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Sikorsky forcing Wings of Eagles Discovery Center to move

Sikorsky forcing Wings of Eagles Discovery Center to move

17-Oct-2010Source: Star Gazette

The Chemung County Industrial Development Agency on Thursday started the process to secure $2M in state grants to install a fire suppression system at the Wings of Eagles restoration hangar in Big Flats so Sikorsky can take over the former warplane museum’s buildings.... Read more

Australian Tigers not ready for Afghanistan due to tough night flying spec

Australian Tigers not ready for Afghanistan due to tough night flying spec

17-Oct-2010Source: Brisbane Times

The head of Eurocopter’s government programs, Dominique Maudet, says the Australian military insisted on installing external lighting above and beyond the requirements of the similar Tiger helicopters France has flown successfully in Afghanistan over the last year.... Read more

Guardian Mobility appoints new Director of Customer Support Services

Guardian Mobility appoints new Director of Customer Support Services

17-Oct-2010Source: Guardian Mobility

Guardian Mobility announced that Ken Stewart has been appointed to the role of Director of Customer Support Services. As a result of this change, Guardian has restructured its sales organization to include some familiar faces from the industry. Come see Ken along with some of Guardian’s new sales team at NBAA 2010, Booth # 5917.... Read more

Kazakhstan Ministry for Emergency Situations to acquire Ka32s for firefighting

Kazakhstan Ministry for Emergency Situations to acquire Ka32s for firefighting

17-Oct-2010Source: AVE

The Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan (MOE) will buy in 2011 for fighting fires in tall buildings of Astana and Almaty, Ka-32 helicopters.... Read more

World’s first dedicated heli-ski show to open in London

World’s first dedicated heli-ski show to open in London

17-Oct-2010Source: Event Magazine

Winter sports company, Total Heliski, will host the world’s first event dedicated to heli-skiing at the new Hotel Verta on 26 October... Read more

Royal Jubilee Hospital helipad upgraded to meet Transport Canada requirements

Royal Jubilee Hospital helipad upgraded to meet Transport Canada requirements

17-Oct-2010Source: Times Colonist

The Royal Jubilee helipad closed Sept. 13 for upgrades that included moving nearby car-parking spaces and instal-ling improved approach lights. The upgrades were recommended in a 2009 Transport Canada audit.... Read more

HeliExperiences ready to fly tours off the coast of Kangaroo Island

HeliExperiences ready to fly tours off the coast of Kangaroo Island

17-Oct-2010Source: ABC

HeliExperiences wants to provide helicopter joy-rides off the coast of Kangaroo Island, and has released an environmental management plan for public comment.... Read more

Aero Products approved as Bell independent Customer Service Facility

Aero Products approved as Bell independent Customer Service Facility

17-Oct-2010Source: Aero Products

Aero Products (www.aeroproducts.com ) was recently approved to join the ranks of the highly acclaimed Bell Helicopter / Textron product support network as a Customer Service Facility. “We are very excited to have been selected to join Bell Helicopters independent product support group as a Customer Service Facility, said Ted Johnson, Founder and President. At... Read more

Argentina’s Province of Cordoba issues tenders for two helicopters

Argentina’s Province of Cordoba issues tenders for two helicopters

17-Oct-2010Source: Dia a Dia

Province has a budget estimate of 30,877,000 Pesos (approx US$7.7M) for the purchase of two single-turbine helicopters... Read more

Questions raised over non-competitive bid for Maryland helicopters

Questions raised over non-competitive bid for Maryland helicopters

17-Oct-2010

A state tender for six helicopters closed this week with AgustaWestland’s $72M bid the only one placed. Questions now being raised as to why they were the only manufacturer to bid, and why helicopters as large as AW139s are used for State police and EMS work... Read more

2010 Community Awards recipients honored at Air Medical Transport Conference

2010 Community Awards recipients honored at Air Medical Transport Conference

16-Oct-2010Source: AAMS

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is proud to announce its 2010 Community Awards recipients. Each year, these nine national awards are presented to individuals and organizations that exemplify the best of the air-medical and critical-care-ground transport community. This year’s recipients were honored at a special awards dinner during the Air Medical Transport Conference... Read more

AgustaWestland eyes three US military helicopter programs

AgustaWestland eyes three US military helicopter programs

16-Oct-2010Source: AIN

Armed aerial scout helicopter (AAS) with the AW119 – Common Vertical Lift Support Program (CVLSP) with the AW139 – and the former Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) with the AW101... Read more

