MedEvac Foundation Awards Key Research & Education Grants
Source: MedEvac Foundation, 13-Jan-13
The MedEvac Foundation International is pleased to announce funding provisions for three key research and education grants in emergency medical transport totaling $47,250. The Foundation awards grants through a competitive application and review process. Dr. Stephen Thomas from the OU Schusterman Center in Oklahoma will be supported in his Collaborative Statewide Education Program on Patient [...]
UK Government gives AgustaWestland £46M for civil helicopter projects
Source: AgustaWestland, 19-Oct-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to go forward to the contracting phase for their bid of up to £46 million from Round 3 of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The combined RGF and AgustaWestland investment of more than £100 million will create a brand new industry [...]
UK – HELP Appeal grants £500K for helipad at Bristol Royal Infirmary
Source: HELP Appeal, 26-Sep-12
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) and the Helicopter Emergency Landing Pads (HELP) Appeal will be working in partnership to develop an onsite helipad at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI), which will open in 2014. A grant of £500,000 has been provided by the HELP Appeal to support the helipad’s construction – part [...]
Amarillo City Commission gives Bell $5 Million
Source: Amarillo Globe News, 19-Jul-12
During a meeting Tuesday, commissioners unanimously approved a $5-million Amarillo Economic Development Corp. incentive package for a Bell Helicopter expansion to bring manufacturing of the company’s newest civilian craft — the 525 Relentless — and 100 jobs to the city. (see full story)
Batchelor Foundation makes $700K grant to fund Miami helicopter purchase
Source: University of Miami, 05-Feb-12
The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science announced that it has received a challenge grant for $700,000 from the Miami-based Batchelor Foundation to support its exploration research efforts. The funds will be applied toward the acquisition of a helicopter outfitted with a suite of scientific equipment that will serve as the [...]
Sikorsky wins $800,000 expansion grant
Source: Empire State Development, 20-Sep-11
Empire State Development Corporation’s Board of Directors met today in New York City, where the board approved funding totaling $2,964,000, pledging to create 200 new jobs and retain 591 existing jobs in New York State. The funding will leverage more than $14.5 million in investment across the state. In Fiscal Year 2010–2011, the ESDC Directors [...]
AgustaWestland launches new R&D programme supported by £10m UK Government grant
Source: AgustaWestland, 22-Jul-11
It was announced that the Government has awarded AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, a total of £10 million in research and development grants that will be delivered through the Technology Strategy Board. The funding will go towards a new programme consisting of three R&D projects. The programme will ensure that the UK maintains its leading position [...]
Finnish Government aims to reclaim 1,000,000 Euro grant from Medi-Heli
Source: YLE, 01-Jun-11
The Social Affairs and Health ministry in Finland claims that insufficient information has been provided by Medi-Heli on how the grant was spent, and are thus seeking it be returned.
Spain: EC funds new emergency helipad in Vera
Source: HeliHub.com, 13-Apr-11
The Public Utility 061 emergency has set up a new heliport located in the town of Vera. This infrastructure is the third of the 15 provided in the provincial network, designed for helicopters from the 061, and whose implementation will require an investment of approximately EUR 1.1 million, funded by European Regional Development Fund ( [...]
Eurocopter wins 550M Euro funding for X4
Source: HeliHub.com, 08-Apr-11
French newspaper Le Figaro yesterday reported that Eurocopter has secured French Government funding for the development of its new 4-tonne X4 model. With 550 million euros promised, the multi-national manufacturer and its partners will also develop an ambitious program in technology including engines, avionics, rotor blades, fuselage and so on. The four tonne market is [...]
Escambia County Sheriff’s OH-58 to fly again thanks to $100K grant
Source: Pensacola News Journal, 30-Mar-11
Sheriff David Morgan announced Monday that a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Program will allow the agency to restart its air unit on a temporary basis beginning this week. The unit, which flies two OH-58s, has been grounded since 1st March 2009 – see HeliHub.com story
EMTEQ seeks US DoD grant for modulated rotor tip light system
Source: EMTEQ, 16-Mar-11
EMTEQ has developed a Modulated Rotor Tip Light (MRTL) system as the Phase I preliminary design concept for a U.S. Navy Small Business Innovative Research grant (SBIR). Position lights for rotary-wing aircraft can be made more visible and effective by using rotor tip mounted lights. Similar to fixed-wing aircraft that use wing tip mounted lights; [...]
Amarillo College wins $160K state grant to support Bell training program
Source: HeliHub.com, 25-Jan-11
Amarillo College officials are to be presented with a state grant from the Texas Workforce Commission of more than $160,000 to support a Bell training program. The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday on the second floor of the College Union Building on their Washington Street Campus. Texas Workforce Commission’s Chairman Tom Pauken is [...]
EMTEQ wins US DoD grant to develop of rotor blade tip lighting system
Source: EMTEQ, 11-Nov-10
EMTEQ has been selected by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of Naval Research for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to develop a rotor blade tip lighting system. Firms with the capability to conduct research and development (R&D) and to commercialize the results of that R&D are [...]
MedEvac Foundation International announces 2010 grant recipients
Source: MedEvac Foundation International, 30-Jun-10
Four medevac transport research and education projects – examining topics that include the study of fatigue in medical helicopter crew members, crisis resources in medical transport, building an online air-medical transport curriculum, and appropriate utilization in response to medevac helicopter trauma-scene requests – have been awarded grant funding totaling $73,458 by MedEvac Foundation International for [...]
Eurocopter Spain gets grant of 11.2M Euros
05-May-10
Eurocopter will receive a Community grant amounting to 11.2 million euros to strengthen its industrial project in Albacete. This was approved by the Governing Council at its meeting yesterday
USTDA grant promotes development of India’s helicopter sector
Source: Sindh Today, 03-Sep-09
U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemerawarded a grant of Rupees 24 million (501,849 dollars) to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India.
