begin early [...]
Turkish National Police orders two VVIP S92s
Source: Sikorsky, 09-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has delivered the first of two VIP S-92® helicopters to the Turkish National Police (TNP) for service to the Turkish Prime Ministry, under a contract signed in 2011. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The new helicopters will support the Head of State function currently [...]
Cherokee Nation Industries earns $5.1M S300C contract from Sikorsky
Source: Cherokee Nation, 09-May-13
Cherokee Nation Industries is furthering its relationship with industry leader Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. The tribal enterprise was recently honored as a 2013 Sikorsky Gold Supplier and awarded a $5.1 million contract to provide frame and instrument panel assembly for the S-300C helicopter. “Aerospace and defense manufacturing is a core industry in Oklahoma and our business [...]
Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60M for Thailand
Source: US DoD, 09-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded an $11,377,277 modification (P00055), to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, foreign-military-sales contract (W58RGZ-12-C-0008), to procure one UH-60M aircraft and related equipment. This FMS contract is in support of Thailand. The cumulative total face value of this contract is $4,819,188,496. Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award. [...]
Turkey’s Aselsan secures Sikorsky helicopter subcontract
Source: Reuters, 08-May-13
Turkish defence and electronics company Aselsan will supply parts and software for Sikorsky BlackHawk military helicopters in a deal that will guarantee the company around $100 million in orders annually for the next five to six years.(See Full Story)
Sikorsky Aerospace and WIKING Kale Air Launch New Customer Service Center
Source: Sikorsky, 08-May-13
International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF), May 7, 2013 – Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a teaming agreement with WIKING Kale Air to establish a Sikorsky-authorized Customer Service Center (CSC) in Turkey. Supporting the country’s S-76® helicopter platform, the CSC will be centrally located in the city of Istanbul, and will offer maintenance [...]
Industry CEOs to headline AHS Forum
Source: AHS, 07-May-13
The vertical flight world is wrestling with rapidly evolving challenges. From military struggles to sustain capabilities in the face of urgent budget cuts to civil campaigns for efficiency gains that bolster success in tepid markets, the vertical flight industry faces new challenges almost daily to meet its customers’ current demands while ensuring its ability to [...]
FAA approves Rig Approach system for S92
Source: Sikorsky, 07-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a new functionality on the S-92® helicopter to provide offshore oil operators with an automated approach that reduces cockpit workload by 60 percent and allows safer operations under challenging weather and operating conditions. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), developed [...]
Sikorsky bullish on S92 for Presidential VXX program
Source: Sikorsky, 07-May-13
Following the U.S. Navy’s release of the final Request for Proposals for The Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program (VXX), Sikorsky Aircraft issued the following statement: The men and women of Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin are ready to offer Sikorsky’s proven S-92® helicopter in response to the U.S. Navy’s formal Request for Proposals to build the next [...]
US Navy seeks presidential helicopter replacement
Source: US Navy, 06-May-13
Today the Navy issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program (VXX). Proposals are due in 90 days with a goal to award a fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract, with production options, by mid-calendar year 2014. “Our acquisition approach includes a full and open competition to select a [...]
Helijet Expands B.C. Central Coast Presence
Source: Helijet International, 02-May-13
Richmond-based Helijet International continues to firmly develop its presence in the Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii region of British Columbia’s North Coast. Helijet announced it has secured four-year air service agreements with two significant BC sport fishing lodges located in the Whale Channel and Caamano Sound regions of the Central Coast of British Columbia. Together, [...]
Upgraded US Navy MH-60S operational flight trainer re-enters service
Source: CAE, 30-Apr-13
CAE USA today announced that the United States Navy has declared an updated MH-60S “Sierra” operational flight trainer (OFT) as ready-for-training at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island near San Diego, California. This MH-60S OFT, originally manufactured by Lockheed Martin, was completely upgraded by CAE to add new technologies and ensure concurrency with other MH-60S [...]
Canada spent $700,000 to undo renovations for delayed helicopter
Source: Globe and Mail, 30-Apr-13
The Department of National Defence was forced to spend $700,000 last year to undo portions of a $4-million renovation project on one of its frigates to deal with the delays in the H-92 project (see full story)
MH-XX deadline this week – first steps in replacing Seahawk
Source: US Navy, 29-Apr-13
Wednesday 1st May is the first stage set by the US Navy – a Request For Information, well ahead of anything like a Request For Proposals. The project is being referred to as MH-XX – “Marine Helicopter” to support MH-60 Seahawk helicopter recapitalization decisions. The text below from Solicitation AIR41022ST provides further details:- This announcement constitutes [...]
