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Slovakia receives new helicopter landing system

Slovakia receives new helicopter landing system

11-May-2010Source: Janes IDR

The system facilitates control of helicopter operations and their actions within forward landing sites, enabling ATC to be quickly established, along with all of the communications, navigation and landing aids required for IFR compliance.... Read more

Zephyr International delivers Rescue Hoist Test Facility to US Coast Guard

Zephyr International delivers Rescue Hoist Test Facility to US Coast Guard

11-May-2010Source: Zephyr International

Zephyr International LLC has delivered and installed a State of the Art Rescue Hoist Test Facility to the US Coast Guard’s Support Facility in Elizabeth City N.C. The test facility is designed to operate and test the Rescue Hoists in use by the Coast Guard on their Jay Hawk and Dauphine helicopters. The facility utilizes... Read more

Naval Future Lynx lands safely following development tests

Naval Future Lynx lands safely following development tests

11-May-2010

AgustaWestland has conducted a series of tests on the undercarriage of the future Lynx naval helicopter using HBM’s data acquisition equipment to ensure superior operational landing performance. The Lynx – with a maximum take-off weight of 6,000 kg – has a long pedigree as a twin-engine, multi-role aircraft used by the British Army and the... Read more

GE awarded $9M contract for upgrade of 20 T700 engines

GE awarded $9M contract for upgrade of 20 T700 engines

11-May-2010Source: US DoD

General Electric Engine Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on April 30, 2010 a $9,196,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul and upgrade of 20 Y700-GE-701C turbine engines to the T700-GE-701D configuration applicable to the UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters. The National Stock Numbers are 2840-01-284-4011 and 2840-01-503-1701. Work is to be performed in Arkansas... Read more

Boeing awarded $22M contract for Egyptian Apache long-lead items

Boeing awarded $22M contract for Egyptian Apache long-lead items

11-May-2010Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on May 5 a $22,556,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the award of advance procurement/long lead for 10 Egyptian Block II Apache AH-64D helicopters. Work is to be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S.... Read more

SOFEX 2010: Eurocopter shows off rotor power

SOFEX 2010: Eurocopter shows off rotor power

11-May-2010Source: Eurocopter

The mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters produced for Middle East military services and law enforcement agencies are being highlighted at this week’s 2010 Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX) in Jordan. Eurocopter’s participation at SOFEX 2010 includes the exhibit of AS350 B3 and EC635 rotary-wing aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force, along with... Read more

Eurocopter names new VP of Corporate Communications

Eurocopter names new VP of Corporate Communications

11-May-2010Source: Eurocopter

Cécile Vion-Lanctuit has been appointed as Eurocopter Group’s Vice President of Corporate Communications. In her new role, Vion-Lanctuit reports to CEO Lutz Bertling and oversees all internal and external communications for Eurocopter. Prior to this new position, Vion-Lanctuit, 43, was Eurocopter’s Head of International Media Relations since January 2007, and previously worked as one of... Read more

Aerojet awarded rotor blade components contract for Apache Block III

Aerojet awarded rotor blade components contract for Apache Block III

11-May-2010Source: Aerojet

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has been selected by The Boeing Company to supply heavy alloy weights for Boeing’s revolutionary Composite Main Rotor Blade (CMRB) in support of the AH-64D Apache Block III (AB3) program. Under the initial contract, Aerojet will deliver completed rotor weights to support Boeing’s production of... Read more

Eurocopter Rotor – April/May 2010 edition

Eurocopter Rotor – April/May 2010 edition

10-May-2010Source: Eurocopter

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Quatro Composites Produces Wiper Blades for NH90 and CH-53K

Quatro Composites Produces Wiper Blades for NH90 and CH-53K

9-May-2010Source: Quatro Composites

Since 2007, Quatro has manufactured composite wiper blades for application in several military helicopters’ windshield wiper systems, including the Eurocopter NH90. Broadening their production portfolio, Quatro will begin the design phase for the composite wiper blades for the Sikorsky CH-53K Super Stallion helicopter in May 2010. Driven by the increased strength, stiffness, light weight properties,... Read more

