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Haiti – 22nd MEU heads out with UH-1 and CH-53 helicopters

Haiti – 22nd MEU heads out with UH-1 and CH-53 helicopters

15-Jan-2010Source: JD News

In addition to three Navy ships, the MEU will deploy with CH-53E Super Stallion and UH-1 Huey helicopters, as well as 7-ton trucks, forklifts and other earth-moving equipment, supplies and water purification instruments.... Read more

Pilot in Meath helicopter crash admits error of judgment

Pilot in Meath helicopter crash admits error of judgment

15-Jan-2010Source: Irish Times

Accident was on 18-Sep-08 at Bettystown, County Meath, and involved S76B registered N399BH... Read more

Oil companies testify in Cougar S92 inquiry

Oil companies testify in Cougar S92 inquiry

12-Jan-2010Source: Toronto Sun

Oil company executives at an offshore helicopter inquiry said safety is their top priority — even as a lawyer representing workers pushed to question them on why it took nine years to introduce underwater breathing devices onboard.... Read more

CH-53K Program Maintains Progress With Successful IDR

CH-53K Program Maintains Progress With Successful IDR

11-Jan-2010Source: Sikorsky

STRATFORD, Connecticut – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that an Integration Design Review (IDR) of the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter program has charted a course for a successful Critical Design Review in 2010. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky’s CH-53K program team hosted a two-day meeting in November to... Read more

Shane Eddy Named VP, Sikorsky Global Helicopters

Shane Eddy Named VP, Sikorsky Global Helicopters

9-Jan-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of Shane Eddy as Vice President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, responsible for strategic leadership and general management of the growing billion-dollar business. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. ( UTX). Eddy joins Sikorsky after a 14-year career at Textron’s Bell Helicopter company where he most... Read more

Mission system latest hurdle in Canadian H-92 program

Mission system latest hurdle in Canadian H-92 program

8-Jan-2010Source: Globe and Mail

The development of the cockpit equipment for the Canadian Forces’ new fleet of maritime helicopters is still posing a “major challenge” to the program, which is already running four years late, a retired officer has warned.... Read more

PHi S76 flight recorder reveals pilot's last words in Jan-09 accident

PHi S76 flight recorder reveals pilot's last words in Jan-09 accident

8-Jan-2010Source: Daily Comet

Refers to accident 04-Jan-2009 – HeliHub record of the accident is here.... Read more

EASA AD 2009-0230R1 – Sikorsky S92

EASA AD 2009-0230R1 – Sikorsky S92

7-Jan-2010Source: EASA

This AD revises EASA Emergency AD 2009-0230-E dated 23 October 2009... Read more

AAR Strengthens Relationship With Sikorsky and Provides Manufacturing and Machining for S-92 and H-60 helicopter

AAR Strengthens Relationship With Sikorsky and Provides Manufacturing and Machining for S-92 and H-60 helicopter

6-Jan-2010Source: AAR

AAR (NYSE: AIR) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation under which the two companies will work together to identify opportunities to expand their business relationship. In addition, AAR was named the exclusive supplier of composite interiors for the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter program and will provide precision... Read more

Sikorsky settles Cougar S-92 lawsuit

Sikorsky settles Cougar S-92 lawsuit

6-Jan-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The families of passengers who died in the crash of a Sikorsky helicopter off the coast of Newfoundland last year, as well as the sole survivor of the tragedy, have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the U.S. company.... Read more

Sikorsky and Goodrich Collaborate to Offer HUMS to Black Hawk Helicopter Users Worldwide

Sikorsky and Goodrich Collaborate to Offer HUMS to Black Hawk Helicopter Users Worldwide

6-Jan-2010Source: Sikorsky

Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Goodrich Corporation to collaboratively promote an advanced aircraft maintenance solution to the worldwide rotary aircraft market. HSI is a support and distribution company of Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary... Read more

Aurora Reaches Major CH-53K Main Rotor Pylon Milestones

Aurora Reaches Major CH-53K Main Rotor Pylon Milestones

5-Jan-2010Source: Aurora Flight Sciences

Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it reached and successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and 100% model release milestones for the CH-53K main rotor pylon (MRP) program. These two events define the transition from engineering design to manufacturing of the MRP structure for the System Development and Demonstration SDD aircraft. “Aurora Flight Sciences is... Read more

