30-Jun-2010
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $26,500,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0018) for the procurement of 50 forward looking infrared radar for the CH-53E helicopters (42) and CH-53K helicopters (eight). Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed in June... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: General Dynamics
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded two contracts from the Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM MAS) at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., for production of 30mm M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) ammunition and Phase III development of 25mm scalable fuze technology. The total value of the two contracts is more than... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: Russian Helicopters
At the 4th International Forum and Exhibition Unmanned Multipurpose Vehicle Systems – UVS-TECH 2010, held as part of Engineering Technologies 2010 that opens today in Zhukovsky,Russian Helicopters rotorcraft-manufacturing holding company showcases two perspective unmanned helicopters, Korshun and Ka-135. These models are designed under Russian Helicopters program on developing a broad spectrum of vertical take-off and... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: Today's Zaman
Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül has said that, in addition to an earlier decision to buy nine Italian AgustaWestland-made A129 attack helicopters, Turkey has also decided to lease nine A129s to meet the urgent needs of the Turkish military.... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: EADS
Sixteen U.S. Army National Guard UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters are operating in the Gulf Coast region to support oil spill monitoring and response missions known as Operation Deepwater Horizon. The sixteen Lakotas are assigned to Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida Army National Guard units who are providing observation, command and control and general aviation... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: US Marine Corps
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — A CH-53E Super Stallion flew across the dawning sun here June 26 as it returned with an 18,000-pound piece of vital cargo slung beneath its belly. The sight of the aircraft against the painted morning sky was impressive on two accounts – the vision of the silhouetted helicopter floating in Afghanistan’s... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: Chilean Air Force
(Automated translation) In a ceremony held on Tuesday 15 June, Aviation Group No. 8 presented the three new Bell 412 EP helicopters recently incorporated into its endowment to support the fight. The event took place inside the hangar of the unit and was chaired by the Commander in Chief of the V th Air Brigade,... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: US DoD
Raytheon Technical Services Co., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $250,475,758 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development, implementation and sustainment of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 V-22 Block Fleet release avionics systems software products, including V-22 aircraft avionics acquisition support. In addition, this contract provides for the development, test and production of V-22 situational awareness/Blue... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: NH Industries
NHIndustries is pleased to announce the delivery on time of the first batch of two NH90.multipurpose helicopters ordered by the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). The Certificate of Transfer of both helicopters occurred on June 23 on the Royal Air Force of Oman base of MUSANA after a very demanding 2 months evaluation period... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: North County Times
A man who sold defective aircraft parts was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, federal authorities said. The bolts, which were later discovered to be defective, were to be used on U.S. Navy and Marine Sikorsky helicopters.... Read more
29-Jun-2010Source: LiveMint
The home ministry has decided to expand its fleet of helicopters and raise a cadre of pilots to bolster surveillance in areas facing Maoist insurgency, after the air force refused to supply more choppers to it.... Read more
25-Jun-2010
The latest cadre of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor pilots are not experienced veterans of the Sea Stallion or the beloved Sea Knight, but members of the ‘Playstation generation’, according to the USMC... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: Macon
The first two helicopters of the Marine Light Attack Squadron 773 — an AH-1W Super Cobra and a UH-1N Huey — arrived at Robins recently. Seven additional helicopters will be following in the coming days and weeks.... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: Hurriyet
Turkey urgently will launch talks to buy nine additional T129 attack helicopters being built by a group led by the Italian-British manufacturer AgustaWestland.... Read more
24-Jun-2010Source: MBDA
MBDA has received a contract notification for the supply of SAPHIR-M decoy systems to provide self defence on the 24 Tiger HAD attack helicopters ordered by Spain from Eurocopter in December 2005. The contract has been awarded to MBDA by Indra Sistemas, the prime contractor responsible for integrating the Self Protection Suite onto the Spanish... Read more