Teenager cautioned after shining laser light at RAF rescue helicopter

Teenager cautioned after shining laser light at RAF rescue helicopter

7-May-2010Source: Guardian

The 14-year-old distracted a Sea King crew searching for a missing kayaker off the river Tees estuary by sweeping the sky in front of them with a narrow beam of green light... Read more

Selex Galileo plays key role in UK MoD’s Project Baker

Selex Galileo plays key role in UK MoD’s Project Baker

7-May-2010Source: Selex Galileo

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and a key player in the Electronic Warfare (EW) market is delighted to announce its successful participation in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Project Baker. The Company has been awarded contracts worth in excess of £10 Million as part of an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) to provide an integrated... Read more

77 Royal Navy helicopter crew members receive Afghanistan Operational Service Medals

77 Royal Navy helicopter crew members receive Afghanistan Operational Service Medals

6-May-2010Source: Royal Navy

77 Royal Navy Sea King crew members from 857 Naval Air Squadron have been presented with their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals by The Prince of Wales. Naval Officers and Ratings from the Squadron marched from Wellington Barracks past Buckingham Palace and up the Mall to receive the Operational Service Medal at a Royal medal presentation... Read more

Elbit Awarded US Army Contract for the Improved Signal Data Converter

Elbit Awarded US Army Contract for the Improved Signal Data Converter

6-May-2010Source: Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT), was awarded a 5-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army PM Air Warrior, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Elbit Systems of America, Airborne Solutions, will supply Improved Signal Data Converter (ISDC) processors to the U.S. Army fleet of... Read more

CH-46E Sea Knight “Lady Ace 09” unveiled at aviation museum

CH-46E Sea Knight “Lady Ace 09” unveiled at aviation museum

5-May-2010Source: US Marine Corps

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced), the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar joined forces commemorating the 35th anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind and the unveiling of “Lady Ace 09,” the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter that evacuated Ambassador Graham Martin from the South Vietnamese Embassy in 1975. Hundreds of Marines, their... Read more

Pentagon pleased with Osprey performance

Pentagon pleased with Osprey performance

5-May-2010

The U.S. military is pleased with the performance of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is still working hard to improve its readiness, the Pentagon’s program manager said on Tuesday.... Read more

Northstar Aerospace wins $53M Apache modernization contract

Northstar Aerospace wins $53M Apache modernization contract

5-May-2010Source: Northstar Aerospace

(All amounts in this news release are stated in U.S. dollars.) Northstar Aerospace (Canada), Inc., a subsidiary of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (“Northstar”), has received a purchase contract from The Boeing Company for the production of transmission components using the innovative split-torque Face Gear technology for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Block III Helicopter Modernization Program.... Read more

Eurocopter Spain gets grant of 11.2M Euros

Eurocopter Spain gets grant of 11.2M Euros

5-May-2010

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... Read more

Northrop Grumman and Bell to develop unmanned 407 called Fire-X

Northrop Grumman and Bell to develop unmanned 407 called Fire-X

5-May-2010

Fire-X Adds Cargo, Range, Payload Capabilities to Proven Fire Scout Architecture U.S. war fighters will be able to keep tabs on their enemies for longer periods of time, communicate more easily with their commanders, and deliver more cargo to more remote locations using the new Fire-X medium-range vertical unmanned aerial system (VUAS) unveiled today by... Read more

Kaman Delivers 500th H-60 Cockpit to Sikorsky

Kaman Delivers 500th H-60 Cockpit to Sikorsky

4-May-2010Source: Kaman

Kaman Aerostructures has recently delivered its 500th H-60 helicopter cockpit to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The milestone UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit will be incorporated into an airframe which will undergo final assembly at Sikorsky’s Bridgeport, Conn. facility for delivery to the U.S. Army. Delivery of Kaman’s 500th H-60... Read more

American Eurocopter wins further recognition for employment practices

American Eurocopter wins further recognition for employment practices

4-May-2010Source: American Eurocopter

Columbus, Mississippi – Civilianjobs.com announced American Eurocopter as a winner of its 2010 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Militaryâ„¢ recognition. American Eurocopter was one of 25 to earn the honor, which was open to all U.S.-based companies.  MVEs are selected based on surveys in which employers outline their recruiting, training and retention plans that best... Read more

