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Northrop Grumman provides LCR-100 AHRS for S92 rig approaches

Northrop Grumman provides LCR-100 AHRS for S92 rig approaches

26-Jun-2013Source: Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is supplying a modified LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the newly certified offshore rig approach feature on Sikorsky’s S-92A helicopter. The automated rig approach capability assists offshore oil operators with approaching and landing on oil rigs and platforms by guiding the aircraft to location coordinates entered by the... Read more

L-3 awarded $6.7M more Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 radio terminal sets

L-3 awarded $6.7M more Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 radio terminal sets

26-Jun-2013Source: US DoD

L-3 Communications, Communication Systems–West, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $6,748,310 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-2024) for the manufacture, test, delivery and support of five Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 radio terminal sets in support of the Navy MH-60R aircraft (4) and the U.S. Coast Guard (1). Work will be... Read more

Canadian Sea King replacement hits a new snag

Canadian Sea King replacement hits a new snag

26-Jun-2013

Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose has gone outside government and hired a consultant to study Sikorsky’s work, and Canada’s contract, to determine whether it’s even possible for the U.S. helicopter giant to deliver the aircraft Canada ordered. see full story... Read more

Lockheed Martin Wins US Army Helicopter Maintenance Program

Lockheed Martin Wins US Army Helicopter Maintenance Program

26-Jun-2013Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract with an initial funding value of $5 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., to provide field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will lead the Army’s Regional Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Central Operations at Fort... Read more

Faruqi & Faruqi LLP investigating Erickson Air-Crane on behalf of shareholders

Faruqi & Faruqi LLP investigating Erickson Air-Crane on behalf of shareholders

25-Jun-2013Source: Faruqi & Faruqi LLP

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a national law firm concentrating on investor rights, consumer rights and the enforcement of federal antitrust laws, is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Erickson Air-Crane, Inc. (“Erickson” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EAC) concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the... Read more

No GPWS on Ornge S76 in fatal accident

No GPWS on Ornge S76 in fatal accident

25-Jun-2013Source: Toronto Star

Several of the Sikorsky S76s in ORNGE’s fleet had upgraded electronics, including a ground proximity warning system, but not the one that was based in Moosonee.  see full story... Read more

Ornge pilots say fatal accident may be due to management decisions

Ornge pilots say fatal accident may be due to management decisions

24-Jun-2013Source: Toronto Star

A Toronto Star investigation has found troubling issues arising from the accident that could impact the safety and service of ORNGE’s helicopter operations – see full story... Read more

Boeing-Sikorsky JV to Offer Saudi Rotorcraft Logistics and Training

Boeing-Sikorsky JV to Offer Saudi Rotorcraft Logistics and Training

21-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. [NYSE: UTX] have formed a joint venture to compete for sustainment services in support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s rotorcraft fleet. Contracts that the joint venture will pursue are administered by the U.S. government as part of its Foreign Military Sales process. The joint venture will help... Read more

An inside look at Milestone and the first ever helicopter export credit bond

An inside look at Milestone and the first ever helicopter export credit bond

20-Jun-2013Source: Corporate Jet Investor

Milestone launched the largest helicopter export credit deal ever in 2013. It was a transaction of many firsts: Milestone’s first export credit guaranteed deal; the US Export-Import Bank’s first bond secured by helicopters; and Deutsche Bank’s first Ex-Im guaranteed bond issuance.   See full story... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane extends contract with Fluor

Erickson Air-Crane extends contract with Fluor

20-Jun-2013Source: Erickson Air-Crane

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (NASDAQ: EAC) (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading, global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, announced today that it has received an annual option year subcontract extension for its work with Fluor Corporation,... Read more

Ducommun receives Flow-on Black Hawk contract

Ducommun receives Flow-on Black Hawk contract

18-Jun-2013Source: Ducommun

Ducommun Incorporated today announced that it has received a multi-year contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), to continue to produce electromechanical assemblies for various models of the UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter. Ducommun LaBarge Technologies will produce the electromechanical assemblies at its Huntsville, Ark., facility through 2017. “We’re very pleased to support Sikorsky in meeting its... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane extends S64 contract in Afghanistan

