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Sikorsky sets sights lower on mergers and acquisitions

Sikorsky sets sights lower on mergers and acquisitions

13-Mar-2010Source: Reuters

The Sikorsky helicopter unit of diversified U.S. manufacturer United Technologies Corp is on the hunt for acquisitions of smaller companies that maintain aircraft... Read more

Services held on first anniversary of Cougar S92 accident

Services held on first anniversary of Cougar S92 accident

12-Mar-2010Source: Global News

Memorial services and wreath-laying ceremonies will take place Friday at the White Rose, Hibernia and Terra Nova oilfields in remembrance of the 17 people who lost their lives when their helicopter plunged into ocean off the St. John’s coast.... Read more

EADS chooses Sikorsky group company to support US Navy H-72A Fleet

EADS chooses Sikorsky group company to support US Navy H-72A Fleet

12-Mar-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today that Helicopter Support Incorporated (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has been chosen to provide a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program for U.S. Navy Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station under its contract with EADS North America.  Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky... Read more

Cougar S92 inquiry renews calls for separate safety agency to oversee Newfoundland offshore

Cougar S92 inquiry renews calls for separate safety agency to oversee Newfoundland offshore

11-Mar-2010Source: Canadian Press

Observers, experts and employees said the crash of Cougar Flight 491 highlighted the need for a separate safety agency to replace an offshore regulator that has the competing tasks of promoting the industry and protecting workers... Read more

Canadian Helicopters awarded additional work in Afghanistan

Canadian Helicopters awarded additional work in Afghanistan

9-Mar-2010Source: Canadian Helicopters

MONTREAL, March 8 – Canadian Helicopters Income Fund (TSX: CHL.UN) (the “Fund”), the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded additional work in Afghanistan by the the United States Transportation Command (“USTRANSCOM”). This amendment to the support contract previously announced on December 22, 2008, entails... Read more

S92 cabin manufacture moving from Japan to India

S92 cabin manufacture moving from Japan to India

3-Mar-2010Source: Express Buzz

“The Japan plant, which produced more than 100 cabins so far, will stop production from now on,” AJS Walia, the  Managing Director (India & South Asia) for Sikorsky said... Read more

Chile earthquake response includes two UH-60s from Brazil

Chile earthquake response includes two UH-60s from Brazil

3-Mar-2010Source: Milenio

The Brazilian government sent two UH-60 helicopters to Chile to help victims of the earthquake of 8.8 Richter scale... Read more

Bursary and scholarship program established to remember Cougar Flight 491

Bursary and scholarship program established to remember Cougar Flight 491

2-Mar-2010Source: News 880AM

A scholarship and bursary program has been established in the memory of the 17 victims of the crash of Cougar Flight 491 off Newfoundland last year.... Read more

Frasca Built S92 Full Flight Simulator Gets Dual Qualification

Frasca Built S92 Full Flight Simulator Gets Dual Qualification

26-Feb-2010Source: Frasca

Frasca is proud to announce that Bristow Academy, Aberdeen, Scotland has received dual qualification for their Frasca Built S92 Full Flight Simulator (FFS). The S92 FFS is the first certified helicopter device under JAA with both Level B FFS and Level III FTD approval. The S92 FFS is being used at the Bristow Academy in Aberdeen... Read more

TrueNorth Introduces New Helicopter Network Audio Interface On S-92

TrueNorth Introduces New Helicopter Network Audio Interface On S-92

26-Feb-2010Source: TrueNorth Avionics

TrueNorth Avionics, Inc., has introduced an advanced network audio interface (NAI) that enables helicopter passengers and crew to communicate via intercom through the aircraft’s audio panel, with the Sikorsky S-92 announced as the initial application. The new TrueNorth NAI, which is an enhanced, multicabin version of the system currently available on Sikorsky’s S-76 models, also... Read more

Australian Government confirms naval tender is NH90 v MH-60R

Australian Government confirms naval tender is NH90 v MH-60R

25-Feb-2010Source: Australian Government

The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today announced that the Government has given first pass approval for a major project to provide the Australian Defence Force with a new naval combat helicopter. Project AIR 9000 Phase 8 is included in the Defence Capability Plan to provide naval warships with a new combat helicopter. Senator... Read more