Kaman Demonstrates Cargo Airdrop Flight Tests from Unmanned K-Max

Kaman Demonstrates Cargo Airdrop Flight Tests from Unmanned K-Max

4-May-2010Source: Kaman

Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq GS: KAMN), has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute. The tests add a new delivery method for the 6,000-pound power lifter, which Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Kaman have successfully transformed into an unmanned aircraft... Read more

Iran building attack helicopters, reports loacl news agency

Iran building attack helicopters, reports loacl news agency

4-May-2010Source: El Universal

Iranian defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, said his country had made new combat helicopters, equipped with antitank missiles and with “full national technology.”... Read more

The CH-53K Conspiracy

The CH-53K Conspiracy

4-May-2010

First flight won’t take place for three years, and the CH-53K won’t enter service until 2015. Technical problems are blamed, although helicopter advocates imply that the marines don’t want to take money away from their MV-22 program to keep the CH-53K program on schedule.... Read more

Sikorsky to Perform A-to-L Upgrades on Saudi Black Hawks

Sikorsky to Perform A-to-L Upgrades on Saudi Black Hawks

4-May-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced the signing of a contract with the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command  (RSLFAC) to upgrade its fleet of BLACK HAWK helicopters from the UH-60 A model configuration to the more modern UH-60L aircraft configuration. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United... Read more

France’s DGA delivers the first maritime safety EC225 to French Navy

France’s DGA delivers the first maritime safety EC225 to French Navy

3-May-2010Source: DGA

The Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) have delivered the first of two EC225 helicopters to the French Navy, ordered in December 2009 for maritime safety tasks.  The ceremony was held on April 22 at the naval aviation base at Lanvéoc (Finistère). The second EC225 to be delivered in June. Both aircraft will replace the Super... Read more

France’s DGA receives first NH90

France’s DGA receives first NH90

3-May-2010Source: DGA

The Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has approved Friday, April 23, 2010 the first NH90 NFH version for the Navy. It will soon be delivered to the Naval Aviation begins a campaign of operational experiments to lead to operational fielding expected in late 2011. The DGA has ordered 27 NFH 13 in support version and... Read more

US donates two more Bell 412s to Pakistan

US donates two more Bell 412s to Pakistan

3-May-2010Source: Zeenews

The US will purchase the two Bell 412 enhanced performance utility transport helicopters, valued at 24 million dollars, to support Pakistan’s counter-insurgency operations.... Read more

Malaysia maritime agency plans to double helicopter fleet

Malaysia maritime agency plans to double helicopter fleet

1-May-2010Source: FlightGlobal

TheMalaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has put in a formal request to double its air fleet, a move that comes as the country prepares for a major clamp down on human trafficking.... Read more

Turkey negotiating with Boeing for 12 CH-47F Chinooks

Turkey negotiating with Boeing for 12 CH-47F Chinooks

30-Apr-2010Source: Hurriyet

fficials from a Turkish procurement agency are holding contract negotiations with Boeing for a helicopter deal worth up to $1.2 billion, officials said... Read more

ATK Awarded $32M Contracts to Produce Hellfire II Rocket Motors and Warheads

ATK Awarded $32M Contracts to Produce Hellfire II Rocket Motors and Warheads

30-Apr-2010Source: ATK

Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received follow-on production contracts valued at $32 million to produce rocket motors and warheads for the precision-strike laser-guided HELLFIRE® II missile.  ATK will manufacture approximately 7,100 rocket motors and 2,200 metal augmented charge (MAC) warheads at its manufacturing facility in Rocket Center, West Virginia.  The contracts were awarded by Lockheed... Read more

EADS to fit Hellas obstacle warning system Royal Thai Air Force S92s

EADS to fit Hellas obstacle warning system Royal Thai Air Force S92s

30-Apr-2010Source: EADS

EADS Defence & Security (DS) has been ordered to equip three additional helicopters of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) with its obstacle warning system. This device, which is known as “HELLAS” (Helicopter Laser Radar), ensures the detection of obstacles that are virtually invisible for pilots, such as high-voltage power lines, thus enabling missions to... Read more