24-Jun-2010Source: Zephyr International
Zephyr International LLC has completed the delivery, installation and training on three Rescue Hoist Hanger Test Facilities in three locations for the 160th SOAR(A). The Rescue Hoist Hanger Test facilities, when used in conjunction with their previously purchased Rescue Hoist Ground Support Equipment (AKA, “the Zephyr”), allow the 160th SOAR(A) to maintain their rescue hoists... Read more
24-Jun-2010Source: Shephard
L-3 Electro-Optical Systems (EOS) is offering a range of next-generation night vision products to the international market after securing export releases from the US government.... Read more
23-Jun-2010Source: Mere et Marine
A Caiman is an genus within the Alligator species... Read more
23-Jun-2010Source: AVN
“Helicopters of Russia” (incl OPK Oboronprom) is hoping to set up production outside Russia within two years, according to a press conference on Tuesday. General director of Oboronprom “Andrei Reus confirmed he is leading negotiations with China, India and Latin America... Read more
23-Jun-2010Source: Eurocopter South East Asia
On 10th June, RSAF 125 Squadron celebrated 25 years successful operation of the Super Puma. To celebrate this milestone, past and present Super Puma community consisting of pilots, commanders and industry partners were invited to Sembawang Airbase for the occasion. Eurocopter South East Asia (ESEA), being a strategic partner, was pleased to participate actively in... Read more
23-Jun-2010
For the inauguration of the new site of Turbomeca Joseph Szydlowski (named after the firm’s founder), President Nicolas Sarkozy was accompanied by Jean-Paul Herteman, CEO of Safran and Pierre Fabre, President and CEO of Turbomeca.... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force helicopter crews have been training together for the first time in the Jordanian desert. As many prepare to go to Afghanistan for the first time, over 300 personnel from RAF Benson and RAF Odiham took part in Exercise Desert Vortex. Wing Commander John Watson was the Detachment Commander during the month long... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Brahmand
During the 20-minute flight, the third prototype flew at an altitude of 2,000 feet with a cruising speed of 140 knots (260 kilometers) per hour, the report said.... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Clovis News Journal
The Osprey, flown by the 20th Special Ops Sqn, is part of a commitment made by the Air Force to increase special operations abilities at Cannon, said Lt. Gen. Donald Wurster, Air Force Special Operation commander.... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Sify
The largest ever batch of helicopter pilots comprising 19 pilots earned their wings’ (graduated) on Saturday at the helicopter training school, INS Rajali, at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu.... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: US Dept of Defense
Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y. is being awarded a $58,590,309 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee VH-71 System Development and Demonstration contract (N00019-05-C-0030), which was terminated for the convenience of the government. This modification provides funding for post termination related expenses, including, but not limited to, the physical inventory of contractor... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Forecast International
Rumors that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s third “aircraft carrying destroyer†would mark a major improvement in size and capability over the Hyuga class ships now entering service have been confirmed. The new 22DDH will be 248 meters long and 39 meters in beam, and displace more than 24,000 tons. This makes her almost 50... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Golf Course Industry
Chris Spencer has joined E-Z-GO as vice president, engineering. Spencer comes to E-Z-GO from its sister Textron company Bell Helicopter, where he served as chief engineer for military programs... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Washington Post
The U.S. government is snapping up Russian-made helicopters to form the core of Afghanistan’s fledgling air force, a strategy that is drawing flak from members of Congress who want to force the Afghans to fly American choppers instead.... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Lockheed Martin
ORLANDO, FL, June 21st, 2010 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $44 million follow-on production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra. The agreement authorizes production of 18 additional units. “I am confident that TSS is exactly... Read more
21-Jun-2010Source: Q13Fox
The Tuskegee Airmen Association said Thursday that Holloman died Friday 11th in Renton after suffering a heart attack. He was a St. Louis native who lived in Washington state.... Read more
21-Jun-2010
Privates Tim Aplin, Ben Chuck and Scott Palmer from the Special Operations Task Group were killed and seven injured when a coalition helicopter crashed. A NATO soldier also lost his life in the incident which occurred at 3.39am Afghanistan time. Initial reports quoted location as “Northern Kandahar” and later reports as “Uruzgan Province”... Read more