Spokane County Sheriff adds callout log on its website

Spokane County Sheriff adds callout log on its website

16-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Spokane County Sheriff’s Office are now providing a log of their helicopter unit’s activities on its website – http://www.spokanecounty.org/Sheriff/ – Click on the “Air Support Unit” link, then on “Incident Reports.” “Area residents frequently contact media for information after hearing Air One circling their neighborhood at night or seeing it above during daytime searches,” the... Read more

Raytheon awarded $115M for MH-60R low frequency sonar

Raytheon awarded $115M for MH-60R low frequency sonar

16-Oct-2010Source: Raytheon

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received two contracts totaling $115.7 million for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R multimission helicopter. The contracts were awarded by Naval Air Systems Command and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Strategic Acquisition. ALFS provides critical undersea warfare mission support capabilities,... Read more

Philadelphia teen gets probation for shining laser at police helicopter

Philadelphia teen gets probation for shining laser at police helicopter

16-Oct-2010Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

A Philadelphia teenager was convicted Thursday in Family Court of shining a laser pointer into the cockpit of a city police helicopter, temporarily blinding the pilot.... Read more

Second AW159 Lynx Wildcat makes its first flight

Second AW159 Lynx Wildcat makes its first flight

15-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the second AW159 multi-role military helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil facility yesterday. During its maiden flight a range of general handling checks were completed and it performed as expected. The aircraft, designated TI2, is the second of three test aircraft that will... Read more

Aero Dynamix salutes ALERT’s 35th Anniversary

Aero Dynamix salutes ALERT’s 35th Anniversary

15-Oct-2010Source: Aero Dynamix

Aero Dynamix, Inc, the industry leader in Night Vision Lighting Systems salutes A.L.E.R.T. Air Ambulance, located in Kalispell, Montana, their 35th Year Anniversary by donating its services to provide an STC Update for the NVIS lighting upgrade on their Bell 407 that included a Garmin GNS 530W HTAWS Upgrade to further enhance their mission capability... Read more

Laser beamed at Stat MedEvac helicopter

Laser beamed at Stat MedEvac helicopter

15-Oct-2010Source: Pittsburgh Live

Someone flashed a green laser at the cockpit of a Stat MedEvac helicopter as it flew over North Huntingdon early Thursday morning, initiating a police search for the culprit.... Read more

Bristow announces FY2011 Q2 Release and Conference Call Schedule

Bristow announces FY2011 Q2 Release and Conference Call Schedule

15-Oct-2010Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2011 second quarter ended September 30, 2010, after the market closes on Thursday, November 4. In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will... Read more

Frank Robinson prefers R44 to R66 (and other anecdotes)

Frank Robinson prefers R44 to R66 (and other anecdotes)

15-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

In the final episode of our series from interviewing Frank Robinson last Friday, we are today covering various anecotes from our time with him. The most surprising point was that he prefers the R44 to the R66. Ask any marketing specialist and you are most likely to find them promoting their latest and greatest product... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $10M contract for MH-60 test equipment

Lockheed Martin awarded $10M contract for MH-60 test equipment

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,979,815 firm-fixed-price contract for specialized test equipment required to perform depot-level repairs to the MH-60 common cockpit avionics suite, including artisan training, two operator control panels, and one universal power supply tester. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to... Read more

Curtiss-Wright signs design and manufacturing agreement with AgustaWestland

Curtiss-Wright signs design and manufacturing agreement with AgustaWestland

15-Oct-2010Source: Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright Corporation have announced that it has signed a follow-on, long-term Design and Manufacturing Agreement with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, to provide data recording and replay equipment, ice detection equipment and air data computers for use in GrandNew, AW139 and AW149 aircraft. Curtiss-Wright has been a supplier to AgustaWestland for the past 10 years. “Curtiss-Wright... Read more

HAI President meets with Presidents of Bell and American Eurocopter to say thank you

HAI President meets with Presidents of Bell and American Eurocopter to say thank you

15-Oct-2010Source: HAI

HAI President Matt Zuccaro took a moment out at the Air Medical Transport Conference to say thank you to Bell Helicopter President John Garrison and American Eurocopter President Marc Paganini for their commitment and continued support of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) and HAI Safety initiatives. Through their organizations, both gentlemen have provided personnel,... Read more

