Sikorsky

Canadian union calls for Sikorsky S92 withdrawal

Canadian union calls for Sikorsky S92 withdrawal

25-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Kevin Kelly,  spoke this week for the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada – which represents some Newfoundland offshore workers – and called for the Sikorsky S92 to be replaced in offshore service.  Kelly works on the Hibernia oil platform east of St. John’s, and was reacting to the 20th September issue with a... Read more

Spectrum awarded $8.7M for MH-60R/S electronics

Spectrum awarded $8.7M for MH-60R/S electronics

25-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

Spectrum Laser and Technologies, Inc.*, Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $8,704,839 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of circuit card assemblies in support of the Naval Air Systems Command. The circuit card assemblies are integrated into the MH-60R and MH-60S armed helicopter weapon system projects. The circuit cards contribute to the MH-60s... Read more

Qatar requests six MH-60R Seahawks

Qatar requests six MH-60R Seahawks

23-Sep-2011Source: DSCA

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Wednesday of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar of 6 MH-60R SEAHAWK MultiMission Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $750 million. The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of 6 MH-60R SEAHAWK Multi-Mission Helicopters,... Read more

Children’s Medical Center adds S76C++

Children’s Medical Center adds S76C++

23-Sep-2011

Children’s Medical Center in Dallas is adding a Sikorsky S76C++   The article about this new helicopter states that it adds to an existing smaller helicopter, but research by the HeliHub.com team finds they currently operate an S76B registration N615D... Read more

Navy museum unveils Nixon’s ‘Marine One’

Navy museum unveils Nixon’s ‘Marine One’

23-Sep-2011Source: Pensacola News-Journal

Visitors now have plenty of reason to flash some peace signs for a photo op at the National Naval Aviation Museum.  The “Marine One” helicopter that once transported Presidents Nixon and Ford made its formal debut at the Hangar Bay One at the museum Thursday morning.  The interior of the aircraft is open for viewing... Read more

Sikorsky contracts with Miro Technologies

Sikorsky contracts with Miro Technologies

21-Sep-2011Source: Miro Technologies

Miro Technologies, a leading aftermarket provider of defense logistics and PBL software solutions, announced today a contract award from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation that includes GOLDesp software licenses, implementation and integration services. Miro’s flagship software solution will replace an existing Sikorsky legacy business system to manage a closed loop inventory management system for two rotary wing... Read more

Sikorsky wins $800,000 expansion grant

Sikorsky wins $800,000 expansion grant

20-Sep-2011Source: Empire State Development

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... Read more

567 Sikorky job cuts to fall mainly in Connecticut

567 Sikorky job cuts to fall mainly in Connecticut

20-Sep-2011Source: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement in response to the layoff announcement of 419 workers in Connecticut, 384 of which are hourly workers, out of a total of 567 layoffs worldwide. “I am extremely disappointed that Sikorsky will be laying off 419 workers in Connecticut. Keeping good, high-skilled Sikorsky manufacturing jobs in the... Read more

20-Sep-11 LN-OMW Sikorsky S92 Valhall field, off Norway

20-Sep-11 LN-OMW Sikorsky S92 Valhall field, off Norway

20-Sep-2011

Engine problem en route Sola to the Maersk Reacher rig in Valhall field, North Sea, returned to base... Read more

Sikorsky supports Scout camp for 10th year

Sikorsky supports Scout camp for 10th year

16-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Celebrating the landmark 10-year anniversary of Camp Sikorsky, more than 400 Boy and Girl Scouts and their leaders – from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York – will pitch their tents today for a three-day campout on the Sikorsky Aircraft grounds in Stratford. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of... Read more

Zhuhai Helicopter signs for two S92s and an S76

Zhuhai Helicopter signs for two S92s and an S76

16-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and China Southern Airlines’  Zhuhai Helicopter Branch company held a signing ceremony today at the first China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin for the purchase of two Sikorsky S-92® and one S-76® offshore utility helicopters by Zhuhai Helicopter.  The new acquisitions are aimed at supporting the ever-expanding offshore oil operations in the South China Sea... Read more