Super Frelon – final day in service today

Super Frelon – final day in service today

30-Apr-2010Source: Ouest-France

The last four aircraft serving with 32 Flotille at Lanvéoc-Poulmic will be withdrawn from service today – 30th April 2010... Read more

Prince Harry to become Lynx pilot

Prince Harry to become Lynx pilot

30-Apr-2010Source: Telegraph

“Prince Harry is absolutely determined to return to the front line in Afghanistan and flying the Lynx will give him the best opportunity,” an Army Air Corps source said.... Read more

Boeing moves A160T production to Arizona

Boeing moves A160T production to Arizona

30-Apr-2010Source: Arizona Republic

The East Valley’s aerospace industry got a boost Thursday with Boeing Co.’s announcement that production of its unmanned A160T Hummingbird helicopter has been moved to Mesa.... Read more

Rockwell Collins delivers 30,000th ARC-210 radio to US military

Rockwell Collins delivers 30,000th ARC-210 radio to US military

30-Apr-2010Source: Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins today celebrated the delivery of the 30,000 th ARC-210 radio to the U.S. military during a ceremony held at the company’s corporate headquarters in Cedar Rapids. U.S. Navy Capt. Ralph Portnoy, program manager for the Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) took part in the ceremony along with Rockwell Collins executives and employees.... Read more

Students Apply Science and Imagination in NASA Tilt-Rotor Design Contest

Students Apply Science and Imagination in NASA Tilt-Rotor Design Contest

29-Apr-2010Source: NASA

Some helicopters of the future will look very different from today’s, at least as imagined by high school students for a NASA aeronautics competition. NASA challenged students to write a paper about a civilian aircraft that could hover, rescue up to 50 survivors of a disaster, land on ground or water, travel at least 920... Read more

Australia releases tender documents for naval combat helicopter

Australia releases tender documents for naval combat helicopter

29-Apr-2010Source: Australian Government

The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner today announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation has released project solicitation documents to the United States Navy and Australian Aerospace for the supply of a new naval combat helicopter under Defence Capability Plan project AIR 9000 Phase 8. Under this project, the Government will acquire sufficient helicopters to... Read more

Bulgarian Army Faces Financial Collapse over Helicopter Deal

Bulgarian Army Faces Financial Collapse over Helicopter Deal

28-Apr-2010Source: Novinite

The Bulgarian Army has lost BGN 76 M in default payments because of its failure to meet its obligations under contracts with helicopter producer Eurocopter.... Read more

Indonesian Aeropspace and Bell offer 412EP to Indonesian Army

Indonesian Aeropspace and Bell offer 412EP to Indonesian Army

28-Apr-2010

The army is seeking two squadrons of utility helicopters, totalling 24 aircraft, and state-owned aircraft-maker IAe is putting forward the Bell 412EP.... Read more

India To Buy 50 Utility Copters for Navy

India To Buy 50 Utility Copters for Navy

28-Apr-2010Source: Defense News

RFI has been sent to Eurocopter, AgustaWestland, Kamov and Bell.... Read more

New EADS website goes online

New EADS website goes online

27-Apr-2010Source: EADS

Ten years after the company’s debut on the stock exchanges in France, Germany and Spain, the EADS Internet platform www.eads.com has been given a new layout, new functions and a new navigation. The redesign has made possible three important improvements. The connection among the various websites in the Group has been strengthened, the navigation is... Read more

Kiowa OH-58 AVX Configuration Can Reduce Brownout

Kiowa OH-58 AVX Configuration Can Reduce Brownout

27-Apr-2010Source: AVX

In addition to increased performance at a reduced cost, modeling has shown that the AVX configuration has the potential to reduce brownout conditions in the landing configuration. Preliminary studies were made of the downwash/sidewash flow fields of the OH‐58D and the OH‐ 58AVX, along with limited studies of particle transport in ground effect in representative... Read more

Eurocopter reshapes its future through a major investment program in new products/services

Eurocopter reshapes its future through a major investment program in new products/services