Erickson Air-Crane extends S64 contract in Afghanistan

18-Jun-2013Source: Erickson Air-Crane

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (NASDAQ: EAC) (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, announced today that it has won an extension to its prime contract with USTRANSCOM (U.S. Transportation... Read more

Bristow to equip 44 helicopters with Rockwell Collins TCAS II

Bristow to equip 44 helicopters with Rockwell Collins TCAS II

18-Jun-2013

Bristow Group, which provides helicopter transport services for offshore oil and gas and government operations, is retrofitting a fleet of 44 helicopters, including Sikorsky S-76 C++ and Sikorsky S-92A aircraft with Rockwell Collins’ Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance (TCAS II) system. Installations are in progress. To date, Rockwell Collins, working closely with Bristow Group, has... Read more

Vector Aerospace get Sikorsky approval for UK S76 service centre

Vector Aerospace get Sikorsky approval for UK S76 service centre

18-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of an agreement with Vector Aerospace that appoints Vector’s United Kingdom facilities as authorized Customer Service Centres (CSC) to support Sikorsky S-76® helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). “Vector Aerospace is recognized in the... Read more

Zhuhai Helicopter Company orders another four Sikorsky S92s

Zhuhai Helicopter Company orders another four Sikorsky S92s

18-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky and Zhuhai Helicopter Company (ZHC) today announced a new contract for four Sikorsky S-92® offshore utility helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). ZHC, a fully-owned subsidiary of China Southern Airlines Ltd., is a leading provider of offshore helicopter service in China, serving both Chinese and Western oil companies. Since May 2011, ZHC... Read more

CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company orders two Sikorsky S92s

CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company orders two Sikorsky S92s

18-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has signed a contract with China’s CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company (COHC) for two S-92® helicopters to be used for the offshore oil crew transportation mission. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Established in 1983, COHC is a publicly traded company based in Shenzhen, Guandong, China. It... Read more

Turkey’s Alp Aviation to provide warehousing and distribution of Sikorsky parts

Turkey’s Alp Aviation to provide warehousing and distribution of Sikorsky parts

17-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today the signing of a spare partsdistribution agreement with AlpTeknik Havacılık AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alp Aviation based in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara. The agreement provides for in-country warehousing and distribution of spare parts in support of Turkey’s military and government agency rotary and fixed wing operators. SAS is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane amends Credit Facility to Increase Capacity

Erickson Air-Crane amends Credit Facility to Increase Capacity

17-Jun-2013Source: Erickson Air-Crane

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (eac:NASDAQ), (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers and the vertical manufacturer and operator of the powerful, heavy-lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, announced today that it had successfully amended its five-year revolving credit facility to increase the total... Read more

Japan Coast Guard increases S-76D order to 11

Japan Coast Guard increases S-76D order to 11

17-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Mitsubishi Corporation has contracted with Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), to acquire 11 S-76D™ helicopters for use in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG). The new helicopters were ordered in three contracts that were finalized between Feb. 2012 and March 2013. The contracts are the largest series of orders... Read more

September launch for Sikorsky’s Training Academy in Oklahoma

September launch for Sikorsky’s Training Academy in Oklahoma

17-Jun-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced that the Sikorsky Training Academy (STA) – located in Altus, Okla., USA – will open on Sept. 6, 2013. The academy will provide advanced flight and maintenance training  and will initially focus on the needs of international military BLACK HAWK helicopter operators. SAS, the worldwide aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., implements... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $244M for UH-60M helicopters

Sikorsky awarded $244M for UH-60M helicopters

15-Jun-2013Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $244,863,014 modification (P00077), to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract (W58RGZ-12-C-0008), for the procurement of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.  Fiscal 2013 procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.... Read more

UK – Significant growth for Gama helicopter maintenance

UK – Significant growth for Gama helicopter maintenance

14-Jun-2013Source: Gama Engineering

Gama Group, the global business aviation services provider, announced today that Fairoaks, UK based Gama Engineering Ltd has established its helicopter maintenance facility as the first choice service centre for Sikorsky S.76 operators. Harry Lees, Gama Engineering’s Managing Director gave the inaugural Helicopter Maintenance presentation at ROC2013, (the first Rotary Operators Conference held yesterday at... Read more