DARPA launches Transformer program – combining helicopters with ground vehicles

DARPA launches Transformer program – combining helicopters with ground vehicles

15-Oct-2010Source: DARPA

To meet much of transportation needs of today’s deployed Warfighter, either highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) are used, or helicopters, which have limited availability, are used. DARPA’s Transformer (TX) program seeks to combine the advantages of ground vehicles and helicopters into a single vehicle equipped with flexibility of movement. The concept is to provide... Read more

Guidance Helicopters donates R44 to Yavapai County Sheriff

Guidance Helicopters donates R44 to Yavapai County Sheriff

15-Oct-2010Source: Prescott Daily Courier

Guidance Helicopters, Inc. in Prescott has donated a high-altitude four-seater helicopter to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to help with daytime search and rescue efforts.... Read more

Aero Dynamix delivers 11th NVG upgrade to Bristow Academy

Aero Dynamix delivers 11th NVG upgrade to Bristow Academy

15-Oct-2010Source: Aero Dynamix

Aero Dynamix, Inc., located in Euless, TX, (DFW area) is proud to announce the recent delivery of another NVIS Compatible Lighting System Modification for a Bell Helicopter model 206B-3 to owner/operator, Bristow Academy, Inc., a division of Bristow Group, Inc. (NYSE: BRS). This delivery marks the fifth Bell 206B-3, modified by Aero Dynamix, for Bristow... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $17M contract modification for VH-3D/VH-60N rework project

Sikorsky awarded $17M contract modification for VH-3D/VH-60N rework project

15-Oct-2010

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $17,668,830 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for the fiscal 2011 VH-3D/VH-60N executive helicopter special progressive aircraft rework effort. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds in the... Read more

Boeing awarded $12M contract for CH-47F engineer services

Boeing awarded $12M contract for CH-47F engineer services

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $11,999,984 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The purpose of this delivery order is to perform 57,700 hours of engineering services support of CH-47F Chinook helicopter non-recurring engineering to include integration of engineering change proposals, product improvement, and other modifications to the CH-47F cargo helicopter. Work is... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $34M contract for three UH-60M for US Dept of State

Sikorsky awarded $34M contract for three UH-60M for US Dept of State

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $34,587,928 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the exercise of an option to purchase three UH-60M aircraft for the Department of State. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. One sole-source bid was solicited... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $37M contract for two UH-60M and one HH-60M for US Army

Sikorsky awarded $37M contract for two UH-60M and one HH-60M for US Army

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $37,822,935 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the exercise of an option to purchase two UH-60M aircraft and one HH-60M aircraft for the Army. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. One sole-source bid... Read more

Boeing awarded $43M contract for two CH-47F Chinooks

Boeing awarded $43M contract for two CH-47F Chinooks

15-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $43,526,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract modification is to exercise the option for two CH-47F new Chinook cargo helicopters,. Work is to be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited... Read more

KenJer Industries to exhibit at Cargo Helicopters Users’ Conference

KenJer Industries to exhibit at Cargo Helicopters Users’ Conference

15-Oct-2010Source: KenJer Industries

KenJer Industries, maker of BoltByte Tools, is proud to announce that it will be exhibiting at the 2010 Cargo Helicopters Users’ Conference. This year’s conference will be held at the Von Braun Convention Center in Huntsville, AL. The conference takes place 19-21 of October. This unique conference will bring together an international audience of military,... Read more

North Flight Data Systems acquires OuterLink flight data system product line

North Flight Data Systems acquires OuterLink flight data system product line

15-Oct-2010Source: North Flight Data Systems

NORTH Flight Data Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the planned acquisition of the OuterLink Flight Data System product line. NORTH Flight Data Systems was recently formed through a partnership between Jeffery Warner, former VP of Sales & Marketing for OuterLink, and Metro Aviation, Inc. of Shreveport, LA. A binding Letter of Intent has been... Read more

Aero Dynamix updates two B206s for Florida Fish & Wildlife

Aero Dynamix updates two B206s for Florida Fish & Wildlife

15-Oct-2010Source: Aero Dynamix

Aero Dynamix, Inc., located in Euless, TX, (DFW area) is proud to announce the recent delivery of an NVIS Compatible Lighting System Modification for two (2) each Bell 206B Helicopters, owned and operated by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission located in Titusville, FL. Aero Dynamix, working in association with Bristow Academy, completed the second... Read more