Canadian military H-92 sea trials slip one month to January 2010

Canadian military H-92 sea trials slip one month to January 2010

22-Dec-2009Source: Ottawa Citizen

Sea trials for the new Cyclone helicopter will take place before the end of January on the east coast, Defence Watch has been told.  Sources originally said the first of the new maritime helicopters was supposed to arrive at CFB Shearwater in December but now that delivery has slipped slightly.... Read more

Australia Signs Long-Term S-70B Seahawk Maintenance Contract

Australia Signs Long-Term S-70B Seahawk Maintenance Contract

21-Dec-2009Source: Defense Industry Daily

The Australian government recently announced a multi-year In Service Support contract to BAE Systems Australia Ltd... Read more

Sikorsky Completes $100,000-Plus Pledge of Support to MedEvac Foundation International

Sikorsky Completes $100,000-Plus Pledge of Support to MedEvac Foundation International

18-Dec-2009Source: JEMS

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has presented a $35,000 donation to MedEvac Foundation International, its third in a series, completing its total $105,000 pledge to the air-medical charitable and research organization and bringing it into the Foundation’s Chairman’s Circle of $100,000-plus donors.... Read more

UK Government assures future of RNAS Culdrose

UK Government assures future of RNAS Culdrose

18-Dec-2009Source: Falmouth Packet

The announcement by the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the future plans for UK military helicopters will have a positive effect on operations at RNAS Culdrose.... Read more

LaBarge Awarded $18.9M Contract from Sikorsky for Black Hawk Helicopter Program

LaBarge Awarded $18.9M Contract from Sikorsky for Black Hawk Helicopter Program

18-Dec-2009Source: LaBarge

LaBarge has been awarded a multi-year contract valued at approximately $18.9 million from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to produce electronic assemblies for various models of UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopters through 2014... Read more

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Delivers First Two S-434 Helicopters

Sikorsky Global Helicopters Delivers First Two S-434 Helicopters

18-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Global Helicopters announced that its Light Helicopters Division has delivered the first two S-434(TM) helicopters to the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [Note: This is in line with Sikorsky’s official press release, but HeliHub.com reported this delivery on 17th June 2009….]... Read more

Sikorsky S-76D Enters Production

Sikorsky S-76D Enters Production

18-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky

The S-76D(TM) helicopter program is entering production, signifying the latest major milestone in the program that is manufacturing the next generation model of the popular S-76(®) helicopter... Read more

Armed Black Hawk Demonstrator Completes Test Program

Armed Black Hawk Demonstrator Completes Test Program

15-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Military Systems and Elbit Systems have successfully completed the Armed BLACK HAWK (ABH) demonstrator program, proof-of concept for the development BATTLEHAWK(TM) helicopter.... Read more

Royal Navy Sea King crews honored for Afghanistan deployment

Royal Navy Sea King crews honored for Afghanistan deployment

14-Dec-2009Source: UK MoD

The Sea King crews from 854 Naval Air Squadron were recently presented with their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals by Head of the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope.... Read more

Elbit announces FAA Certification of the Kollsman® General Aviation Vision System (GAViS™) on S-76

Elbit announces FAA Certification of the Kollsman® General Aviation Vision System (GAViS™) on S-76

13-Dec-2009Source: Vertical

Elbit Systems of America has achieved another milestone for the Kollsman® GAViSâ„¢ (General Aviation Vision System). GAViSâ„¢ is now certified on the Sikorsky S-76A, S-76B and S-76C helicopters.... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane records first non-government sale

Erickson Air-Crane records first non-government sale

12-Dec-2009Source: Mail Tribune

San Diego Gas and Electric, which has leased an Erickson S-64E aircrane helicopter dubbed “The Incredible Hulk,” will take delivery of a new helicopter sometime in the spring.... Read more

Lockheed Martin Receives $14.75M Award to Integrate Ku Band Messaging Interface with the MH-60R

Lockheed Martin Receives $14.75M Award to Integrate Ku Band Messaging Interface with the MH-60R