Two more S92s for Bristow Norway

Two more S92s for Bristow Norway

16-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Bristow Norway is set to take delivery of two more Sikorsky S92 helicopters in the next few days – and a third is due.  The pair were seen at Southampton DOcks in the UK yesterday, still in primer and carrying the Norwegian registrations LN-ONA and LN-ONB (see below), along with serial numbers 920144 and 920145... Read more

GE awarded $8.7M Black Hawk exhaust pipe contract

GE awarded $8.7M Black Hawk exhaust pipe contract

15-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., was awarded an $8,702,772 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the acquisition of 300 exhaust pipes for the UH-60 Blackhawk. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

First two HH-60G Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 hours

First two HH-60G Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 hours

15-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Nearly 30 years after entering service with the U.S. Air Force, two HH-60G PAVE HAWK helicopters have both achieved 10,000 flight hours during their simultaneous flights on Aug. 30 over Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The Sikorsky Aircraft designed-and-built helicopters are the first-ever U.S. Air Force H-60 aircraft to have reached this high flight time... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane implements new quoting/estimating software

Erickson Air-Crane implements new quoting/estimating software

14-Sep-2011Source: MIE Solutions

Erickson Air-Crane owns and operates a fleet of 18 Aircranes throughout the world. The Aircrane’s precision installation capability has been used to successfully place more than 40,000 heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning units for fortune 500 companies in North America and Europe since the early 70’s. Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated is the manufacturer and operator of the... Read more

Berkshire Hathaway to settle over 2005 Australian Sea King accident

Berkshire Hathaway to settle over 2005 Australian Sea King accident

14-Sep-2011

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to settle Australian insurance claims stemming from a 2005 crash by a Royal Australian Navy helicopter in Indonesia in which nine people were killed. (see full story)... Read more

Indian Coast Guard tender gets off the ground

Indian Coast Guard tender gets off the ground

13-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The Indian Coast Guard is progressing its tender for 12 helicopters, with three bids received by the cut-off date.  The three are Sikorsky offering the S76 OSS Air, working with AgustaWestland and their AW109 Indocopter, working with Eurocopter The latter two are their tied manufacturers’ local representatives.  The tender calls for the helicopters to be... Read more

New MH-53E desktop trainer developed for Sea Dragon aviators

New MH-53E desktop trainer developed for Sea Dragon aviators

13-Sep-2011Source: US Navy

Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205), and industry partners have developed a portable, desktop trainer, or DTT, to assist Sea Dragon pilots with navigation, communication and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) training. The trainer is at the beginning of a naval aviation trend toward having DTTs for aircraft with glass cockpits, according to Rick Anderson,... Read more

Israeli military set up memorial for Romania crash

Israeli military set up memorial for Romania crash

13-Sep-2011Source: Israeli Defence Forces

Time stopped in the IAF as reports came in on Monday July 26th 2010 that contact had been lost with an IAF CH-53 Sikorsky helicopter that was training in Romania. As time passed, it became clear that the crew had been killed in the accident. The training session last year was planned in advance, one... Read more

S-92® “Legacy of Heroes” demo tour begins

S-92® “Legacy of Heroes” demo tour begins

9-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched a “Legacy of Heroes” demonstration tour by its S-92® helicopter, commencing a multi-country visit from its Sikorsky Global Helicopters facility that will recognize first responders to natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe while promoting the company’s family of products including the H-92â„¢ helicopter, the military version of... Read more

Sikorsky owe US Army $11M, says Inspector General

Sikorsky owe US Army $11M, says Inspector General

9-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The US Defense Department’s Inspector General has released a report this week after evaluating the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) material purchases from Sikorsky.  The items concerned related to a contract where Sikorsky supports the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), where the oganisation was checking whether the partnership agreement effectively minimized... Read more

Third prototype joins S76D test program

Third prototype joins S76D test program

8-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Enhanced performance, more power, and a “Grand Canyon” standard of quiet that delivers substantially reduced external noise are all proving to be the new standard in the S-76Dâ„¢ helicopter as the program introduces its third prototype into testing , Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. said today. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. “D3,” the... Read more