Volga-Dnepr completes 1,697th helicopter delivery with two S92 and a Super Puma

Volga-Dnepr completes 1,697th helicopter delivery with two S92 and a Super Puma

13-Jun-2013Source: Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has carried one of Eurocopter’s Super Puma helicopters and two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters from Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands and Philadelphia, USA, to Bergen, Norway. The project was completed in two delivery stages. The Super Puma was loaded onboard one of the airline’s AN-124-100 freighters in Mount Pleasant before the aircraft continued... Read more

Massive Insider Deal Threatens Erickson Air-Crane

Massive Insider Deal Threatens Erickson Air-Crane

13-Jun-2013

The transaction is far from intuitive…. In fact, in makes no sense whatsoever. Rather than help Erickson, this acquisition is more likely to sink the entire ship – see full story... Read more

Why is the X3’s speed an unofficial record?

Why is the X3’s speed an unofficial record?

13-Jun-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Here in the HeliHub.com office, we’ve been wondering how Eurocopter have decided that the X3 speed is an “unofficial speed record”. What are they measuring it against? Who have they beaten? What makes it a record? The Eurocopter X3 is a hybrid aircraft which has vertical lift and hover capability, but features two massive tractor... Read more

11-Jun-13 Sikorsky UH-60 Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

11-Jun-13 Sikorsky UH-60 Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

11-Jun-2013

Australian special ops soldier injured in heavy landing .  5+ POB... Read more

CAE breaks ground on new training centre in Brunei

CAE breaks ground on new training centre in Brunei

10-Jun-2013Source: CAE

The Government of Brunei Darussalam, represented by the Ministry of Finance; the Brunei Economic Development Board (‘BEDB’) and CAE today held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially celebrate the construction of the new CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) in Rimba. The groundbreaking, marked by a ceremonial concrete pouring for the first footing, was attended by... Read more

Azerbaijan Airlines orders S92 and AW139 simulators from CAE

Azerbaijan Airlines orders S92 and AW139 simulators from CAE

7-Jun-2013

CAE (NYSE:CAE)(TSX:CAE) today announced that it has sold six full-flight simulators (FFSs), three to Azal (Azerbaijan Airlines) and three to Turkish Airlines. Azerbaijan Airlines has purchased simulators for the Embraer 190 E-Jet, Sikorsky S92 helicopter and AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter. Turkish Airlines has purchased simulators for the Boeing 737NG, Airbus A320 and Airbus A330 aircraft. The... Read more

Belgian SAR chief frustrated by NH90 delays

Belgian SAR chief frustrated by NH90 delays

7-Jun-2013Source: Shephard Media

A delay in the delivery of four NFH NH90 helicopters to meet the Belgian SAR requirement has compromised the government’s plans to retire its fleet of ageing Sea Kings on-schedule.  (See Full Story)... Read more

£7m hangar for Bristow’s new air SAR service at Newquay

£7m hangar for Bristow’s new air SAR service at Newquay

6-Jun-2013Source: BBC

A £7m hangar will be built at Newquay Airport in Cornwall by the firm behind the country’s new air search and rescue service (SAR).             (See Full Story)... Read more

S61 training rerouted to Corvallis

S61 training rerouted to Corvallis

6-Jun-2013Source: Gazette-Times

Guidance Aviation moves S61 training after incident takes out ILS at McMinnville. (See Full Story)... Read more

Ornge Returns Sikorsky S76Fleet To Service

Ornge Returns Sikorsky S76Fleet To Service

5-Jun-2013Source: Ornge

Ornge, Ontario’s provider of air ambulance and related services, announced today it is returning its Sikorsky S76 helicopters to service. On Friday May 31st, Ornge voluntarily and temporarily took its five Sikorsky S76  helicopters offline out of an abundance of caution following a fatal accident involving an Ornge air ambulance helicopter in Moosonee. Ornge fixed... Read more

