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Polish Army plans purchase of 26 helicopters

Polish Army plans purchase of 26 helicopters

3-Sep-2012Source: Warsaw Business Journal

The Polish army is planning to strengthen its aviation capabilities by purchasing 26 helicopters for the price of zÅ‚.3 billion (approx $900M). The tender for the new helicopters will be held this autumn. (see full article)... Read more

30-Aug-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Hanover, US-Virginia

30-Aug-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Hanover, US-Virginia

30-Aug-2012

Force landing in corn field.  No apparent damage.... Read more

Breeze-Eastern awarded $8.2M contract for UH-60 winch overhaul work

Breeze-Eastern awarded $8.2M contract for UH-60 winch overhaul work

28-Aug-2012Source: US DoD

Breeze-Eastern, Whippany, N.J., was awarded an $8,228,539 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul services of a winch in support of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.  Work will be performed in Whippany, with an estimated completion date of July 26, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The U.S.... Read more

Norway may buy Seahawks instead of NH90s

Norway may buy Seahawks instead of NH90s

17-Aug-2012

Norway’s military may buy Seahawk if the NH90s it ordered seven years ago are not delivered by the end of the year, the defence minister said on Thursday.  (see full story)... Read more

16-Aug-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (11F)

16-Aug-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan (11F)

16-Aug-2012

Helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans... Read more

Prototype Engineering awarded $30M for UH-60 work

Prototype Engineering awarded $30M for UH-60 work

30-Jul-2012Source: US DoD

Prototype Engineering, Gardena, Calif., was awarded a $30,011,568 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul of the UH-60 Black Hawk’s spindle head rotary.  Work will be performed in Gardena, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2017.  Three bids were solicited, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone... Read more

22-Jul-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Daglica, Turkey (4F)

22-Jul-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Daglica, Turkey (4F)

22-Jul-2012

UH=-60 of Turkey’s paramilitary police crashed in Kurdish border region killing 4.  A further 8 survived (other reports differ on number of survivors).  One reported said it lost power while landing... Read more

Sikorsky Helitech Signs $120M Australian H-60 Maintenance Contract

Sikorsky Helitech Signs $120M Australian H-60 Maintenance Contract

20-Jul-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Australia Limited announced today the signing of a four-year agreement with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for ongoing logistics and engineering support for the Commonwealth of Australia’s fleet of BLACK HAWK (S-70A(TM)) and SEAHAWK® (S-70B(TM)) helicopters. Valued at more than $120 million, with six annual renewable options, the contract is a follow-on agreement... Read more

Hamilton Sundstrand wins US Army MRO contract for UH-60 T700 fuel controls

Hamilton Sundstrand wins US Army MRO contract for UH-60 T700 fuel controls

16-Jul-2012Source: Hamilton Sundstrand

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), was recently awarded a multi-year Overhaul & Repair contract from the U.S. Army for BLACK HAWK helicopter T700 fuel controls, with initial delivery orders starting in 2012 and covering a period of performance through 2017. “Hamilton Sundstrand is pleased to be selected to provide maintenance... Read more

Sikorsky expands Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

Sikorsky expands Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

11-Jul-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the expansion of an existing contract that doubles the size of the in-country maintenance support team for the Colombian Army UH-60 BLACK HAWK fleet. The Colombian Army Aviation – part of the Army’s Combined Arms Team – has acquired Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance Services for its fleet of UH-60... Read more

Brunei marks milestones in S70i fleet acquisition

Brunei marks milestones in S70i fleet acquisition

3-Jul-2012Source: Brunei Ministry of Defence

On 2 December 2011, the Ministry of Defence, Brunei Darussalam (MINDEF) signed a contract with Sikorsky International Operations, Inc. for the delivery of twelve (12) S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK helicopters with spare parts, ground support equipment and training package. To date, the project has achieved several major milestones which include the completion of several design reviews... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $26M contract to test UH-60 multi-mode radar sub-system

Lockheed Martin awarded $26M contract to test UH-60 multi-mode radar sub-system

22-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $26,487,920 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the development, production, and testing of five First Article Operation Test Program sets (OTPS) with accompanying technical data for weapons replaceable assemblies (WRAs) for the H-60 Aircraft.  The WRAs are part of the multi-mode radar sub-system with the automated radar... Read more

Sikorsky Aerospace Services wins coveted 2012 Military MRO of the Year award

Sikorsky Aerospace Services wins coveted 2012 Military MRO of the Year award

22-Jun-2012Source: Sikorsky

Aviation Week’s Overhaul & Maintenance Magazine has presented its prestigious 2012 MRO of the Year Award for military center of excellence to Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS). SAS, which received the award at the recent MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United... Read more