Ornge responds to CTV Story of September 6th

Ornge responds to CTV Story of September 6th

8-Sep-2011Source: Ornge

On its 6:00 p.m. broadcast on September 6th, 2011, CTV Toronto aired a story with respect to Ornge’s service in Ontario. The story not only contained outdated and incorrect information but also omitted essential facts and was misleading. Ornge has notified CTV of these errors and has asked for a full apology from the network.... Read more

SH-60 trainer connects virtually with P-3 simulator

SH-60 trainer connects virtually with P-3 simulator

8-Sep-2011Source: US Navy

For the first time, a P-3 Orion simulator connected virtually to an SH-60B Seahawk trainer during a “peer to peer connectivity” trial July 1 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay. Using its own simulation mode, the P-3’s Tactical Operational Readiness Trainer, also known as TORT, successfully linked with an SH-60B Tactical Operational Flight... Read more

New Super Stallions for HMH-463 Pegasus

New Super Stallions for HMH-463 Pegasus

8-Sep-2011Source: US Marine Corps

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Kaneohe Bay – Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 “Pegasus” welcomed the new arrival of two CH-53E Super Stallions at Hanger 102 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Sept. 7. Two more Super Stallions will join the other arrivals Sept. 10 marking the first four of 12 Super Stallions replacing the... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $265M contract for 22 UH-60M and 1 HH-60M

Sikorsky awarded $265M contract for 22 UH-60M and 1 HH-60M

2-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $265,646,071 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 22 UH-60M aircraft and 1 HH-60M aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

Australia sells last five Sea Kings

Australia sells last five Sea Kings

1-Sep-2011Source: Australian MoD

Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today released the Request for Tender for the sale of the Navy’s remaining Sea King Helicopters. The Request for Tender includes: Five complete helicopters; Three airframes; A simulator; and Associated unique equipment and parts. “The Sea Kings will be withdrawn from service in December 2011,” Mr Clare said. “They’ve... Read more

UK SAR pilot achieves 7,000 hours

UK SAR pilot achieves 7,000 hours

1-Sep-2011Source: Royal Navy

A helicopter pilot based at HMS Gannet in Prestwick – the UK’s busiest helicopter search and rescue unit – has become one of the Royal Navy’s most experienced flyers. For Lieutenant Commander Roger Stringer (49), who lives in Mauchline near Ayr in Scotland, completed his 7000th flying hour at the controls of a Sea King... Read more

PHI accuses Sikorsky of withholding S76C accident report

PHI accuses Sikorsky of withholding S76C accident report

31-Aug-2011Source: Houston Chronicle

In a court filing last Friday, PHI Inc. claims Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. withheld a report by one of its lead engineers because his analysis concluded Sikorsky’s faulty design caused its helicopter to crash near Morgan City.  (see full story)... Read more

Mark Dobbin launches new Canadian operator

Mark Dobbin launches new Canadian operator

30-Aug-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Best known in the helicopter industry for his 17 years with CHC, where he served as Senior VP and Director, Mark Dobbin has launched new operator 3D Helicopters.  Targetting the VIP charter market from its base at St John’s, Dobbin believes that the current Newfoundland operators overlook this market while concentrating on the offshore and... Read more

Sikorsky Helitech and FlightSafety to offer P&W training down under

Sikorsky Helitech and FlightSafety to offer P&W training down under

29-Aug-2011Source: Sikorsky

SHELTON, Connecticut – Sikorsky Helitech, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, announced today the signing of an agreement with FlightSafety International to provide maintenance training for customers in the Asia Pacific area. The three- year agreement is the first of its kind to offer Pratt & Whitney Canada Aircraft Engine maintenance... Read more

Three UH-60Ms handed over to Mexican Navy

Three UH-60Ms handed over to Mexican Navy

29-Aug-2011

The transfer of the helicopters from the United States Northern Command demonstrates American goodwill and commitment to help Mexico against “international criminal organizations that represent a threat to the peace and democracy of our nation,” said Rear Adm. Jorge Carlos Morales Gonzalez, who accepted the aircraft for the Armada de Mexico. (see full story)... Read more