18-Jun-2010Source: Honeywell
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel(TM) produced using its Green Jet Fuel process technology powered a Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopter flown by the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The flight, which is the first helicopter flight using sustainable aviation biofuels to date, was conducted at Gilze-Rijen Airbase, the home of... Read more
18-Jun-2010Source: PPG Aerospace
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a five-year, $50.1 million contract by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Defense Supply Center in Richmond, Va., to supply windshields for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and variants operated by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. allied forces. “As the original supplier of windshields for the Black Hawk,... Read more
18-Jun-2010Source: CAE
CAE today announced it has won several recent military contracts valued at more than C$100 million, including a contract to perform a major upgrade to the Puma helicopter training program at CAE’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) in the United Kingdom as well as a contract to build a new C-130H simulator for... Read more
17-Jun-2010Source: Eurocopter
The newest member of Eurocopter’s military helicopter family will be shown for the first time at next week’s Eurosatory defense exhibition with the EC645’s unveiling as a highly capable, medium-sized multirole platform for armed reconnaissance, fire support, observation, airlift missions and search & rescue. The EC645 is the militarized version of Eurocopter’s EC145 helicopter, which... Read more
17-Jun-2010Source: The Messenger
A deal between Georgia and French company Eurocopter to purchase two modern Super Puma helicopters has led to Russia making threats against the company.... Read more
11-Jun-2010Source: CPI Aero
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) announced today that it has received a contract from Sikorsky Aerospace Services valued at $1.2 million to provide tow assemblies for the MH-53E “Sea Dragon” helicopter. Delivery of these assemblies, which will be used as spares, will begin in late 2010. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of... Read more
10-Jun-2010Source: WayPoint
Lt Colonel Kurt A. Matthews assumed command of the US Air Force 308th Rescue Squadron on 5 June at Patrick AFB in Florida... Read more
10-Jun-2010
Local press reports seem undecided whether there were 3 or 4 or 5 fatalities... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Royal Air Force
A Chinook pilot from RAF Odiham was presented with a Distinguished Flying Cross for his ‘superior flying skills’ in Afghanistan at a prestigious ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday 4 June 2010. Flight Lieutenant Marc Heal, aged 29, was amongst personnel from various stations across the UK to be honoured in the Armed Forces Operational... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Flightglobal
Eurocopter’s proposed future Heavy Transport Helicopter (HTH) design has changed dramatically, thanks to the company’s fresh co-operation with Boeing.... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: CPI Aero
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”)Â Â announced today that it has received a contract from Sikorsky Aerospace Services valued at approximately $708,000 to provide rotary wing head ring assemblies for the MH-53 and CH-53 variant helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. The ring... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Vector Aerospace
Vector Aerospace Corporation (Vector – www.vectoraerospace.com), one of the world’s leading independent providers of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services is pleased to announce it will host the 2010 International Sea King Maintenance Symposium in Portsmouth, United Kingdom from its Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-UK (Fleetlands) facility from September 28th -30th . To assist individuals... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Press Connects
For now the Navy will say only that its Request for Information deadline is June 17, not June 18 as referenced by Boeing in a press release Monday... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: FlightGlobal
Eurocopter has rebuffed German media reports questioning the operational suitability of its Tiger attack helicopter, and says the type has passed the 20,000 flight hour mark without incident... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: CTV
Two-thirds of Canada’s new fleet of 28 navy helicopters won’t begin delivery until June 2012, almost 3½ years behind the original schedule, the Defence Department has confirmed.... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Shephard
The aircraft on display is the second prototype, which first flew at the end of May, making its fifth and sixth flights to get to the show from the Eurocopter facility at Donauworth... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: BBC
Now that the Ministry of Defence has lifted its embargo, the helmet has been returned to him and he has given the BBC his first broadcast interview.... Read more
9-Jun-2010Source: Kaman