Sikorsky X2 Aims for World Speed Record

Sikorsky X2 Aims for World Speed Record

25-Feb-2010Source: Aviation Week

The Sikorsky X2’s attempt to break the world speed record for rotorcraft later this year could determine the future path of helicopter development at the Connecticut-based company.... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane Continues Aggressive Development Path

Erickson Air-Crane Continues Aggressive Development Path

24-Feb-2010Source: Erickson Air-Crane

In a continuing effort to remain at the forefront of the industry and lead innovation, Erickson Air-Crane (EAC) today announced three major program initiatives that are currently underway: a composite blade program, vacuum lift technology and water usage tracking system. “In 2009 we made a commitment to drive innovation within the industry and expand the... Read more

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Sees Strong Sales in 2010

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Sees Strong Sales in 2010

24-Feb-2010

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., is seeing a resurgence of interest in its S-300Câ„¢ and S-300CBiâ„¢ helicopters, with sales activity for the beginning of 2010 showing a 50 percent increase over the same time period in 2009. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). All... Read more

PHI and Sikorsky Develop New Technology for Improved Air Traffic Efficiency and Safety

PHI and Sikorsky Develop New Technology for Improved Air Traffic Efficiency and Safety

24-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today commended PHI Inc. for taking the lead on developing technology that improves air traffic control safety and efficiency for S-92® helicopters serving PHI’s Gulf of Mexico oil customers. Sikorsky collaborated on developing the technology and announced the advances at the Heli-Expo aerospace show in Houston, Texas. PHI (Nasdaq: PHII and PHIIK)... Read more

S-92 Enters into Service in Brazil's Offshore Oil Market

S-92 Enters into Service in Brazil's Offshore Oil Market

23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

The S-92® helicopter has entered into the offshore oil market in Brazil, following the well established work of another Sikorsky Aircraft product already serving that industry in the region. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Petrobras, one of the largest oil companies in the world, has been using Sikorsky helicopters through their... Read more

S-92 Enters into Service in Brazil’s Offshore Oil Market

S-92 Enters into Service in Brazil’s Offshore Oil Market

23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

The S-92® helicopter has entered into the offshore oil market in Brazil, following the well established work of another Sikorsky Aircraft product already serving that industry in the region. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Petrobras, one of the largest oil companies in the world, has been using Sikorsky helicopters through their... Read more

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors UND Aerospace at Heli-Expo 2010

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors UND Aerospace at Heli-Expo 2010

23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today at Heli-Expo honored the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences for its exemplary training efforts with S-300â„¢ helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). UND Aerospace has operated S-300 series helicopters in its... Read more

Second Prototype in Sikorsky S-76Dâ„¢ Helicopter Program

Second Prototype in Sikorsky S-76Dâ„¢ Helicopter Program

23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

The second prototype aircraft in the S-76Dâ„¢ helicopter program has entered the test flight program, with a third soon to follow, as the program that is producing the next generation model of the popular S-76® helicopter nears completion of its first fuselage for a production aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. Kuwait... Read more

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors the Houston Police Dept at Heli-Expo 2010

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors the Houston Police Dept at Heli-Expo 2010

23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored the Houston Police Department (HPD) for its customer loyalty and outstanding service to the community. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The Houston Police Department’s Air Support Division plays a significant role in ensuring the safety of city residents.... Read more

Sikorsky Announces Continuing Upgrades for the S-92

Sikorsky Announces Continuing Upgrades for the S-92

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the ontinuation of upgrades for the S-92® helicopter, which has already received more than 60 enhancements since entering service in 2004. These upgrades, combined with the aircraft’s rugged and flaw-tolerant design, have enabled the S-92 helicopter to become a leader in the highly demanding offshore oil, Head of State, and... Read more

Canadian Air & Space Museum Seeks Support to Acquire S-58T

Canadian Air & Space Museum Seeks Support to Acquire S-58T

22-Feb-2010Source: Canadian Air & Space Museum

The Canadian Air & Space Museum of Toronto, Ontario Canada has launched a fundraising campaign to acquire a rare Sikorsky S-58T helicopter that had a remarkable 48-year flying career in Canada and the United States. The Museum’s immediate goal is to raise $35,000 U.S. to complete the purchase of the S-58T helicopter and all associated... Read more