Sea Stallions’ first forward refueling takes fight farther south

Sea Stallions’ first forward refueling takes fight farther south

29-Aug-2011Source: US Marine Corps

PATROL BASE WOLFPACK, Helmand province, Afghanistan — From this remote desert outpost just miles from the Pakistani border, two Marine Corps attack helicopters were heard before they were seen. “Four miles out,” shouted Capt. Orion Jones over the growing percussion of their blades. Jones’ Marines emptied out of their waiting heavy-lift helicopter, running with a... Read more

29-Aug-11 Sikorsky S92 St John’s, Canada

29-Aug-11 Sikorsky S92 St John’s, Canada

29-Aug-2011

Flying to the Henry Goodrich drill rig northeast of St. John’s when its pilots aborted the flight. about 48 kilometres offshore after the pilots became concerned about “higher than normal vibration.” They decided to turn back to the airport as a precaution.... Read more

US Army tests fly-by-wire Black Hawk

US Army tests fly-by-wire Black Hawk

26-Aug-2011Source: US Army

In use in other Defense Department aircraft for years, fly-by-wire now replaces the conventional manual flight controls in some Black Hawk helicopters with an electronic interface. In older aircraft, cables run from the pilot’s controls to various control systems such as rudders, ailerons and, in the case of helicopters, the pitch controls on the rotor... Read more

25-Aug-11 Sikorsky MH-60J Elizabeth City, US-North Carolina

25-Aug-11 Sikorsky MH-60J Elizabeth City, US-North Carolina

25-Aug-2011

Precautionary landing.  Photo shows engineers checking rotorhead... Read more

PAMA announces 2011 Board

PAMA announces 2011 Board

23-Aug-2011Source: PAMA

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has elected its 2011 Board of Directors. Those elected for two-year terms as PAMA Directors are: Chairperson – Roger Sickler, President, Air Land Turbine Services Inc. Vice Chairperson – Jeff Gruber, Instructor, Columbus State Community College Secretary – John Wicht, DER, Rapco Inc. Treasurer –Richard Wellman, Field Service Representative,... Read more

Bristow introduces TCAS2 to S92 and S76C++ fleets on North Sea

Bristow introduces TCAS2 to S92 and S76C++ fleets on North Sea

22-Aug-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Bristow Helicopters has recently begun using the TCAS2 traffic collision avoidance system on one of its seven North Sea based S92s on a flight from Scatsa to an offshore rig.  All seven of its UK Sikorsky S92 fleet – six based at Scatsa and one at Aberdeen – are expected to have the system installed... Read more

Pratt & Whitney EcoPower® engine wash extends to helicopter market

Pratt & Whitney EcoPower® engine wash extends to helicopter market

21-Aug-2011Source: Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney has completed its first EcoPower engine washes on a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter at Naval Base Coronado, Calif. The first EcoPower helicopter engine washes signify that EcoPower services are now available for military helicopters, in addition to large commercial and military aircraft.  Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $22M contract for two UH-60M for USAF

Sikorsky awarded $22M contract for two UH-60M for USAF

19-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $22,711,777 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of two UH-60M aircraft for the Air Force.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

Raytheon awarded $21M Electro-Optical Sensor System for special forces MH-47G and MH-60M

Raytheon awarded $21M Electro-Optical Sensor System for special forces MH-47G and MH-60M

18-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $21,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92241-11-D-0006) for production of the AN/ZSQ-2 (V1 Assault) and AN/ZSQ-2 (V2 Attack), Electro-Optical Sensor System for the MH-47G and MH-60M aircraft assigned to the Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Ky., in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Technology Applications Contracting Office. ... Read more

PKL Services awarded $15M contract modification for USMC helicopter maintenance

PKL Services awarded $15M contract modification for USMC helicopter maintenance

17-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

PKL Services, Inc.*, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $15,876,931 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 Corp aircraft platforms:  AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E.  Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Calif. (30 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $30M delivery order for MH-60R situational awareness