Kaman Helicopters has delivered the 1,000th helicopter rotor blade protected with Kaman’s erosion-resistant coating system. U.S. Army BLACK HAWK helicopters are utilizing main rotor blades with Kaman’s innovative coating system and have reported significantly improved blade life, increased aircraft availability and reduced maintenance requirements. The latest erosion-resistant blade delivery defines another successful chapter in Kaman’s... Read more
9-Jun-2010
4 fatalities in the accident, 5th died later as a result of injuries (report)... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services and ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH (ZF Aviation Technology, ZFL) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore opportunities for delivering improved aftermarket support to the German armed forces and introducing the CycloneTM multi-mission helicopter into Germany. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) has delivered the fourth in a fleet of Mexican Navy refurbished MD Explorers from its Mesa, Arizona based Factory Service Center. The four MD Explorers have now been returned to the Mexican Navy in a ‘like new’ condition and have been converted by the Mexican Navy from an armed configuration to... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and RUAG today announced the signing of a Letter of Cooperation to explore aerospace industry cooperation that would assist in introducing the CycloneTM multi-mission helicopter into Germany. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). “We see the potential for Maintenance and Repair Operation as well as integrated logistics support... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: US Navy
Fleet Readiness Center East delivered the last H-53E to come out of desert retirement to Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 302, May 7. When the depot inducted Bureau Number 161181 in August 2008, it marked the end of the depot pulling H-53E aircraft from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, for... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: Russian Helicopters
The project for the development and initiation of serial production of the Mi-171M was launched in 2009. It is planned that all test and design, flight testing and certification activities will be over by the end of 2012 and serial production will start at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a part of Russian Helicopters industry holding, in... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the first offshore Full Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) site for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). This site is centrally located on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: US Navy
[Refers to April event, but web posted 4 June] Fleet Readiness Center East began its new role as one of the Navy’s depot repair points for the MQ-8B Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle when it inducted its first two Fire Scouts, April 19. The Fire Scout is an unmanned helicopter that is... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: TTTech
TTTech in Vienna, Austria delivered a distributed integrated modular avionics (IMA) test bed to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Distributed IMA is a class of integrated architectures which inherits all benefits of IMA and enables efficient design of distributed systems with mixed criticality functions. TTTech officials made the announcement at the Avionics USA conference in San Diego.... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: Boeing
Boeing announced today that it will secure a license from AgustaWestland for U.S. production of the AW101 medium-lift helicopter as an entry into the U.S. Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program. This license will give Boeing full intellectual property, data and production rights for the aircraft in support of the VXX program. Because of this arrangement,... Read more
6-Jun-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan used the recent Air Expo 2010 at the Air Force’s base at Kaduna to announce the arrival of three new aircraft types to their order of battle. Alongside the Chinese built Chenghu FT-7NI supersonic all-weather fighter, and ATR42-500MP Surveyor maritime patrol aircraft from France, was the AgustaWestland AW109 LUH light utility/attack... Read more
4-Jun-2010Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter will be presenting an NH90 in the Forward Air MedEvac (Medical Evacuation) configuration for the first time at ILA 2010 in Berlin. Designed to meet the future needs of the German Armed Forces, this configuration of the world’s most advanced multirole military helicopter is the company’s response to an initiative by the German Federal... Read more
3-Jun-2010Source: Burlington Free Press
The U.S. Army has signed a $54.7 million deal with Goodrich Corp. to install the company’s helicopter diagnostic system in Army Black Hawks... Read more
3-Jun-2010Source: Wyle
Wyle has a played a significant role in assessing noise impacts for the West Coast basing of the military’s new fleet of MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft. Wyle supported Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of Carpinteria, Calif. as a subcontractor on the project, helping develop the MV-22 West-Coast Basing Environmental Impact Statement, which evaluated the... Read more