Four companies awarded $12M for logistics support of H-60, H-1, CV-22 progams

Four companies awarded $12M for logistics support of H-60, H-1, CV-22 progams

21-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Creative Business Solutions, Inc., Mitchellville, Md.; Cirrus Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; Infinite Services and Solutions, Inc., Columbus, Ga.; and Standard Technology, Inc., Warner Robins, Ga., are being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable no-fee contract to provide logistics support for the acquisition, fielding, and sustainment of H-60, H-1 (variant), CV-22, and other special mission aircraft modification... Read more

Spika sells Black Hawk Phase Maintenance Stands to Australian military

Spika sells Black Hawk Phase Maintenance Stands to Australian military

12-Jun-2012Source: Spika

Spika Welding and Manufacturing, Inc., a leading manufacturer of aircraft maintenance platforms and maintenance support equipment, announces that it has been awarded a contract with the Australian Government Department of Defence to supply Black Hawk maintenance stands for Army Aviation facilities in Sydney and Townsville. Spika won the contract, valued at over $500,000 (USD), after... Read more

New York Army National Guard tests ‘firehawk’ helicopter

New York Army National Guard tests ‘firehawk’ helicopter

5-Jun-2012Source: US Army

A New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter will be testing the National Guard’s Firehawk helicopter firefighting system on the Mohawk River between the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge (Twin Bridges) on I-87 and the Route 9 Crescent Bridge tomorrow morning (Tuesday, June 5) in Crescent, Saratoga County. The Firehawk system consists of a 1,000-gallon... Read more

31-May-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

31-May-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

31-May-2012

Emergency landing made shortly after take-off... Read more

Sikorsky subcontractor Aero Vodochody opens new composite shop

Sikorsky subcontractor Aero Vodochody opens new composite shop

3-May-2012Source: Aero Vodochody

The investment for more than 100 million will bring new production capacity. AERO Vodochody, the Czech largest aircraft manufacturer opened new shop for components made of composite materials. The company believes the new and bigger workplace will bring new production capacity and attract new customers. The competitiveness of Aero will be also improved by extension... Read more

24-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Isurava, Papua New Guinea

24-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Isurava, Papua New Guinea

24-Apr-2012

Precautionary landing due to an engine fault... Read more

19-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Helmand Province, Afghanistan (4F)

19-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60 Helmand Province, Afghanistan (4F)

19-Apr-2012

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan, killing all four POB.  Weather was apparently a factor.  Fatalities named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas Johnson, 27, San Diego; Spc. Dean Shaffer, 23, Pekin, Ill.; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Don Viray, 25, Waipahu, Hawaii; and Spc. Chris Workman, 33, Boise, Idaho.... Read more

CAE to jointly develop Black Hawk and S92 training in Brunei

CAE to jointly develop Black Hawk and S92 training in Brunei

16-Apr-2012Source: CAE

CAE and the Ministry of Finance of Brunei Darussalam (MOFB) today announced that they have signed a shareholders agreement under which a joint venture company, owned 60 percent by CAE and 40 percent by the Brunei Ministry of Finance, will be established to develop and operate the CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) in Brunei... Read more

Grimes Aerospace (Honeywell) win $13M contract for UH-60 searchlights

Grimes Aerospace (Honeywell) win $13M contract for UH-60 searchlights

16-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Grimes Aerospace Co., Urbana, Ohio, was awarded a $13,316,300 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of searchlights for the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter System.  Work will be performed in Urbana, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The... Read more

Honeywell win $14M contract to overhaul UH-60 starter motors

Honeywell win $14M contract to overhaul UH-60 starter motors

16-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a $14,886,266 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul and upgrade services in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk starter engine.  Work will be performed in Tempe, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of April 4, 2017.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S.... Read more

15-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60J Mutsu Bay, Japan (1F)

15-Apr-12 Sikorsky UH-60J Mutsu Bay, Japan (1F)

15-Apr-2012

Crashed into the water after main blades struck the side of destroyer Matsuyuki. 6 rescued, 1 fatal  – named as 37-year-old captain, Lt. Cmdr. Masahiko Miyanaga.... Read more

763rd changes to 823rd Maintenance Squadron

763rd changes to 823rd Maintenance Squadron

12-Apr-2012Source: US Air Force

The 763rd Maintenance Squadron transitioned to the 823rd Maintenance Squadron Apr.10 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The name change signifies the squadron’s alignment with its sister-squadrons to become a more cohesive unit. The 763rd originally fell under the 563rd Maintenance Group at Air Force Special Operations Command, but the squadron was redesignated after it... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $9.5M for UH-60 parts

Sikorsky awarded $9.5M for UH-60 parts

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $9,479,531 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of parts in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk system.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2013.  Three bids were solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army... Read more