10-Dec-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin has received a $14.75 million U.S. Navy contract to integrate a digital messaging interface that will improve the flow of data the MH-60R anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter can send to U.S. Navy ships across the new Ku band tactical data link.... Read more

Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance Hosts Rollout of first US Customs & Border UH-60L Upgrade

Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance Hosts Rollout of first US Customs & Border UH-60L Upgrade

10-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, today rolled out the first U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP) UH-60 A-A to L recapitalization aircraft at its Chase Field Operations Center in Texas... Read more

"Elvis" and "Isabelle" Arrive a Month Early to Help Australians Save Lives and Homes

"Elvis" and "Isabelle" Arrive a Month Early to Help Australians Save Lives and Homes

8-Dec-2009Source: Erickson Air Crane

Both helicopters come directly from urban interface firefighting assignments in Southern California where they helped firefighters battle the record-breaking “Station Fire” near Los Angeles in the late summer.... Read more

Helicopter revitalization program launches final refurbished Black Hawk

Helicopter revitalization program launches final refurbished Black Hawk

3-Dec-2009Source: US Army

The UH-60A Recapitalization Program kicked off during 2002 with the induction of the first A-to-A aircraft at Corpus Christi Army Depot. The first was delivered in 2003 marking the culmination of a successful partnership between Sikorsky Aircraft and the depot.... Read more

Sikorsky Delivers first UH-60M Black Hawk of nine to Bahrain

Sikorsky Delivers first UH-60M Black Hawk of nine to Bahrain

2-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated the formal delivery of a UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the Defense Forces of Bahrain. It is the first of nine aircraft that will ultimately be delivered... Read more

Malaysia needs 27 Eurocopter EC725s to replace entire Sikorsky S61 fleet

Malaysia needs 27 Eurocopter EC725s to replace entire Sikorsky S61 fleet

2-Dec-2009Source: Bernama

Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief General Datuk Seri Rodzali Daud said 12 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters will not be enough to replace the Nuri (Sikorsky S61A).... Read more

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

1-Dec-2009Source: Canada.com

The head of the inquiry investigating last spring’s helicopter crash that killed 17 offshore oil workers and aircrew off the Newfoundland coast announced Wednesday he has asked the Defence Department to send a witness to explain the federal role in SAR... Read more

San Diego Gets Extension On Firefighting Chopper

San Diego Gets Extension On Firefighting Chopper

1-Dec-2009Source: KPBS

Due to the continuing wildfire threat, San Diego-area emergency crews will have access to a large water-dropping aircraft until mid-December, a fire department spokesman said... Read more

FAA AD 2009-25-10 – Sikorsky S92

FAA AD 2009-25-10 – Sikorsky S92

25-Nov-2009Source: FAA

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First S76 Civil Helicopter Airframe Completed in China

First S76 Civil Helicopter Airframe Completed in China

24-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

ikorsky Aircraft Corp. and AVIC today celebrated completion of the first S-76C++(TM) civil helicopter airframe produced in China. The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft.... Read more

Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

22-Nov-2009Source: Canadian Press

A test to certify the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland showed it would remain airborne for “around 10 minutes” – about one third of the time required – if oil leaked from its gearbox, aviation regulators say.... Read more

Iraq request 15 Light and 12 Medium Utility Helicopters

Iraq request 15 Light and 12 Medium Utility Helicopters

21-Nov-2009Source: DSCA

The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of up to 15 AgustaWestland AW109s, or alternatively, 15 Bell Model 429s, or 15 EADS UH-72A Lakotas; and, up to 12 AgustaWestland AW139s, or alternatively, 12 Bell 4122, or 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks... Read more

X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins 'Best of What's New' Award from Popular Science

X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins 'Best of What's New' Award from Popular Science

20-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology(TM) demonstrator program has been recognized by Popular Science magazine with a 2009 “Best of What’s New Award.”... Read more

AgustaWestland Awarded US Navy Contract for Egyptian H-3s

AgustaWestland Awarded US Navy Contract for Egyptian H-3s

19-Nov-2009Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland is please to announce that AgustaWestland North America (AWNA) was recently awarded a $17.35 million U.S. Navy contract to provide depot level maintenance on three Egyptian Mk-2 variant H-3 helicopters.... Read more