Denel needs cash injection to make Rooivalk fully operational

Denel needs cash injection to make Rooivalk fully operational

15-Oct-2010Source: Business Day

State-owned arms manufacturer Denel has completed the requirements for the certification of the Rooivalk attack helicopter but would require a further cash injection by the Department of Defence to make it fully operational, CEO Talib Sadiq said yesterday.... Read more

API Technologies receives $1.7M order for V-22 work from Raytheon

API Technologies receives $1.7M order for V-22 work from Raytheon

15-Oct-2010Source: API Technologies

API Technologies Corp. (OTC.BB: ATNY), a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global defense sector, announces that it has received a new, $1.7 million order from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) of El Segundo, California. API will supply Raytheon SAS with engineering services and assemblies for the radar system incorporated within... Read more

WSI enhances Gulf of Mexico capabilities for helicopter operators

WSI enhances Gulf of Mexico capabilities for helicopter operators

15-Oct-2010Source: WSI

WSI (Weather Services International) today announced that its award-winning Pilotbrief Online flight service has added US Mineral Management Service (MMS) Blocks and Platforms, as well as new weather hazard analysis features focused on the Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX) for rotorcraft operators. ”WSI Pilotbrief has always offered best-in-class global weather decision support for pilots in one... Read more

Timken expands facilities in Mesa

Timken expands facilities in Mesa

15-Oct-2010Source: Timken

The Timken Company’s Aerospace Aftermarket Solutions business, based in Mesa, Ariz., offers a full range of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft fleets ranging from commercial planes to military rotorcraft. Those capabilities and the fact that Timken offers its own aftermarket replacement parts approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uniquely position the... Read more

AW139 wins Maryland State Police tender – six orders plus six options

AW139 wins Maryland State Police tender – six orders plus six options

15-Oct-2010Source: Baltimore Sun

The AW139 was the only bid – a year back Eurocopter alleged that the state’s specifications for new aircraft were skewed in favour of AgustaWestland... Read more

Life Star of Kansas takes delivery of AW119Ke

Life Star of Kansas takes delivery of AW119Ke

14-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestlandCivil,

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the entry into service of an AW119Ke helicopter with Life Star of Kansas was marked at a ceremony held at the Air Medical Transport Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The helicopter, based in Junction City, Kansas, is now in service and is being used for medical... Read more

Boeing to offer A160T Hummingbird in response to US Navy cargo RFP

Boeing to offer A160T Hummingbird in response to US Navy cargo RFP

14-Oct-2010Source: Boeing

he Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is preparing to offer a solution based on the world record-setting A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft in response to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for Cargo Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Services. The RFP calls for government-owned, contractor-operated UAS services for the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan. In... Read more

Canadian Helicopters Income Fund declares monthly distribution

Canadian Helicopters Income Fund declares monthly distribution

14-Oct-2010Source: Canadian Helicopters

Canadian Helicopters Income Fund (the “Fund”) (TSX: CHL.UN) announced today its monthly distribution of $0.091875 per unit covering the period of October 1 to October 31, 2010, will be paid on November 15, 2010 to unitholders of record at the close of business October 29, 2010. Through Canadian Helicopters Limited, Canadian Helicopters Income Fund is... Read more

MD Helicopters visits Embry-Riddle

MD Helicopters visits Embry-Riddle

14-Oct-2010Source: Embry-Riddle

On Friday, Oct. 1, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus was treated to a spectacular sight in the afternoon hours. The crowd that arrived at the C and D parking lots to witness an MD Helicopters MD902 was treated to a thrilling landing, all performed in a light shower. People waited anxiously for the aircraft’s... Read more

Sikorsky Innovations completes testing of hub-mounted vibration system

Sikorsky Innovations completes testing of hub-mounted vibration system

14-Oct-2010Source: Sikorsky

STRATFORD, Conn.–Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, has completed rig testing of a Hub Mounted Vibration Suppression system (HMVS), designed to eliminate vibration and deliver a smoother helicopter ride. The effort is jointly funded by Sikorsky and the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.... Read more

Surviving the recession, by Frank Robinson

Surviving the recession, by Frank Robinson

14-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Robinson Helicopter Company “RHC” has no doubt been the number one success story of the light helicopter market in the last three decades, but it is this sector that demonstrates the greatest volatility when the going gets tough. In our interview with Frank last Friday, he described how the company went from the high of... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – October 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – October 2010