Lockheed Martin awarded $30M delivery order for MH-60R situational awareness

16-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $29,969,607 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-09-G-0005.  This modification provides for additional phase two non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion engineering, manufacturing, and development.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y.... Read more

Cleveland Clinic to relocate S76 from Medina Hospital to new Twinsburg Family Center

Cleveland Clinic to relocate S76 from Medina Hospital to new Twinsburg Family Center

11-Aug-2011

The Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center which opened July 25 is situated on 86 acres of land and affords a greater buffer between the helipad and its surrounding neighbors than did Medina Hospital.  (full story)... Read more

Aerosonic wins contract for encoding altimeters for UH-60s and OH-58s

Aerosonic wins contract for encoding altimeters for UH-60s and OH-58s

10-Aug-2011Source: Aerosonic

Aerosonic Corporation, a leading supplier of precision flight products for commercial, business and military aircraft, today announced that it has received a new contract award from Defense Logistics Agency in support of the US Army Aviation Command. The contract is to supply AAU/32A Encoding Altimeters used on the UH60 Blackhawk and OH58 Helicopter Fleet. The... Read more

First GE38 engine delivered for Marine Corps CH-53K program

First GE38 engine delivered for Marine Corps CH-53K program

9-Aug-2011Source: General Electric

GE has delivered the first engine for the Sikorsky CH-53K Ground Test Vehicle culminating two years of successful testing that has convincingly demonstrated the engine’s ability to provide the increased mission capability required for United States Marine Corps (USMC) missions. “Every day, testing has validated our design philosophy and reinforced our confidence in our ability... Read more

Pair of MH-60S head to Thailand in first international delivery

Pair of MH-60S head to Thailand in first international delivery

8-Aug-2011Source: Sikorsky

Two MH-60S SEAHAWK® helicopters flew into the Port of Baltimore headed to the Royal Thai Navy, marking the first delivery of the MH-60 to an international customer. The U.S. Navy flew the aircraft from Owego, N.Y., to the Port of Baltimore, Md., ahead of their ocean voyage to Thailand. The aircraft were acquired via the... Read more

UK: British International to put St Erth Heliport plans on display

UK: British International to put St Erth Heliport plans on display

8-Aug-2011Source: Scilly Today

British International Helicopters intends moving their helicopter base from Penzance to a site within walking distance of the St Erth railway station.  The plans will be put on public display 18-19th August and are expected to go before planners in September (Full story)... Read more

Sikorsky delivers first S70i’s to Saudi Interior Ministry

Sikorsky delivers first S70i’s to Saudi Interior Ministry

8-Aug-2011Source: Sikorsky

Below we run the Sikorsky press release verbatim, although they are at pain to refer to “undisclosed customer” and the associated photos have logos and serial numbers covered over.  HeliHub.com is very surprised by this apparent attempt to secrecy when Sikorsky stated in their July 2010 press release that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry... Read more

Sikorsky continue to support Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft

Sikorsky continue to support Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft

2-Aug-2011Source: Sikorsky

At the World Electric Aircraft Symposium at EAA AirVenture, Erik Lindbergh, founder of LEAP, announced the 2011 AirVenture winner of the Lindbergh Prize for Electric Aircraft. LEAP’s programs recognize, inspire and incentivize the innovation that drives our culture, economy and future. The LEAP Electric Flight Program is accelerating the development of the electric aircraft industry... Read more

UK’s PremiAir reports upturn in charter and management business

UK’s PremiAir reports upturn in charter and management business

2-Aug-2011Source: PremiAir

PremiAir, the award-winning UK-based executive helicopter and private jet charter operator, has reported a steady growth in its aircraft management activities, generating confidence that the industry may be seeing some recovery from the economic downturn. With a growing managed private jet fleet and maintenance bases at Oxford and Biggin Hill, PremiAir is strategically positioning itself... Read more

US Patent issued to Sikorsky for “Aircraft Integrated Support System”