INAER Spain invests €1.2m to renovate facilities in Las Palmas

INAER Spain invests €1.2m to renovate facilities in Las Palmas

5-Jun-2013Source: INAER

The Spanish Maritime Safety Agency (SASEMAR) is celebrating 20 years of activity on the island on Gran Canaria. Based in Las Palmas, the INAER Spain (INAER) operated helicopter Helimer Canarias has carried out more than 1,365 emergencies and successfully assisted more than 1,500 people. To coincide with this milestone, INAER, the country’s leading emergency services... Read more

Ex-Im Bank guarantees $187M for S92 exports to Milestone Aviation Group

Ex-Im Bank guarantees $187M for S92 exports to Milestone Aviation Group

4-Jun-2013Source: Ex-Im Bank

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is providing a $187.4 million guarantee of a capital-markets bond to finance the export of Sikorsky S-92® helicopters to The Milestone Aviation Group Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. The transaction is Ex-Im Bank’s largest financing of U.S.-manufactured commercial helicopter exports and the agency’s first support of these... Read more

04-Jun-13 Sikorsky S61A-4 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

04-Jun-13 Sikorsky S61A-4 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

4-Jun-2013

Emergency landing in corner of golf course close to trees... Read more

Bristow restarts SAR service from Sumburgh with S92

Bristow restarts SAR service from Sumburgh with S92

3-Jun-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Bristow Helicopters has restarted providing the SAR service from Sumburgh Airport in the UK’s Shetland Islands from Saturday 1st June. Bristow was the original holder of this contract from 1993, before CHC won it in 2007. Over the last few years huge efforts have been put in to a new nationwide SAR contract with the... Read more

PHPA issues statement on fatal Ornge S76 accident

PHPA issues statement on fatal Ornge S76 accident

3-Jun-2013Source: PHPA

The Professional Helicopter Pilots Association International (PHPA), a council of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), today is mourning the tragic loss of our members and friends Captain Don Filliter and First Officer Jacques Dupuy, and Flight Paramedics Dustin Dagenais and Chris Snowball (members of CAW Local 2002), who were killed today when their Ornge air ambulance S76 helicopter... Read more

Final MH-60J to MH-60T conversion begins for US Coast Guard

Final MH-60J to MH-60T conversion begins for US Coast Guard

31-May-2013Source: US Coast Guard

The Coast Guard’s H-60 Conversion Project, which modernizes the Service’s legacy fleet of H-60J Jayhawks to the upgraded MH-60T configuration, recently achieved three major milestones, project officials said. On March 15, 2013, the last MH-60J pilot completed training to transition to the MH-60T; on May 2, the last MH-60J air station completed the transition to... Read more

Sikorsky contracted for four CH-53K prototypes at $435M

Sikorsky contracted for four CH-53K prototypes at $435M

31-May-2013Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $435,315,279 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0081) to procure four CH-53K System Demonstration Test Article aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn. (17 percent); West Palm Beach, Fla. (17 percent); Wichita, Kan.(15 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (10 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (4... Read more

31-May-13 C-GIMY Sikorsky S76 Moosonee, Canada (4F)

31-May-13 C-GIMY Sikorsky S76 Moosonee, Canada (4F)

31-May-2013

Helicopter down at night (approx 00:11 hrs) with 4 fatalities – two crew, two paramedics.  No patient on board.  See Ornge Media statement  crew were named (here) as Captain Don Filliter, 54, of Skead, Ont. First Officer Jacques Dupuy, 43, of Otterburn-Park, Que. Paramedic Dustin Dagenais, 34, of Moose Factory, Ont. Paramedic Chris Snowball, 38,... Read more

Breeze Eastern awarded $7M for H-53 work

Breeze Eastern awarded $7M for H-53 work

28-May-2013Source: US DoD

Breeze Eastern Corp., Whippany, N.J., is being awarded a $7,002,145 modification to previously awarded contract (N00383-12-D-002F) to exercise option year one for the repair of five items required to support the H-53 helicopter. Work will be performed in Whippany, N.J., and is expected to be completed Nov. 21, 2013. If all options are exercised, work... Read more