14-Oct-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue covers the accident of:- AgustaWestland AW139, G-CHCV 65 nm NE of North Denes HP on 23 December 2008... Read more

Avstar Media pledges $10K to MedEvac Foundation International

Avstar Media pledges $10K to MedEvac Foundation International

14-Oct-2010Source: Avstar Media

Avstar Media, a provider of web-based training solutions for medical helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilots, has made a $10,000 pledge to MedEvac Foundation International for safety-related initiatives. “We are thrilled we can assist MedEvac Foundation International with this monetary gift that will help make medevac transport safer,” said Tom Ramirez, president of Avstar Media in... Read more

Bell closes AMTC 2010 with 32 new aircraft sales

Bell closes AMTC 2010 with 32 new aircraft sales

14-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that it has closed out an extremely successful 2010 Air Medical Transport Conference with significant aircraft sales and the potential for additional opportunities. At the show, Bell Helicopter announced the sale of a combined total of 32 new aircraft, flew more than 35 potential customers in... Read more

US Coast Guard – first black female helicopter pilot

US Coast Guard – first black female helicopter pilot

14-Oct-2010Source: US Coast Guard

Perseverance, dedication, grit, a desire to excel – these are all traits desired in a student aviator. Training in the aviation program for the maritime services is intentionally difficult to stress and push the students beyond their comfort zones so they can meet the hardships their service will entail. However, when that prospective pilot is... Read more

US Coast Guard Foundation honours Elizabeth City aircrew

US Coast Guard Foundation honours Elizabeth City aircrew

14-Oct-2010Source: US Coast Guard

Stranded 350 miles from land, the Element Quest spent days being tossed about in ten-foot seas – rudderless and out of radio range. Without an EPIRB, the only hope for the three sailors aboard was that their satellite phone call was heard and passed on to the Coast Guard. It is hard to imagine the... Read more

FlightSafety’s Vital X visual system enhances heli simulators and training programs

FlightSafety’s Vital X visual system enhances heli simulators and training programs

14-Oct-2010Source: FlightSafety

FlightSafety International announces the installation of advanced VITAL X visual systems in its fleet of full flight simulators and new Level 7 qualified flight training devices for helicopters manufactured by Bell, Eurocopter and Sikorsky. FlightSafety’s VITAL X visual system is optimized for training low level flight operations. It offers increased scene content, vastly improved weather... Read more

Heli-Expo 2011 attendee registration opens

Heli-Expo 2011 attendee registration opens

14-Oct-2010Source: HAI

March 5-8, 2011 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida Register Early to $AVE! HELI-EXPO® is the World’s Largest Trade Show Dedicated to the International Helicopter Community and 2011 promises to be another great year with: * 4 days of networking with more than 17,000 participants * More than 600 exhibiting companies within 1 million square... Read more

SkyBOOKS to host user training prior to NBAA

SkyBOOKS to host user training prior to NBAA

14-Oct-2010Source: Skybooks

SkyBOOKS, Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and affiliate of Bell Helicopter, will be sponsoring a full-day SkyBOOKS user training session. Training will be provided on new and current system functionalities. The economy is forcing the aviation industry to do more for less. In response, SkyBOOKS has been expanding their software so that users... Read more

Frank Robinson promises he will make it to 100

Frank Robinson promises he will make it to 100

13-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Following our analysis yesterday of the R66’s outlook…. Turning to his personal future, Frank is cutting right back on his flying hours, on the grounds that he has “promised too many people that he would make it to 100”, followed by one of his famous wry smiles. He claims to have not thought too much... Read more

Mi-Tech Metals wins Premier Supplier award from Bell

Mi-Tech Metals wins Premier Supplier award from Bell

13-Oct-2010Source: http://www.news4us.com/?p=2325

Mi-Tech Metals has been presented with Bell Helicopter’s most prestigious supplier award—Premier Supplier. Mi-Tech Metals, founded in 1978, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Tungsten Alloy and Tungsten Composite materials.... Read more

Metro Aviation enhances EC145 EMS interior for better ground ambulances

Metro Aviation enhances EC145 EMS interior for better ground ambulances

13-Oct-2010Source: Metro Aviation

Metro Aviation has announced the enhancement of the EC145 air medical interior with the capability to now use the Ferno Model 28A1 litter assembly with ground ambulances. The adaptation will allow the easy and safe transition between the aircraft mounting system to ground ambulances that utilize a Stryker or Ferno gurney system. The company developed... Read more