27-Apr-2010Source: Eurocopter

Marignane, 27 April 2010 In answer to the economical crisis and the evolution of the helicopter market, Eurocopter has decided to accelerate its SHAPE improvement program. The company intends to invest between 2010 and 2014 more than 1.3 Billion € in self-funded Research & Development, after having doubled its annual self-funded research and development budget... Read more

AVX Expands Web Site

AVX Expands Web Site

27-Apr-2010Source: AVX Aircraft

AVX Aircraft Company officials have announced that they have improved and expanded the company web site. Opened just last week at the Army’s AAAA annual convention, the site has experienced such a large volume of traffic that it was decided to expand it sooner than originally planned. Commenting on the effort, Brett Jackson, vice president... Read more

Paraguay National Police get airborne with first of three new R44s

Paraguay National Police get airborne with first of three new R44s

25-Apr-2010Source: ABC

The first of three law-enforcement equipped R44s has arrived at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport – Paraguay’s main national and international gateway, located at Luque, suburb of the capital Asunción.... Read more

First five Lakotas arrive at US Army base in Germany, five more due

First five Lakotas arrive at US Army base in Germany, five more due

25-Apr-2010Source: Stars & Stripes

Five UH-72 Lakota helicopters arrived at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany  on Wednesday to replace the fleet of UH-1 Hueys used to train troops deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more

Alpha Unmanned Systems presents its UV helicopters at Mexican security expo

Alpha Unmanned Systems presents its UV helicopters at Mexican security expo

25-Apr-2010Source: Defensa

Alpha Unmanned Systems exhibits two of its helicopter UAVs – Command and Sniper – at this week’s Security Expo 2010 in Mexico City... Read more

Monument at Maxwell honors Vietnam War helicopter crews

Monument at Maxwell honors Vietnam War helicopter crews

24-Apr-2010Source: Montgomery Advertiser

A monument paid for by the Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association was dedicated in Enlisted Heritage Plaza, where it will stand with 15 other monuments in front of the museum... Read more

Brazil receives its first dedicated attack helicopters

Brazil receives its first dedicated attack helicopters

23-Apr-2010Source: Brazillian Air Force

“Brazil is changing its level in relation to the Defence. We are no longer mere buyers. We now receive and internalize technology. These helicopters strengthen aviation rotorcraft. With these words, the Defence Minister, Nelson Jobim, named the newly acquired helicopter MI-35 Brazilian Air Force, which in this Saturday (17) came to be called A-H2 Sabre.... Read more

American Eurocopter ranks as a leading military friendly employer

American Eurocopter ranks as a leading military friendly employer

23-Apr-2010Source: American Eurocopter

G.I. Jobs has named American Eurocopter one of the United States’ 2010 Top 100 Military Friendly Employers®. The helicopter manufacturer debuts at number 49 on the list. “We are thrilled to have been recognized by G.I. Jobs as a Military Friendly Employer,” states Marc Paganini, American Eurocopter President and CEO. “We will continue to recruit... Read more

Peru to buy six Mi-17s and two Mi-35s

Peru to buy six Mi-17s and two Mi-35s

23-Apr-2010Source: http://www.univision.com/contentroot/wirefeeds/50noticias/8194033.shtml

Defense Minister Rafael Rey announced Thursday that Peru is proceed towards the financing and acquisition of eight helicopters... Read more

Talon Laser-Guided Rocket Completes Flight Tests, Verifies Production Config

Talon Laser-Guided Rocket Completes Flight Tests, Verifies Production Config

23-Apr-2010Source: Raytheon

Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) completed four ground-based guided flight tests of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket. The TALON LGR is an affordable, semi-active laser guidance and control kit that connects directly to the front of 2.75-inch unguided rockets currently in U.S. and international inventories. “The Raytheon-EAI team has a proven, production-ready laser-guided rocket,” said... Read more

King Juan Carlos I visits Eurocopter Spain factory at Albacete

King Juan Carlos I visits Eurocopter Spain factory at Albacete

23-Apr-2010Source: Eurocopter

His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, made his first official visit to the facilities of Eurocopter Spain accompanied by the CEO and President of the Eurocopter Group, Lutz Bertling, and the CEO of Eurocopter Spain, Juan Carlos Martínez Saiz. The event was also attended by the President of the Autonomous Community of Castilla... Read more