23-May-13 G-XXEB Sikorsky S76C++ Denham, UK

23-May-13 G-XXEB Sikorsky S76C++ Denham, UK

23-May-2013

Precautionary landing after technical issue with VVIPs on board -Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall... Read more

FLIR Systems wins $23M US Coast Guard order

FLIR Systems wins $23M US Coast Guard order

21-May-2013Source: FLIR Systems

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military qualified Talon 9-inch stabilized multi-sensor gimbal system. The ESS systems will be deployed on the Coast Guard’s H-60 and H-65 helicopters. Work under this order is... Read more

Sikorsky to convert Brunei Shell S-92 for SAR work

Sikorsky to convert Brunei Shell S-92 for SAR work

16-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced plans today to perform the first post-delivery Search and Rescue (SAR) modifications to Brunei Shell’s Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Originally configured for offshore oil missions, the aircraft will undergo a comprehensive conversion to a SAR configuration to serve customers in Borneo and the surrounding Southeast Asia region. SAS is the aftermarket... Read more

Bristow bring S92s to Sumburgh for start of “Gap SAR”

Bristow bring S92s to Sumburgh for start of “Gap SAR”

16-May-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Bristow Helicopters have now completed their three month training period with their new SAR Sikorsky S92s. Accordingly the three newly delivered helicopters have now been moved from Inverness to Sumburgh ready for the start of operations on 1st June 2013. The “Gap SAR” contract, an interim period until Bristow’s nationwide SAR contract comes into force... Read more

Bristow holds PR exercise at Humberside for new SAR base

Bristow holds PR exercise at Humberside for new SAR base

15-May-2013Source: Scunthorpe Telegraph

Residents interested in the proposed development of a new Search And Rescue (SAR) helicopter base at Humberside Airport are being invited to find out more about the plans at a drop-in community exhibition.       (See Full Story)... Read more

Budget freezes US Army Armed Aerial Scout program

Budget freezes US Army Armed Aerial Scout program

14-May-2013Source: HeliHub.com

The US Army has issued the following statement on helicopter procurement as part of a wider statement on how it responds to cuts in the military budget. It refers to the lack of “viable candidates” for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout program, which we read as “No candiates falls within our newly-tightened Budget constraints”... Read more

Mexico certifies Sikorsky S76D

Mexico certifies Sikorsky S76D

13-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the S-76D™ helicopter has been awarded Type Certification by Mexico’s civil aviation authority, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The S-76D helicopter is the newest product from Sikorsky Aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Type Certification... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters signs new contract with ADTI

Bond Offshore Helicopters signs new contract with ADTI

9-May-2013Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters

Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd (Bond), one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a new contract with Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI). The new contract, worth approximately £14m, is to provide crew-change flights for the well management specialist. Services are due to begin early... Read more

Turkish National Police orders two VVIP S92s

Turkish National Police orders two VVIP S92s

9-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has delivered the first of two VIP S-92® helicopters to the Turkish National Police (TNP) for service to the Turkish Prime Ministry, under a contract signed in 2011. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The new helicopters will support the Head of State function currently... Read more

Cherokee Nation Industries earns $5.1M S300C contract from Sikorsky

Cherokee Nation Industries earns $5.1M S300C contract from Sikorsky

9-May-2013Source: Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Nation Industries is furthering its relationship with industry leader Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. The tribal enterprise was recently honored as a 2013 Sikorsky Gold Supplier and awarded a $5.1 million contract to provide frame and instrument panel assembly for the S-300C helicopter. “Aerospace and defense manufacturing is a core industry in Oklahoma and our business... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60M for Thailand

Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60M for Thailand

9-May-2013Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded an $11,377,277 modification (P00055), to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, foreign-military-sales contract (W58RGZ-12-C-0008), to procure one UH-60M aircraft and related equipment.  This FMS contract is in support of Thailand.  The cumulative total face value of this contract is $4,819,188,496.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.... Read more

Turkey’s Aselsan secures Sikorsky helicopter subcontract

Turkey’s Aselsan secures Sikorsky helicopter subcontract

8-May-2013Source: Reuters

Turkish defence and electronics company Aselsan will supply parts and software for Sikorsky BlackHawk military helicopters in a deal that will guarantee the company around $100 million in orders annually for the next five to six years.(See Full Story)... Read more