Night Flight Concepts unveils new website NVG Safety.com at AMTC 2010

Night Flight Concepts unveils new website NVG Safety.com at AMTC 2010

13-Oct-2010Source: Night Flight Concepts

At this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference, Night Flight Concepts, a premier provider of comprehensive night vision solutions, is pleased to unveil a new educational website, NVG Safety.com, to help organizations to implement new or existing night vision goggle (NVG) programs. The site was designed to create a single, centralized information source for educational information... Read more

REACH Air Medical Services selects NVG computer-based training from NVIO

REACH Air Medical Services selects NVG computer-based training from NVIO

13-Oct-2010Source: Night Flight Concepts

Night Flight Concepts (NFC) and Gladstone Aerospace Corporation (GAC) are pleased to announce at Air Medical Transport Conference 2010 that REACH Air Medical Services has selected the new NVIO Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Computer-Based Training (CBT) to enhance their night vision training program. The NVIO solution will be used to augment both initial and recurrent... Read more

Uniflight hires Director of Customer Relationship Management

Uniflight hires Director of Customer Relationship Management

13-Oct-2010Source: Uniflight

Uniflight, LLC announced that it has hired Debbie Ginn-Frost to become its Director of Customer Relationship Management at the headquarters of its flagship MRO operations in Grand Prairie, Texas. Ms. Ginn-Frost has 32 years of rotorcraft maintenance, repair and support (MRO) experience and is one of the most accomplished executives in the area of parts,... Read more

Private equity investor buys Keystone Med-Flight

Private equity investor buys Keystone Med-Flight

13-Oct-2010Source: Hawke Capital Partners

The rotorcraft-focused private equity investor Hawke Capital Partners announced today that it reached agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Keystone Med-Flight Services, LLC, based in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. All maintenance for Keystone’s air medical customers will be provided by sister subsidiary Uniflight, in one of its 3 MRO facilities: Grand Prairie, Texas; Reading,... Read more

HAI to Exhibit at NBAA Convention

HAI to Exhibit at NBAA Convention

13-Oct-2010Source: HAI

HAI will be exhibiting at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 63rd Annual Meeting and Convention from October 19-21 in Atlanta, Georgia. Come along to Booth #4633 and meet HAI Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary Edward DiCampli, HAI Director of Membership Annette Duplinsky, and HAI Government Affair Assistant Lauren Gingher.... Read more

Aviation Specialties Unlimited announces Night Vision awards

Aviation Specialties Unlimited announces Night Vision awards

13-Oct-2010Source: Aviation Specialties Unlimited

Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) has announced from the showroom floor at the Air Medical Transport Conference that they will be initiating and sponsoring the inaugural Night Vision Awards to recognize individuals and companies for proven leadership in Night Vision Operations beginning in 2011 at HELI-EXPO 2011 in Orlando, Florida. “ASU has been pioneering the advancement... Read more

Los Angeles County Sheriff selects Becker Avionics’ Digital Audio and Intercom System

Los Angeles County Sheriff selects Becker Avionics’ Digital Audio and Intercom System

13-Oct-2010Source: Becker Avionics

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has announced the selection of the Becker Avionics’ Digital Audio and Intercom System (DVCS6100) for their new fleet of 14 Eurocopter AS 350 B2 patrol helicopters. The aircraft will soon undergo completion at Hangar One, Carlsbad, California and will be specifically tailored to the needs of the LASD... Read more

Bell regains Mercy Flight of Western New York as key customer

Bell regains Mercy Flight of Western New York as key customer

13-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Mercy Flight of Western New York has signed an agreement to purchase the first of a potential three Bell 429s, the world’s newest helicopter, to replace its existing fleet of Eurocopter helicopters. “Bell Helicopter is extremely gratified to welcome Mercy Flight back to the... Read more

Bell donates $200K to MedEvac Foundation International

Bell donates $200K to MedEvac Foundation International

13-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced at the 2010 Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) its continued support for MedEvac Foundation International. This donation reinforces the two entities’ dual commitment to supporting the advancement of air medical transport. Bell Helicopter’s $200,000 donation will help support MedEvac Foundation’s research, education, outreach and other charitable... Read more