V-22 Osprey to be put forward in Presidential helicopter tender

V-22 Osprey to be put forward in Presidential helicopter tender

23-Apr-2010Source: DoD Buzz

It may seem an unlikely choice but Bell Helicopter and Boeing say they are likely players in the presidential helicopter competition. They told Defense Daily that they are “preparing a response to the RFI request with a VV-22 solution.”... Read more

Maldives National Defence Force takes delivery of Dhruv

Maldives National Defence Force takes delivery of Dhruv

22-Apr-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Originally promised by India back in August 2009, the Maldivian government has this week taken delivery of a HAL Dhruv for their National Defence Force.  Although resplendent with MNDF titles and national flag, the helicopter carries the Indian military serial “CG852” which allows HeliHub.com to trace its history back to the Indian Coast Guard Evaluation... Read more

Dutch Navy Takes Delivery Of Its First NH90 NFH

Dutch Navy Takes Delivery Of Its First NH90 NFH

22-Apr-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce on behalf of NH Industries the delivery of the first NH90 NFH helicopter to the Royal Netherlands Navy during an official ceremony held today at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate plant in Italy. The Royal Netherlands Navy has ordered a total of 20 NH90 NFH aircraft. Today’s event marks the... Read more

Spanish Army likely to buy nine EC135s from local Albacete factory

Spanish Army likely to buy nine EC135s from local Albacete factory

22-Apr-2010Source: Europa Press

The contract amounting to approximately EUR 85 million and cover the delivery of the first five EC135 this year and the remaining four in 2011. It will also include an option to extend the order until a total of thirteen units.... Read more

American Eurocopter nominated for award recognizing support of civilian soldiers

American Eurocopter nominated for award recognizing support of civilian soldiers

21-Apr-2010Source: American Eurocopter

Columbus, MS – American Eurocopter has been nominated for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.  The award honors employers who provide exceptional support to National Guard and Reserve personnel.  It is the highest in a series of employer recognition awards given by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Semifinalists will be selected among... Read more

Nigerian Navy provides for families of pair killed in January AW109 crash

Nigerian Navy provides for families of pair killed in January AW109 crash

21-Apr-2010Source: This Day

As part of the package provided, the Nigerian Navy is to train to the university level, the children of Lt. Commodore Ahmed Tijani Yusuf and Lt Commodore Mailafia Ibrahim, Pilot and Co-Pilot of Nigerian Navy Agusta reconnaissance helicopter... Read more

Thales to supply Command and Control system for Swedish Armed Forces

Thales to supply Command and Control system for Swedish Armed Forces

21-Apr-2010Source: Thales

The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has awarded Thales Norway a contract to supply the Swedish Armed Forces with a new Command and Control (C2) system for helicopter units. According to the contract, Thales will be responsible for system design, integration and supply of C2 systems for Helicopter Units within the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF).... Read more

UK military recognizes ArmorWorks

UK military recognizes ArmorWorks

20-Apr-2010Source: ArmorWorks

ArmorWorks, a leading provider of advanced survivability products, today announced that the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected ArmorWorks for a Chief of Defence Materiel (CDM) Commendation. The recognition is for ArmorWorks’ outstanding performance in response to urgent armor requirements for U.K. Apache helicopters supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The CDM Commendation is... Read more

Eurocopter Receives Letter Of Acceptance From Malaysia for 12 EC725s

Eurocopter Receives Letter Of Acceptance From Malaysia for 12 EC725s

20-Apr-2010Source: Bernama

Eurocopter has received a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the Defence Ministry for the supply 12 EC725 helicopters for search and rescue (SAR) missions.... Read more

Lockheed Martin gets in bed with Sikorsky for VXX Presidential Helicopter Program

Lockheed Martin gets in bed with Sikorsky for VXX Presidential Helicopter Program

20-Apr-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) today announced the signing of a teaming agreement to compete jointly for the U.S. Navy’s revived VXX Presidential Helicopter program. The agreement formally positions global helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky as the prime contractor offering its H-92â„¢ medium-lift helicopter for the presidential transport... Read more