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

17-Nov-2009Source: CBC

Emergency breathing devices for suits worn by passengers during offshore helicopter flights weren’t installed until nine years after they were first recommended and only after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Newfoundland in March, killing 17 people, an inquiry heard Monday.... Read more

Falcon Aviation Services Becomes Worldwide Launch Customer for the S-76Dâ„¢ Helicopter

Falcon Aviation Services Becomes Worldwide Launch Customer for the S-76Dâ„¢ Helicopter

17-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Dubai Air Show that Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has contracted to purchase two Sikorsky S-76D™  helicopters, with options to purchase two more, becoming the worldwide launch customer for the new aircraft.... Read more

Sikorsky Aerospace Services to Open Support Center for S-76® Helicopters in Abu Dhabi

Sikorsky Aerospace Services to Open Support Center for S-76® Helicopters in Abu Dhabi

17-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced that Falcon Aviation Services will establish a Customer Support Center in Abu Dhabi for S-76® helicopters. The facility will be the first S-76 helicopter Customer Support Center in the Middle East... Read more

Israel drops interest in V-22, eyes CH-53K evaluation

Israel drops interest in V-22, eyes CH-53K evaluation

16-Nov-2009Source: Flight Global

The Israeli air force has abandoned its evaluation of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and is instead showing interest in the capabilities of Sikorsky’s developmental CH-53K.... Read more

Sikorsky and Tata Create JV in India to Manufacture Aerospace Components

Sikorsky and Tata Create JV in India to Manufacture Aerospace Components

13-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) today announced the signing of an agreement creating a joint venture that will manufacture aerospace components for Sikorsky in India, including components for S-92® helicopter cabins... Read more

Sikorsky's Pino to receive leadership award presented by The Business Council of Fairfield County

Sikorsky's Pino to receive leadership award presented by The Business Council of Fairfield County

12-Nov-2009Source: Stamford Plus

The region’s most prestigious business community leadership award will be presented by The Business Council of Fairfield County to Jeffrey P. Pino, President, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on Tuesday, November 17, 2009... Read more

Sikorsky Delivers New VIP S-76C++ to UK Royal Household

Sikorsky Delivers New VIP S-76C++ to UK Royal Household

4-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky has provided helicopters to support the Royal Family since the early 1950’s, including the R4, S-51, S-55, S-58, S-58T, S-76B and the S-76C+ helicopters. The new S76C++ helicopter entered service in September.... Read more

Crack found in Cougar S92 helicopter

Crack found in Cougar S92 helicopter

4-Nov-2009Source: Globe and Mail

Engineers have discovered a hairline crack in the gearbox of a Canadian-based Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, the latest chapter in an ongoing mechanical saga that has cast an investigative spotlight on the high-tech machine.... Read more

FAA Approves Arkansas Children's Hospital HFDM Program

FAA Approves Arkansas Children's Hospital HFDM Program

4-Nov-2009Source: AMT

In a first for a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Service provider (HEMS), Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) received FAA approval for their HFDM/FOQA program... Read more

Sikorsky Delivers First Aircraft With Polish-Built Cabin to U.S. Army

Sikorsky Delivers First Aircraft With Polish-Built Cabin to U.S. Army

1-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has delivered the first aircraft with a cabin produced at PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky company in Poland. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.... Read more

Was Obama at Penzance Heliport? Helicopter firm reveals the truth

Was Obama at Penzance Heliport? Helicopter firm reveals the truth

31-Oct-2009Source: British International

The event coincided with a break in President Barack Obama’s public engagements, leading to speculation about an impromptu visit to Cornwal... Read more

Production is Ramping Up at Schweizer

Production is Ramping Up at Schweizer

27-Oct-2009Source: WETM

As production increases, a helicopter manufacturing plant in Big Flats is hiring.... Read more