Canadian Air & Space Museum Seeks Support to Acquire S-58T

Canadian Air & Space Museum Seeks Support to Acquire S-58T

22-Feb-2010Source: Canadian Air & Space Museum

The Canadian Air & Space Museum of Toronto, Ontario Canada has launched a fundraising campaign to acquire a rare Sikorsky S-58T helicopter that had a remarkable 48-year flying career in Canada and the United States. The Museum’s immediate goal is to raise $35,000 U.S. to complete the purchase of the S-58T helicopter and all associated... Read more

Brazil’s Líder Signs for Three S-76C++ Helicopters

Brazil’s Líder Signs for Three S-76C++ Helicopters

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Líder Taxi Aéreo S.A. Air Brasil today announced the signing of a contract for three S-76C++TM aircraft in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. This contract continues the more than 30-year relationship between the companies. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aircraft will operate in Brazil in support... Read more

Brazil's Líder Signs for Three S-76C++ Helicopters

Brazil's Líder Signs for Three S-76C++ Helicopters

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Líder Taxi Aéreo S.A. Air Brasil today announced the signing of a contract for three S-76C++TM aircraft in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. This contract continues the more than 30-year relationship between the companies. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aircraft will operate in Brazil in support... Read more

US State Dept to Purchase up to 110 Sikorsky S-61T(TM) Helicopters for Use in Afghanistan

US State Dept to Purchase up to 110 Sikorsky S-61T(TM) Helicopters for Use in Afghanistan

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today at Heli-Expo that the U.S. State Department has entered into an IDIQ (indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity) agreement to purchase up to 110 modernized S-61â„¢ aircraft for passenger and cargo transport missions in support of its worldwide operations. Delivery of the first four modernized S-61â„¢ aircraft will support missions for the U.S.... Read more

Pall Teams with Carson Helicopters on S-61 Modernization Program

Pall Teams with Carson Helicopters on S-61 Modernization Program

22-Feb-2010Source: Pall Corp

Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Carson Helicopters, Inc. Pall will supply its Centrisep® engine advanced protection systems (EAPSs) to support a joint modernization program for the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. With approximately 620 aircraft in service today, the S-61 model is... Read more

Sikorsky Innovations Expected to Develop Mission-Adaptive Rotorcraft Under Prospective DARPA Contract

Sikorsky Innovations Expected to Develop Mission-Adaptive Rotorcraft Under Prospective DARPA Contract

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that its Sikorsky Innovations group has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a contract to develop active rotor technologies that will allow aircraft to adapt to a changing environment and dynamically enhance performance. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Once... Read more

Sikorsky S-92® Fleet Reaches 200,000 Flight Hour Milestone

Sikorsky S-92® Fleet Reaches 200,000 Flight Hour Milestone

22-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft’s S-92® helicopter fleet recently passed 200,000 total flight hours, the company announced today at the Heli-Expo exhibition. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The first production S-92 helicopter was delivered in late 2004. There are now 105 S-92 helicopters in operation in 21 countries around the world. Helicopters in demanding... Read more

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors Edra Aeronautica at Heli-Expo 2010

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Honors Edra Aeronautica at Heli-Expo 2010

21-Feb-2010Source: Schweizer

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored EDRA Aeronáutica of Brazil for its contributions to law enforcement flight training through the use of S-300 series helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). EDRA has been a distributor for Sikorsky light helicopters since 1997 and has been... Read more

Sikorsky SAR S-92® Helicopters Riding Wave of Success in UK

Sikorsky SAR S-92® Helicopters Riding Wave of Success in UK

21-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Search and Rescue (SAR) S-92® helicopters are on a path to unprecedented success in 2010 after coming off a record year of rescues in 2009 and recently being selected for the United Kingdom’s Search and Rescue Helicopter service. The aircraft are operated by CHC Helicopter Corp. and the S-92 helicopter is manufactured by Sikorsky... Read more

Sikorsky eyes helicopter deal with Indian Navy

Sikorsky eyes helicopter deal with Indian Navy

19-Feb-2010

The firm is offering the S-70B through the direct commercial sale route. Simultaneously, the US Air Force has responded to the Indian Navy’s RFP for a $1 billion multi-role helicopter with the Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky MH-60R.... Read more

Sikorsky X2 prototype suffers gearbox snag

Sikorsky X2 prototype suffers gearbox snag

18-Feb-2010Source: The Register

Sikorsky has suffered technical hitches in development of its X2 multicopter.... Read more