Dart announces Transport Canada approval of EC135 Cable Cutters Kit

Dart announces Transport Canada approval of EC135 Cable Cutters Kit

13-Oct-2010Source: DART Helicopter Services

DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries has received Transport Canada approval of their Cable Cutters Kit for Eurocopter EC135 P1, T1, P2, T2, P2+, T2+ model helicopters. FAA and EASA approvals have been previously received. The Cable Cutters Kit is designed to protect the helicopter during a wire... Read more

Travis County STARFlight wins 2010 Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award

Travis County STARFlight wins 2010 Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award

13-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter

Grand Prairie, TX – American Eurocopter is proud to announce that Travis County’s STARFlight program has been selected to receive the fourth annual Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. STARFlight was chosen for its investment and proactive accomplishments in training and safety initiatives throughout the organization. As part of the award, American Eurocopter presented the program... Read more

BAE Control Systems awarded $19.4M contract for AN/ASN-157 Doppler helicopter navigation set

BAE Control Systems awarded $19.4M contract for AN/ASN-157 Doppler helicopter navigation set

12-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Wayne, N.J., was awarded on Sept. 24 a $19,400,000 five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is to procure AN/ASN-157 Doppler navigation set (National Stock Number: 6605-01-323-9061) to support single engine helicopter. Work is to be performed in Totowa, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2013.... Read more

San Marino R44 siezed over tax irregularities

San Marino R44 siezed over tax irregularities

12-Oct-2010Source: Guardia di Finanza

It is more than € 600,000 the commercial value of the brand new American helicopter “R44” of the “Robinson Helicopter” arrested nell’Elba Campo (LI) by the financiers of Naval Operations Department of Livorno, with the active collaboration of colleagues at the Naval Air Group in La Spezia . The service, in its initial phase, has... Read more

Fourth Belgian Police Explorer now delivered

Fourth Belgian Police Explorer now delivered

12-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Further to our recent report of the Belgian Police air unit purchasing an MD902 Explorer to add to their existing fleet of three MD900s, we can now report it has been delivered. Dutch website Avia DejaVu reports it stopping at Groningen Airport yesteday en its delivery route from Odense to Melsbroek airport in Brussels. This... Read more

BAE Control Systems awarded $10.7M contract to overhaul 100 Apache Digital Engine Control Units

BAE Control Systems awarded $10.7M contract to overhaul 100 Apache Digital Engine Control Units

12-Oct-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

BAE Control Systems, Fort Wayne, Ind., was awarded on Sept. 27 a $10,722,175 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts. This contract is for Delivery Order 0001 for the pverhaul of the AH-64 control unit, Superv, Input (DECU) is for 100 units. The total dollar value of Delivery Order 0001 is $452.070. Work is to be performed in Fort Wayne,... Read more

Frank Robinson talks to HeliHub.com about the market for the R66

Frank Robinson talks to HeliHub.com about the market for the R66

12-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com

As part of our interview with Frank Robinson last Friday, we discussed the future – principally the upcoming R66 model which is due for FAA certification in two weeks time on 25th October and the EASA approval 6-8 months after that. As the total number of helicopters delivered from the RHC factory at Torrance closes... Read more

Kazan celebrates 70th anniversary by rolling out the second Mi-38

Kazan celebrates 70th anniversary by rolling out the second Mi-38

12-Oct-2010Source: Take-Off.ru

The helicopter is the first time set a new integrated suite of avionics IKBO-38, developed by Transas and unified the main components of the complex IBKV-17, intended for the upgraded Mi-8... Read more

UK’s 847 Naval Air Squadron helping to train Nigeria Armed Forces

UK’s 847 Naval Air Squadron helping to train Nigeria Armed Forces

12-Oct-2010Source: Royal Navy

Lynx helicopters from 847 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) have been helping to train Nigeria Armed Forces. As part of HMS Ocean’s embarked Squadrons they visited the Joint Maritime Security Training Centre (JMSTC) in Lagos while the ship visited the country. While HMS Ocean was berthed alongside, conducting diplomatic work, military training and out-reach work in... Read more

Bell starts up helo demonstrator to boost Kiowa Warrior

Bell starts up helo demonstrator to boost Kiowa Warrior

12-Oct-2010Source: Flightglobal

Bell Helicopter is building a new demonstrator aircraft to prove the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior can remain a viable, long-term option even as the US Army seeks a huge boost in performance.... Read more

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