Sikorsky Aerospace and WIKING Kale Air Launch New Customer Service Center

Sikorsky Aerospace and WIKING Kale Air Launch New Customer Service Center

8-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF), May 7, 2013 – Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a teaming agreement with WIKING Kale Air to establish a Sikorsky-authorized Customer Service Center (CSC) in Turkey. Supporting the country’s S-76® helicopter platform, the CSC will be centrally located in the city of Istanbul, and will offer maintenance... Read more

Industry CEOs to headline AHS Forum

Industry CEOs to headline AHS Forum

7-May-2013Source: AHS

The vertical flight world is wrestling with rapidly evolving challenges. From military struggles to sustain capabilities in the face of urgent budget cuts to civil campaigns for efficiency gains that bolster success in tepid markets, the vertical flight industry faces new challenges almost daily to meet its customers’ current demands while ensuring its ability to... Read more

FAA approves Rig Approach system for S92

FAA approves Rig Approach system for S92

7-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a new functionality on the S-92® helicopter to provide offshore oil operators with an automated approach that reduces cockpit workload by 60 percent and allows safer operations under challenging weather and operating conditions. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), developed... Read more

Sikorsky bullish on S92 for Presidential VXX program

Sikorsky bullish on S92 for Presidential VXX program

7-May-2013Source: Sikorsky

Following the U.S. Navy’s release of the final Request for Proposals for The Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program (VXX), Sikorsky Aircraft issued the following statement: The men and women of Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin are ready to offer Sikorsky’s proven S-92® helicopter in response to the U.S. Navy’s formal Request for Proposals to build the next... Read more

US Navy seeks presidential helicopter replacement

US Navy seeks presidential helicopter replacement

6-May-2013Source: US Navy

Today the Navy issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program (VXX).  Proposals are due in 90 days with a goal to award a fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract, with production options, by mid-calendar year 2014. “Our acquisition approach includes a full and open competition to select a... Read more

Helijet Expands B.C. Central Coast Presence

Helijet Expands B.C. Central Coast Presence

2-May-2013Source: Helijet International

Richmond-based Helijet International continues to firmly develop its presence in the Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii region of British Columbia’s North Coast. Helijet announced it has secured four-year air service agreements with two significant BC sport fishing lodges located in the Whale Channel and Caamano Sound regions of the Central Coast of British Columbia. Together,... Read more

Upgraded US Navy MH-60S operational flight trainer re-enters service

Upgraded US Navy MH-60S operational flight trainer re-enters service

30-Apr-2013Source: CAE

CAE USA today announced that the United States Navy has declared an updated MH-60S “Sierra” operational flight trainer (OFT) as ready-for-training at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island near San Diego, California. This MH-60S OFT, originally manufactured by Lockheed Martin, was completely upgraded by CAE to add new technologies and ensure concurrency with other MH-60S... Read more

Canada spent $700,000 to undo renovations for delayed helicopter

Canada spent $700,000 to undo renovations for delayed helicopter

30-Apr-2013Source: Globe and Mail

The Department of National Defence was forced to spend $700,000 last year to undo portions of a $4-million renovation project on one of its frigates to deal with the delays in the H-92 project (see full story)... Read more

MH-XX deadline this week – first steps in replacing Seahawk

MH-XX deadline this week – first steps in replacing Seahawk

29-Apr-2013Source: US Navy

Wednesday 1st May is the first stage set by the US Navy – a Request For Information, well ahead of anything like a Request For Proposals. The project is being referred to as MH-XX – “Marine Helicopter”  to support MH-60 Seahawk helicopter recapitalization decisions. The text below from Solicitation AIR41022ST provides further details:- This announcement constitutes... Read more

AAG Offers Special Charter Rates to Avoid NYC Airport Delays

AAG Offers Special Charter Rates to Avoid NYC Airport Delays

29-Apr-2013Source: AAG

East Coast’s largest and most experienced executive Sikorsky S-76® helicopter services provider, announced today a limited time special charter pricing program for companies’ Flight Departments and business aircraft owners wishing to use outlying airports to avoid the Metro New York region during the current delays induced by staffing shortages. “With the recent extensive delays that... Read more