Sikorsky awards Cobham contract for CH-53K blades

Sikorsky awards Cobham contract for CH-53K blades

18-Feb-2010Source: London Evening Standard

Defence group Cobham has won a contract to make components for US army helicopters, helping its American expansion plans.... Read more

Sikorsky Aircraft Launches Twitter Page

Sikorsky Aircraft Launches Twitter Page

18-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its own page on the Twitter social media Web site, reaching out to a broader audience to provide information on company news, products and services. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky’s new Twitter page can be found by visiting http://twitter.com/SikorskyAircrft The page also can be accessed... Read more

More setbacks in Sikorsky’s delivery of new helicopters to Canadian military

More setbacks in Sikorsky’s delivery of new helicopters to Canadian military

17-Feb-2010Source: Globe and Mail

There is one more twist in the seemingly never-ending saga of the replacement of Canada’s Sea King helicopters.... Read more

More setbacks in Sikorsky's delivery of new helicopters to Canadian military

More setbacks in Sikorsky's delivery of new helicopters to Canadian military

17-Feb-2010Source: Globe and Mail

There is one more twist in the seemingly never-ending saga of the replacement of Canada’s Sea King helicopters.... Read more

Sikorsky and Terma Sign MOU to Explore Danish Maritime Helicopter Program Opportunity

Sikorsky and Terma Sign MOU to Explore Danish Maritime Helicopter Program Opportunity

16-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Terma A/S today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential collaborations if the Danish government decides to procure Sikorsky MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopters. The government is currently evaluating alternatives including the MH-60R aircraft for a replacement maritime helicopter. The MH-60R aircraft would be procured via the Foreign Military... Read more

Sikorsky notably absent from Heli-Expo 2010 CEO Forum

Sikorsky notably absent from Heli-Expo 2010 CEO Forum

13-Feb-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HAI have put out the following brief press release “The CEO Forum will be held on Monday February 22 from 1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. in the Grand Ballroom A&B, Convention Center. CEOs from AgustaWestland North America, Bell Helicopter, Enstrom Helicopters, MD Helicopters, and American Eurocopter will attend.” Sikorsky is conspicuous by its absence…..... Read more

SAIC Awarded $12M Order to Develop US Army Aviation Crew Member Simulators

SAIC Awarded $12M Order to Develop US Army Aviation Crew Member Simulators

12-Feb-2010Source: SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (SAI 18.66, +0.10, +0.54%) today announced that it was awarded a delivery order by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to develop the first integrated crew member simulators for CH-47 and UH-60 helicopters under the Non-rated Crew Member Manned Module (NCM3) program. The... Read more

Columbia Helicopters To Clarify Unfounded Allegations Related to Fatal Carson S61 Crash

Columbia Helicopters To Clarify Unfounded Allegations Related to Fatal Carson S61 Crash

12-Feb-2010Source: Columbia Helicopters

Columbia Helicopters will hold a press/industry briefing at 10:00 AM Monday, February 22, 2010, regarding certain unfounded allegations related to the crash of a Carson Helicopters’ S-61 in 2008. Members of the media and all interested industry personnel are invited to attend. Columbia Helicopters’ Vice President of Marketing, Todd Petersen, and General Legal Counsel, Tonya... Read more

Sikorsky complains of flaws in Albanian helicopter tender

Sikorsky complains of flaws in Albanian helicopter tender

11-Feb-2010Source: Balkans.com

Sikorsky International Operations of the USA has cited irregularities in a 78.6-million-euro tender for the purchase of five military helicopters by the Albanian defense ministry, the Korrieri newspaper reported.... Read more

Anger as new UK SAR contract implies base move from Prestwick to Glasgow

Anger as new UK SAR contract implies base move from Prestwick to Glasgow

11-Feb-2010Source: STV

The Ministry of Defence said that the posts will be moved 30 miles after a private company was awarded the contract for the service.... Read more

Maiden flight of CH-53GA right on schedule at Eurocopter’s Donauworth plant

Maiden flight of CH-53GA right on schedule at Eurocopter’s Donauworth plant

10-Feb-2010Source: Eurocopter

Donauwörth, February 10, The CH-53GA medium-lift military transport helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight over the Bavarian town of Donauwörth today before an admiring crowd of approximately 150 guests. Eurocopter test pilot Rene Nater and flight engineer Antoine Van Gent were at the controls. This first flight came just three years after the contract was... Read more