Sikorsky Pitches Light Tactical Helicopter Concept for AAS Mission

Sikorsky Pitches Light Tactical Helicopter Concept for AAS Mission

19-Apr-2010Source: Sikorsky

FORT WORTH, Texas – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has offered its X2 TechnologyTM Light Tactical Helicopter concept for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout Program, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky Aircraft formally submitted its response to the Department of Defense... Read more

EADS North America to build three AAS 72X Technology Demonstrators

EADS North America to build three AAS 72X Technology Demonstrators

19-Apr-2010Source: EADS North America

EADS North America and its industry team of American Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will independently fund and develop three AAS-72X helicopters to demonstrate the performance, capabilities and maturity of this rotary-wing aircraft for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout mission. The first AAS-72X Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA) will be operational in late 2010,... Read more

Shall we have a pilot today? Sikorsky Developing Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk

Shall we have a pilot today? Sikorsky Developing Optionally-Piloted Black Hawk

16-Apr-2010Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is collaborating with the U.S. Army to develop an optionally piloted demonstrator Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) Sikorsky Innovations, Sikorsky Aircraft’s technology organization, is leading the development program. It plans to fly the optionally... Read more

Bell Helicopter Supports Army Kiowa Warriors

Bell Helicopter Supports Army Kiowa Warriors

15-Apr-2010Source: Bell

In addition to beginning work in March on the final lot of aircraft in the OH-58D Safety Enhancement Program (SEP), Bell Helicopter is also supporting the Army’s Kiowa Warrior program with crash damage repairs and a C-to-D cabin conversion build line. In March the Army awarded Bell a contract to modify the final 30 OH-58D... Read more

Bell Names New Senior VP of Communications

Bell Names New Senior VP of Communications

15-Apr-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the appointment of Robert T. Hastings, Jr., as senior vice president of communications. “Bob brings an extensive background in communications leadership, both in the military and in industry,” said Bell President and CEO John L. Garrison. “That vast experience, coupled with his aviation background, makes... Read more

Camden man arrested for shining laser pointer at New Jersey ANG helicopter

Camden man arrested for shining laser pointer at New Jersey ANG helicopter

15-Apr-2010Source: Philadelphia Enquirer

New Jersey Air National Guard helicopter pilots have helped Camden police with day and nighttime patrols for the last eight months or so on a “routine basis,” Police Chief Scott Thomson said Tuesday night.... Read more

Eurocopter to participate in the “Black Sea Defense & Aerospace 2010” exhibition

Eurocopter to participate in the “Black Sea Defense & Aerospace 2010” exhibition

14-Apr-2010Source: Financiarul

13-15 April 2010 in Bucharest – Eurocopter displaying EC635, Tiger, EC565 and EC725... Read more

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

14-Apr-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment at Redstone Arsenal, AL. The tests successfully validated the capability and technological maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker, a critical element... Read more

Elbit displays avionics line at Quad-A 2010 Annual Convention

Elbit displays avionics line at Quad-A 2010 Annual Convention

14-Apr-2010Source: Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:  ESLT) will present its family of cutting edge avionics in booth #427 at the Army Aviation Association of America 2010 Annual Convention. The convention, in Fort Worth, TX, will take place April 14th–17th 2010 with Elbit Systems of America’s Airborne Solutions... Read more

US Army Selects Porvair Filters for Apache and Black Hawk fleets

US Army Selects Porvair Filters for Apache and Black Hawk fleets

14-Apr-2010Source: Porvair Filtration Group

Following an extensive test programme – Sinterflo® F Metal Filters from Porvair Filtration Group have been selected by the US Army Aviation Engineering Directorate Propulsion Hydraulic Team (AED) at Fort Rucker Alabama for installation across their fleet of AH-64 (Apache) and UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopters. The US Army Aviation Engineering Directorate Propulsion Hydraulic Team was tasked... Read more

Finland may hand old Mi-8s over to humanitarian aid use

Finland may hand old Mi-8s over to humanitarian aid use

14-Apr-2010Source: Helsingin Sanomat

Other alternatives include donation to museums, or scrapping – the disposal being brought about by the acquisition of NH90 helicopters.... Read more

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