US Patent issued to Sikorsky for “Aircraft Integrated Support System”

28-Jul-2011Source: Sikorsky

United States Patent no. 7,983,809, issued on July 19, was assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (Stratford, Conn.). “Aircraft Integrated Support System (Iss)” was invented by Edward T. Kell (Wallingford, Conn.), Anthony J. Lowe (Stratford, Conn.) and Sebastian H. Colbert (Hartford, Conn.). According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: “An aircraft... Read more

British International sell third S61 to Vector Aerospace

British International sell third S61 to Vector Aerospace

27-Jul-2011Source: HeliHub.com

British International have recently sold a third Sikorsky S61 this year to Vector Aerospace, this being serial 61721 and registered G-BCEA, Managing Director Tony Jones has confirmed to HeliHub.com.  Previously operating on a military contract in the Falkland Islands, ‘EA had reached time for a major inspection and has thus been swapped with another example. ... Read more

ATP makes Sikorsky S92 library available

ATP makes Sikorsky S92 library available

27-Jul-2011Source: ATP

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP®) has obtained a license agreement with Sikorsky Aerospace Service (SAS) to provide single-source, digital, technical publications services for operators of the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. This license will allow S-92 helicopter operators to benefit from... Read more

Whistleblower alleges Sikorsky fired him for reporting FAA regulation violations

Whistleblower alleges Sikorsky fired him for reporting FAA regulation violations

25-Jul-2011Source: Katz, Marshall & Banks

On June 28, 2011, David Simmons, a former Quality Assurance Supervisor for Sikorsky Global Helicopters (“SGH”), filed a whistleblower-retaliation charge against SGH, alleging that the company terminated him for complaining about extensive flight-safety issues and noncompliance with Federal Aviation Regulations at SGH’s Keystone Engine Services (“KES”) facility in Coatesville, PA. Simmons filed his complaint with... Read more

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

25-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Federal Program Integrators, Indian Island, Maine, was awarded a $15,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of two flexible test modules for the transmission test systems to test transmissions and gearboxes on AH-1, AH-64, CH-47, OH-58, UH-1N and UH-60 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Indian Island, Maine, and Corpus Christi, Texas,... Read more

Rockwell Collins awarded $10M modification for CH-53E avionics

Rockwell Collins awarded $10M modification for CH-53E avionics

25-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $9,559,558 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option to provide AN/ARC-210(V) Electronic Radio and Ancillary Equipment for CH-53E CNS/ATM.  The contract provides for the following quantities (54) RT-1851A(C)/ARC receiver-transmitters; (54) C-12561A/ARC control, radio sets.  The contract will also provide for... Read more

Brunei rejects B412 and AW139 by reducing contest to Eurocopter and Sikorsky

Brunei rejects B412 and AW139 by reducing contest to Eurocopter and Sikorsky

25-Jul-2011Source: Brunei MINDEF

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has down-selected two companies who will compete for the Support Helicopter Project (SH Poject) contract, namely Eurocopter and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky). With Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) fleet of Bell 212 and BO105 nearing the end of its operational life, the SH Project was brought about in line with... Read more

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

25-Jul-2011Source: LRAD

LRAD Corporation, the world’s leading provider of acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced that a LRAD 1000X system mounted on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was deployed by the Colombian Air Force recently in their “Audacity and Will” campaign. The main component of the campaign was the use of the LRAD 1000X to communicate demobilization messages to... Read more

Javelin Thrust Marines conduct helicopter heavy lifting exercise

Javelin Thrust Marines conduct helicopter heavy lifting exercise

25-Jul-2011Source: US Marine Corps

MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER BRIDGEPORT, Calif., – When Marines head into battle, they move in fast and hard against the enemy, and sometimes the quickest way to receive supplies is by a quick drop-off from a CH-53E Super Stallion. The Marines and sailors of Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 44, and a CH-53E... Read more

25-Jul-11 N5663 Sikorsky S55 Chelan, US-Washington (1F)

25-Jul-11 N5663 Sikorsky S55 Chelan, US-Washington (1F)