Maiden flight of CH-53GA right on schedule at Eurocopter's Donauworth plant

Maiden flight of CH-53GA right on schedule at Eurocopter's Donauworth plant

10-Feb-2010Source: Eurocopter

Donauwörth, February 10, The CH-53GA medium-lift military transport helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight over the Bavarian town of Donauwörth today before an admiring crowd of approximately 150 guests. Eurocopter test pilot Rene Nater and flight engineer Antoine Van Gent were at the controls. This first flight came just three years after the contract was... Read more

Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Fully Missionized MH-60R to the US Navy

Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Fully Missionized MH-60R to the US Navy

10-Feb-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Following HeliHub.com running this story on 4th February, here is the full press release from Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has formally delivered the 50th MH-60R helicopter, fully equipped for its mission to protect the U.S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships. The newest member of the SEAHAWK® family of maritime helicopters is... Read more

CHC Selected as Preferred Bidder for 25-Year UK SAR Contract

CHC Selected as Preferred Bidder for 25-Year UK SAR Contract

9-Feb-2010Source: CHC

CHC Helicopters, through its membership in the Soteria* consortium, has won preferred bidder status on a 25-year contract to provide comprehensive search and rescue (SAR) services and military aircrew SAR training to the UK government, securing CHC’s place as the largest supplier of civilian SAR services in the world. “We are honoured to be chosen... Read more

Germany's HeliJet Charter adds third Sikorsky S76

Germany's HeliJet Charter adds third Sikorsky S76

4-Feb-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HeliJet Charter have purchased an S-76A++ from Swedish operator Norrlandsflyg, who had been operating it on an SAR contract.  Previously SE-JUZ, and now in Germany as D-HULK, this helicopter is fitted with a winch capable of a 260kg lift.  Various new over-water operations are planned for this aircraft, which HeliJet quotes as being able to... Read more

Germany’s HeliJet Charter adds third Sikorsky S76

Germany’s HeliJet Charter adds third Sikorsky S76

4-Feb-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HeliJet Charter have purchased an S-76A++ from Swedish operator Norrlandsflyg, who had been operating it on an SAR contract.  Previously SE-JUZ, and now in Germany as D-HULK, this helicopter is fitted with a winch capable of a 260kg lift.  Various new over-water operations are planned for this aircraft, which HeliJet quotes as being able to... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers 50th MH-60R

Lockheed Martin delivers 50th MH-60R

4-Feb-2010Source: WBNG

Hundreds of Lockheed Martin Owego employees came together to say goodbye to this MH-60 R helicopter.... Read more

Goodrich Delivers 500th Laser Detecting System for U.S. Army Helicopters

Goodrich Delivers 500th Laser Detecting System for U.S. Army Helicopters

4-Feb-2010Source: Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has delivered its 500th AN/AVR-2B (V) laser detecting system to the U.S. Army. The delivery milestone was reached ahead of schedule, with a perfect track record of on-time delivery with zero quality defects.  Goodrich’s ISR Systems team inDanbury, Conn. supplies the systems. The AN/AVR-2B(V) system is installed on U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk... Read more

Taiwan military chooses Eurocopter EC225 over Sikorsky S92

Taiwan military chooses Eurocopter EC225 over Sikorsky S92

3-Feb-2010Source: Defense News

Taiwan’s air force has selected the Eurocopter EC225 helicopter against a Sikorsky bid for the S-92 for a medium-lift helicopter requirement for search and rescue missions.... Read more

Cougar executive says offshore S92 crash changed him forever

Cougar executive says offshore S92 crash changed him forever

2-Feb-2010Source: Oilweek

“The events of March 12th changed my life forever, there´s no doubt about that,” said Burt, who is also a vice-president of Cougar´s parent company, VIH Aviation... Read more

Next in military technology: Unmanned Black Hawk?

Next in military technology: Unmanned Black Hawk?