AAG Offers Special Charter Rates to Avoid NYC Airport Delays
Source: AAG, 29-Apr-13
East Coast’s largest and most experienced executive Sikorsky S-76® helicopter services provider, announced today a limited time special charter pricing program for companies’ Flight Departments and business aircraft owners wishing to use outlying airports to avoid the Metro New York region during the current delays induced by staffing shortages. “With the recent extensive delays that [...]
Bond signs 10 year S92 contract with EnQuest
Source: Bond, 26-Apr-13
Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd (Bond), one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a new contract with EnQuest PLC, the largest UK independent oil producer in the UK North Sea. The contract is for up to ten years and it will provide crew change [...]
Colorado National Guard to open new $39M training facility
Source: Colorado National Guard, 26-Apr-13
The Colorado Army National Guard will cut the ribbon at a new state-of-the-art aviation training facility at the Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, Colo., April 26 at 10:30 a.m. The $39 million facility will be the new home of the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site. The project provided an immense economic benefit to [...]
Prototype Engineering awarded $10M Black Hawk overhaul work
Source: US DoD, 25-Apr-13
Prototype Engineering Inc., Gardena, Calif., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $10,736,912 for the overhaul services in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone [...]
Sikorsky sales down 7% as military cuts take their toll
Source: CT News, 25-Apr-13
Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft actually delivered more helicopters in the first quarter of this year than a year ago, but sales revenue was down 7 percent to $1.24 billion, the aircraft maker’s parent corporation reported Tuesday. (See Full Story)
FlightSafety to offer Sikorsky S-76B training in Dallas
Source: FlightSafety International, 16-Apr-13
FlightSafety International is pleased to announce that it will offer training for the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter at its Learning Center in Dallas, Texas. The Sikorsky S-76B training program was previously located at FlightSafety’s West Palm Beach Learning Center. “We look forward to welcoming operators of the Sikorsky S-76B to the Dallas Center,” said Daniel MacLellan, [...]
Three UH-60M Black Hawks arrive in Thailand
Source: HeliHub.com, 12-Apr-13
Following the FMS request made by Thailand in July 2011 (see story), the aircraft arrived in country on Monday of this week. The three had been shipped on the containership Rickmers Seoul, and arrived at Laem Chabang after a voyage from New Orleans. The trio carry local military serials of 7220, 7221 and 7222 The US [...]
Sikorsky Establishes Forward Stocking Location Facility in Brazil
Source: Sikorsky, 12-Apr-13
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced in-country warehousing of spare parts in support of Brazil’s S-76 and S-92 commercial helicopter operators. Powerpack – Sikorsky’s long-standing Brazilian representative – will manage inventory operations through the country’s special customs system known as Depósito Especial (D.E.). This is the first Sikorsky Forward Stocking Location (FSL) in Brazil. The [...]
New local hope for restoration of Scilly Isles service
Source: Pirate FM, 12-Apr-13
Pirate FM has learnt an announcement on a new air link to the Isles of Scilly could be just weeks away (see full story).
Colombian Army buys two more S-70i Black Hawks
Source: Sikorsky, 11-Apr-13
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 [...]
LifePort wins USAF Special Forces ballistic armour contract
Source: LifePort, 11-Apr-13
LifePort, Inc. today announced it has contracted with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Special Operations to equip its fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G PAVE HAWK™ helicopters with the company’s Improved Ballistic Armor Sub System (iBASS). Culminating five years of product development and collaboration with the USAF, deliveries of the iBASS systems are scheduled to commence this [...]
Sikorsky launches State-of-the-Art Black Hawk Training Centre in Colombia
Source: Sikorsky, 11-Apr-13
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. [...]
L-3 Link helo simulators to Taiwan
Source: upi, 10-Apr-13
The U.S. Army has selected L-3 Link Simulation & Training to build UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers for Taiwan (see full story).
Donaldson delivers engine filters for US Army Black Hawks
Source: Donaldson, 10-Apr-13
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), in March began delivering the next generation of filtration technology to protect engines on the U.S. Army’s H-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet from contamination, performance degradation and failure. The next-generation technology replaces woven oil-coated filtration media with non-woven dry media using Donaldson’s proprietary [...]
Sikorsky Teams with Brazilian Air Force Academics
Source: Sikorsky, 10-Apr-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), today announced that it has signed a Letter of Interest (LOI) with the Brazilian Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) to establish a Rotorcraft Innovation Team. Rated as one of the top universities in Brazil in engineering and related fields, ITA is a federal government institution [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $13M for MH-60R data link enhancements
Source: US DoD, 10-Apr-13
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $13,516,318 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order #4083 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for the implementation, integration and testing of MH-60R data link/data fusion enhancements to existing MH-60R capabilities as a software modification. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y (92 percent) and [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft Announces Supplier of the Year Awards
Source: Sikorsky, 08-Apr-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced its 2013 Supplier of the Year awards. The winners, along with Sikorsky’s 15 current Gold Suppliers, were recognized at the company’s recently held Supplier Gold Summit in Miami, FL. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The winners are: Aerostructures Supplier of the Year: Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. [...]