27-Apr-13 N305SJ Sikorsky S76B Constanza, Dominican Republic

27-Apr-13 N305SJ Sikorsky S76B Constanza, Dominican Republic

27-Apr-2013

While landing at 5000 ft MSL with 2 crew and 5 pax, the helicopter landed hard and rolled over.  Two slight injuries and plus injuries to one on the ground from debris.  Pilot reported as Manolito Vela... Read more

Bond signs 10 year S92 contract with EnQuest

Bond signs 10 year S92 contract with EnQuest

26-Apr-2013Source: Bond

Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd (Bond), one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a new contract with EnQuest PLC, the largest UK independent oil producer in the UK North Sea. The contract is for up to ten years and it will provide crew change... Read more

Colorado National Guard to open new $39M training facility

Colorado National Guard to open new $39M training facility

26-Apr-2013Source: Colorado National Guard

The Colorado Army National Guard will cut the ribbon at a new state-of-the-art aviation training facility at the Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, Colo., April 26 at 10:30 a.m. The $39 million facility will be the new home of the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site. The project provided an immense economic benefit to... Read more

Prototype Engineering awarded $10M Black Hawk overhaul work

Prototype Engineering awarded $10M Black Hawk overhaul work

25-Apr-2013Source: US DoD

Prototype Engineering Inc., Gardena, Calif., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $10,736,912 for the overhaul services in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone... Read more

Sikorsky sales down 7% as military cuts take their toll

Sikorsky sales down 7% as military cuts take their toll

25-Apr-2013Source: CT News

Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft actually delivered more helicopters in the first quarter of this year than a year ago, but sales revenue was down 7 percent to $1.24 billion, the aircraft maker’s parent corporation reported Tuesday. (See Full Story)... Read more

Upgraded MH-60S trainer for US Navy re-enters service at NAS North Island

Upgraded MH-60S trainer for US Navy re-enters service at NAS North Island

24-Apr-2013Source: CAE

CAE USA today announced that the United States Navy has declared an updated MH-60S “Sierra” operational flight trainer (OFT) as ready-for-training at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island near San Diego, California. This MH-60S OFT, originally manufactured by Lockheed Martin, was completely upgraded by CAE to add new technologies and ensure concurrency with other MH-60S... Read more

FlightSafety to offer Sikorsky S-76B training in Dallas

FlightSafety to offer Sikorsky S-76B training in Dallas

16-Apr-2013Source: FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is pleased to announce that it will offer training for the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter at its Learning Center in Dallas, Texas. The Sikorsky S-76B training program was previously located at FlightSafety’s West Palm Beach Learning Center. “We look forward to welcoming operators of the Sikorsky S-76B to the Dallas Center,” said Daniel MacLellan,... Read more

16-Apr-13 Sikorsky CH-53E Chelwon, Korea

16-Apr-13 Sikorsky CH-53E Chelwon, Korea

16-Apr-2013

US military aircraft during ongoing South Korea-US joint military exercises.  All occupants safe – reports currently vary between 12 and 21 occupants.  Aircraft completely destroyed in impact before fire set in.... Read more

Three UH-60M Black Hawks arrive in Thailand

Three UH-60M Black Hawks arrive in Thailand

12-Apr-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Following the FMS request made by Thailand in July 2011 (see story), the aircraft arrived in country on Monday of this week.  The three had been shipped on the containership Rickmers Seoul, and arrived at Laem Chabang after a voyage from New Orleans. The trio carry local military serials of 7220, 7221 and 7222 The US... Read more

Sikorsky Establishes Forward Stocking Location Facility in Brazil

Sikorsky Establishes Forward Stocking Location Facility in Brazil

12-Apr-2013Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced in-country warehousing of spare parts in support of Brazil’s S-76  and S-92 commercial helicopter operators. Powerpack – Sikorsky’s long-standing Brazilian representative – will manage inventory operations through the country’s special customs system known as Depósito Especial (D.E.). This is the first Sikorsky Forward Stocking Location (FSL) in Brazil. The... Read more

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