2-Feb-2010Source: News Vine

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can see and fly on their own.... Read more

Sikorsky Innovations Launched to Redefine Future of Vertical Flight

Sikorsky Innovations Launched to Redefine Future of Vertical Flight

1-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its new technology development organization – Sikorsky Innovations – at a program attended by more than 100 government, education, business, technology and other officials at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford.  Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The mission of Sikorsky Innovations is to develop and mature... Read more

Taiwan massive shopping list includes 60 Black Hawks

Taiwan massive shopping list includes 60 Black Hawks

30-Jan-2010Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States of 60 UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters, technical and other related logistics support. The estimated cost is $3.1 billion. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States... Read more

Hairline crack found in Cougar S92

Hairline crack found in Cougar S92

29-Jan-2010Source: Canada.com

Cougar Helicopters found a single, hairline crack in a main gearbox footing of a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter that flies workers in Newfoundland to and from the offshore oilfields.... Read more

Human error cited in Army helicopter crash in Colorado

Human error cited in Army helicopter crash in Colorado

29-Jan-2010Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

HeliHub.com report on this 19-Aug-09 accident is here... Read more

Canadian military defends SAR response in Cougar S92 enquiry

Canadian military defends SAR response in Cougar S92 enquiry

29-Jan-2010Source: The Telegram

It took two hours for a pair of military search and rescue (SAR) helicopters to arrive at the crash site – more than one hour after Cougar Helicopters’ SAR chopper arrived at the scene... Read more

New safety checks ordered on North Sea helicopters

New safety checks ordered on North Sea helicopters

27-Jan-2010Source: STV

see HeliHub.com Safety Documents page for relevant documentation... Read more

EASA AD 2010-0015 – Sikorsky S-92

EASA AD 2010-0015 – Sikorsky S-92

26-Jan-2010Source: EASA

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Sikorsky Unveils $20M CH-53K Precision Components Technology Center

Sikorsky Unveils $20M CH-53K Precision Components Technology Center

25-Jan-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today formally opened its new Precision Components Technology Center, launching a new path toward strategic competitive excellence beginning with the manufacture of CH-53K heavy lift helicopter components. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. ( UTX). The center will produce major dynamic components of the CH-53K helicopter such as rotating... Read more

Nova Scotia's only helicopter ambulance grounded for six weeks

Nova Scotia's only helicopter ambulance grounded for six weeks

22-Jan-2010Source: CBC

The Emergency Health Service LifeFlight helicopter is in Ontario for maintenance following a safety recall. The manufacturer, Sikorsky, is replacing a section of the tail rotor after problems were found with similar models.... Read more

Bahrain completes deal for nine Blackhawk helicopters

Bahrain completes deal for nine Blackhawk helicopters

22-Jan-2010Source: AFP

Bahrain finalised an agreement for nine Blackhawk-M helicopters at the kingdom’s air show, commander of the Bahraini air force General Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah al-Khalifa said on Thursday.... Read more

Sikorsky: $1.5 Billion Helicopter Allotment

Sikorsky: $1.5 Billion Helicopter Allotment

22-Jan-2010Source: Hartford Courant

A five-year U.S. government contract won by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2007 will provide the Stratford helicopter maker with at least $1.5 billion this year.... Read more

Taiwan Strait rescue enhances with Sikorsky S76C+

Taiwan Strait rescue enhances with Sikorsky S76C+

22-Jan-2010Source: Whats On Xiamen

A Sikorsky S-76C+ SAR helicopter has been put into service in the Xiamen Flying Service Rescue Team, a part of the East China Sea Rescue Bureau, to join in rescue missions in the Taiwan Straits... Read more

HAI Announces Recipient of the 2010 Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award

HAI Announces Recipient of the 2010 Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award

19-Jan-2010Source: HAI

HAI is pleased to announce the 2010 Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award recipient, Crew of CGNR 6033; U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida. On September 7, 2008, the crew of U.S. Coast Guard CGNR 6033 launched from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, to respond to a stricken fishing vessel with four people aboard, 50... Read more

First S-70i Nears Completion at Sikorsky's Mielec Facility in Poland

First S-70i Nears Completion at Sikorsky's Mielec Facility in Poland

19-Jan-2010Source: Sikorsky

The first S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK helicopter, an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter, is nearing completion on the assembly line at PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. company in Poland. The progress of the first international BLACK HAWK variant signals the launch of a new helicopter in the Sikorsky product line. Sikorsky Aircraft is... Read more

Haiti – Canada has two Bell 412s on scene, two more helicopters to follow

Haiti – Canada has two Bell 412s on scene, two more helicopters to follow

15-Jan-2010Source: Globe and Mail

It will also carry two CH-146 Griffon helicopters, part of batch of at least four helicopters being sent to help transport needed items through a country in rubble: another Griffon is to leave later Thursday on a cargo plane, and a Sea King will sail with the navy ships... Read more

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