25-Jul-2011

Had just flown over a block of cherry trees and was turning to fly back when it hit power lines 40-50 feet above the ground.  Crashed and burned, killing pilot.  Stephen W. Nelson reportedly died of asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation... Read more

25-Jul-11 N3880J Sikorsky UH-34D Wilton, US-Iowa (1F)

25-Jul-11 N3880J Sikorsky UH-34D Wilton, US-Iowa (1F)

25-Jul-2011

Agricultural ops, crashed into field, killing 54-year-old Hubert Dane Harris Jr., of Little Rock, AK.... Read more

25-Jul-11 N855TC Sikorsky S55B Brewster, US-Washington

25-Jul-11 N855TC Sikorsky S55B Brewster, US-Washington

25-Jul-2011

The video report on the link given states that the same operator had two helicopter accidents today, one fatal at Chelan (see HeliHub.com report) and one on the ground at Brewster... Read more

Thailand requests three UH-60M Blackhawks

Thailand requests three UH-60M Blackhawks

24-Jul-2011Source: DSCA

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Tuesday of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Thailand for three UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $235 million. The Government of Thailand has requested a possible sale of three UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters,... Read more

Royal Thai Army suffer third fatal helicopter accident in nine days

Royal Thai Army suffer third fatal helicopter accident in nine days

24-Jul-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Thailand has today suffered a third fatal helicopter accident in just nine days, claiming a total of 17 lives.  All three are operationally related – the third involved in the rescue of the second, which was itself on a mission related to the first accident. On 16th July, a Bell UH-1H crashed in Petchaburi Province,... Read more

Royal Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th Afghanistan mission

Royal Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th Afghanistan mission

24-Jul-2011Source: UK MoD

The Royal Navy’s Sea King Mk7 Force completed their 1,000th operational mission in Afghanistan this week Sea King helicopter squadrons from Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose have been operating from Camp Bastion since 2009 and have contributed to the confiscation of significant amounts of IED-making equipment, arms and drugs, and the detainment of suspected... Read more

23-Jul-11 C-GQCH Sikorsky S92 St John’s, Canada

23-Jul-11 C-GQCH Sikorsky S92 St John’s, Canada

23-Jul-2011

Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter entered a nose-high attitude with low power setting and lost altitude while in instrument meteorological conditions. The flight crew arrested the descent and continued on to St. John’s. There were two pilots and 5 passengers on board the helicopter and no one was injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the... Read more

US Forest Service snub National Guard as fire burns 240 sq.miles

US Forest Service snub National Guard as fire burns 240 sq.miles

22-Jul-2011Source: KOB

During the last four weeks, two National Guard Black Hawks have sat at Santa Fe Airport, with full firefighting equipment while the largest fire in New Mexico burns close by.  The Las Conchas fire has burned over 240 square miles (full story)... Read more

Accident Board criticizes Swedish SAR

Accident Board criticizes Swedish SAR

22-Jul-2011Source: Nordic Rotors

In a recently published incident report the Swedish Accident Investigation Board (Statens Haverikommission, SHK) aims criticism at the Swedish helicopter search and rescue (SAR) organization. The report itself deals with a ship incident that occurred on 2 December 2008. The RORO cargo/passenger vessel M/S Sea Wind was en-route from Turku (Finlad) to Stockholm (Sweden) when... Read more

Sikorsky assigned HUMS patent

Sikorsky assigned HUMS patent

21-Jul-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky have been assigned patent #7,984,146 – developed by James N. Rozak, Cheshire,CT and James P. Cycon, Media,PA.  The topic is listed as “aircraft health and usage monitoring system with comparative fleet statistics.” The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) utilizes... Read more

Sikorsky launches new social media tools

Sikorsky launches new social media tools

20-Jul-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has launched new social media tools to stay in touch with its customers, promote company news, and share product imagery and information. Now, you can keep up with the latest at Sikorsky by visiting our YouTube channel, Facebook fan page, RSS feed, and by following us on Twitter. Whether we are exhibiting... Read more

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