Triumph Group Selected to Develop Key Hardware on New Sikorsky CH-53K Aircraft

Triumph Group Selected to Develop Key Hardware on New Sikorsky CH-53K Aircraft

27-Oct-2009Source: Triumph Group

The scope of the agreements includes the development of the Blade Fold System, the Blade Damper and the Rotor Brake Module. The development contract is expected to be completed in 2012 and will initially involve several Triumph Group companies... Read more

India's InterGlobe General Aviation adds Sikorsky to its portfolio

India's InterGlobe General Aviation adds Sikorsky to its portfolio

26-Oct-2009Source: Interglobe

Nigel Harwood, CEO of InterGlobe said, “We are pleased to enter into this long term association with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, the market demand in India is significant. InterGlobe General Aviation believes in representing the highest quality of products and we are delighted to be associated with the original inventor of helicopters – Sikorsky.... Read more

Australian military chiefs prefer MH-60R over the NH90

Australian military chiefs prefer MH-60R over the NH90

25-Oct-2009Source: UPI

Australian military chiefs are pressing for the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter over its European rival, the NH90 built by EADS, according to a classified document.  Their decisions are outlined in a classified submission to Defense Minister John Faulkner and Minister for Defense Personnel, Materiel and Science Minister Greg Combet... Read more

Envelope Expansion Continues as Sikorsky X2 Tops 100-Knot Speed Milestone

Envelope Expansion Continues as Sikorsky X2 Tops 100-Knot Speed Milestone

19-Oct-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 TechnologyTM demonstrator achieved a maximum speed of 106 knots in a recent test flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center.... Read more

Sikorsky X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics

Sikorsky X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics

10-Oct-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology(TM) demonstrator program has been recognized by Popular Mechanics magazine with a 2009 Breakthrough Innovator Award.... Read more

LaBarge Awarded $1.8M electronic assembly contract for Black Hawk program

LaBarge Awarded $1.8M electronic assembly contract for Black Hawk program

9-Oct-2009Source: LaBarge

LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to continue to produce electronic assemblies for various models of UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopters. LaBarge has supported the BLACK HAWK helicopter program since 2005.... Read more

San Diego Gas & Electric to pay lease for firefighting helicopter

San Diego Gas & Electric to pay lease for firefighting helicopter

9-Oct-2009Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

The massive chopper, an S64E Helitanker, can scoop and dump up to 2,650 gallons of water per trip. It will be controlled by city fire officials but be available to fight blazes throughout the county during the next two months.... Read more

MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability

MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability

9-Oct-2009Source: USCG

On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate’s HH-60 Conversion Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., in honor of the Medium Range Recovery Helicopter achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).... Read more

Helicopter clause in Pennsylvania tax bill tied to promise of jobs

Helicopter clause in Pennsylvania tax bill tied to promise of jobs

6-Oct-2009Source: Philly.com

Even as state officials scramble for new sources of revenue to help balance the beleaguered budget, they are coalescing behind a plan to add this item to the long list of Pennsylvania products exempted from the state sales tax: Helicopters.... Read more

Upgrade of drillship Neptune Explorer includes helipad for Sikorsky S92

Upgrade of drillship Neptune Explorer includes helipad for Sikorsky S92

6-Oct-2009Source: Scandinavian Oil & Gas

Neptune Marine Oil & Gas has completed a US$340 million upgrade of its deepwater drillship, the Neptune Explorer. The Pelican Class drillship, acquired in April 2005, has undergone major upgrading and reactivation works at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore... Read more

Goodrich to Provide Low Cost Enhanced Digital Electronic Engine Control Unit for Black Hawk and Apache

Goodrich to Provide Low Cost Enhanced Digital Electronic Engine Control Unit for Black Hawk and Apache

6-Oct-2009Source: Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation will equip GE T700 engines powering Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk, Jayhawk and Seahawk model helicopters for the U.S. Army, Coast Guard and Navy, as well as Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters for the U.S. Army, with a new low cost enhanced digital electronic control unit (EDECU).... Read more

UK Coastguard S92 helicopters reach landmark operational date

UK Coastguard S92 helicopters reach landmark operational date

3-Oct-2009Source: Hoovers

The new search and rescue helicopters at the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) base in Stornoway in the Western Isles have completed nearly 350 missions and rescued over 260 people since they were introduced to service two years ago.... Read more

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