Group from Congress try to block US purchase of Mi-17s
Source: Rosa DeLauro, 08-Apr-13
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) led a bipartisan group of members today urging Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel not to purchase additional helicopters from the state-owned Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport. That company has continued to transfer weapons to the Assad regime, enabling mass atrocities. The group sent the letter amid reports that the Department of Defense [...]
UK – Capital Air Services add two S76s on management
Source: HeliHub.com, 07-Apr-13
Capital Air Services of Oxford have taken on two Sikorsky S76 helicopters recently on a management contract. Previously under the control of Premiair Aviation Services at Blackbushe, HeliHub.com expects that the recent significant changes there have led the owner to move his S76A+ and S76C++ to Capital. Both have been re-listed on the CAA website [...]
Sikorsky announces Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Epsilon Systems Solutions
Source: Sikorsky, 04-Apr-13
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today the signing of a five-year agreement for exclusive distribution of Epsilon Systems’ Compact Aircraft Support Cart (CASC-E) for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft platforms to select commercial and military international markets. The CASC-E is a deployable power unit used to provide bleed air and AC & DC power to aircraft. [...]
Derco announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Copernicus Technology
Source: Sikorsky, 04-Apr-13
Derco Aerospace, Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) company, announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Copernicus Technology Ltd (CTL) for exclusive rights to supply the Universal Synaptics Corporation (USC) Intermittent Fault Detection and Isolation System (IFDIS) test equipment to certain customers within the European Union (EU). SAS is the aftermarket business of [...]
Breeze-Eastern secures $6M order for Advanced Rescue Hoists
Source: Breeze Eastern, 03-Apr-13
Breeze-Eastern Corporation (NYSE MKT: BZC), the aerospace industry’s only dedicated hoist and winch specialist, today announced a $6 million, 59-unit order from the U.S. Army. The Army’s purchase of 59 HS-29900 High Performance Rescue Hoists will further enhance the medical evacuation and search and rescue capabilities of its BLACK HAWK helicopters. Deliveries are anticipated to [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $28M for long-lead items for Danish MH-60R order
Source: US DoD, 02-Apr-13
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $27,949,996 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract (N00019-11-C-0020) to provide funding for long lead materials and support for the manufacture and delivery of nine mission avionics systems and common cockpits for the MH-60R for the Danish Government’s Defence Acquisition and Logistics [...]
Bond Offshore Helicopters signs new contract with Premier Oil
Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters, 28-Mar-13
Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd (Bond), one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a new contract with Premier Oil plc. The contract is to provide crew change flights for the independent exploration and production company. Services started on the 4th of March and the [...]
Erickson Air-Crane renews key timber/logging contracts
Source: Erickson Air-Crane, 28-Mar-13
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (“Erickson”) has further cemented its position as the timber heavy lift service provider of choice in Canada, signing contracts with Helifor Canada (“Helifor”), an affiliate of Columbia Helicopters, and Western Forest Products Inc. (“Western”). For each of the two contracts, Erickson, which manufactures and maintains a fleet of S-64 heavy lift rotorcraft, [...]
Malaysia to re-life S61s for another 12 years
Source: HeliHub.com, 28-Mar-13
Word from the LIMA 2013 exhibition in Malaysia this week is that the Royal Malaysian Air Force are planning to upgrade 30 of their S61A-4 fleet. The upgrade program, estimated at RM 500 million ($161M) would include the installation of digital avionic displays, a new gearbox and rotor blades. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com [file photo]
Sikorsky awarded $10M contract to convert one UH-3H to UH-3D status
Source: US DoD, 28-Mar-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,148,771 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0010). This modification provides for additional non-recurring engineering for the conversion of one UH-3H helicopter to a UH-3D Trainer Aircraft, including associated test support. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, N.C., (80 [...]
PT Travira Air buys two S-76Ds for offshore expansion
Source: Sikorsky, 27-Mar-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell two S-76D™ helicopters to PT Travira Air, a Jakarta, Indonesia-based charter airline company. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), made the announcement from the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition. The purchase of the two S-76D aircraft represents the [...]
Official – Bristow win UK SAR with ten S92s and ten AW189s
Source: UK Dept for Transport, 26-Mar-13
A new £1.6 billion contract for search and rescue helicopter services will see the UK benefit from improved flying times and better coverage of high-risk areas. The Department for Transport has today signed a contract with Bristow Helicopters Ltd to provide search and rescue helicopter services in the UK. Helicopters will be able to reach [...]