Honeywell awarded $80M GPS/INS contract

Honeywell awarded $80M GPS/INS contract

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Honeywell International Inc., Defense and Space Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $80,228,616.not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price to acquire Global Position System/Inertial Navigation System production units for the AH-64, AB3, UH-60, CH-47, SPN-46, E-2, and UH-1 platforms for the Army, Navy, and Foreign Military Sales requirements.  The location of the performance is Clearwater, Fla.  Work is... Read more

SPX Corp awarded $28M contract for UH-60 tail rotor work

SPX Corp awarded $28M contract for UH-60 tail rotor work

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

SPX Corp., Newington, Conn., was awarded a $28,717,375 firm-fixed-price contract . The award will provide for the procurement of tail rotor plate assembly in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk System.  Work will be performed in Newington, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2012.  Two bids were solicited, with two bids received. ... Read more

Simplex buys rights to Blackhawk Firehawkâ„¢ Fire Attackâ„¢ System

Simplex buys rights to Blackhawk Firehawkâ„¢ Fire Attackâ„¢ System

20-Mar-2012Source: Simplex

Simplex Aerospace announced today that it has purchased the intellectual property and rights to manufacture, the Fire Attackâ„¢ (Fire Attack is a registered trade mark of Simplex Aerospace) system for the Sikorsky Blackhawk Helicopter. The rights were purchased from Aero Union of Sacramento, California. The new Simplex Aerospace Fire Attack â„¢ system, called the Firehawkâ„¢,... Read more

Honeywell awarded $19M contract for UH-60 engine overhauls/upgrades

Honeywell awarded $19M contract for UH-60 engine overhauls/upgrades

19-Mar-2012Source: US DoD

Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a $19,525,893 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul and upgrade of the UH-60 power unit.  Work will be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting... Read more

16-Mar-12 10981 Sikorsky UH-60 Kabul, Afghanistan (16K)

16-Mar-12 10981 Sikorsky UH-60 Kabul, Afghanistan (16K)

16-Mar-2012

Turkish military MI-17 crashed in a suburb of Kabul killing 16 – reports suggest 12 in the helicopter, 4 on the ground (two women, two children).  The names of the soldiers  are as follows: Maj. Mithat Çolak, Maj. Şükrü BaÄŸdatlı, Maj. Serkan DoÄŸan, Maj. Ä°smail Cem Yakınlar, Cpt. Adil ErdoÄŸan, Commanding Sgt. Maj. Salih Helvacı,... Read more

Northstar reaches agreement with Sikorsky

Northstar reaches agreement with Sikorsky

22-Feb-2012Source: Northstar Aerospace

Northstar Aerospace (Canada), Inc. (NAS:TSX) (“Northstar Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (the “Corporation”) announced that it has entered into an amendment to a customer agreement and entered into a new customer agreement. Northstar Canada agreed to amend the Revenue Sharing Agreement with GE Aviation for the CF34-3 program. As previously disclosed... Read more

Sikorsky signs ordering agreement with Brunei military

Sikorsky signs ordering agreement with Brunei military

15-Feb-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a Blanket Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Brunei Ministry of Defense as part of Sikorsky’s recent overarching sales contract to provide 12 S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF). This five-year agreement will support the S-70i aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2013, and... Read more

Sikorsky signs MOU with ASESA of Mexico

Sikorsky signs MOU with ASESA of Mexico

14-Feb-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexican helicopter service provider ASESA (Aeroservicios Especializados, S.A. de C.V.) to jointly explore assembly and service opportunities in support of BLACK HAWK helicopters. “The MOU marks another step in our commitment to support BLACK HAWK aircraft operated... Read more

Sandel HeliTAWSâ„¢ selected for Sikorsky S-70i

Sandel HeliTAWSâ„¢ selected for Sikorsky S-70i

12-Feb-2012Source: Sandel Avionics

Sandel Avionics has announced it has been selected by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT, to provide a new MIL-STD version of its Sandel HeliTAWS wire and terrain alerting system, the model ST3453H, for forward-fit installation aboard the new S-70i Black Hawk helicopter in mid-2012. The commercial model ST3400H Sandel HeliTAWS is the industry’s first... Read more

Northrop Grumman awarded $18M for H-60 navigation systems

Northrop Grumman awarded $18M for H-60 navigation systems

2-Feb-2012Source: US DoD

Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an $18,925,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to repair components of the AN/ANS-150 Navigation Systems and the NPN 217 Doppler System supporting the H-60 helicopter, and the AN/ASN-123 Navigation System supporting the EA-6B aircraft.  Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (75 percent),... Read more

Australian Army Black Hawks return to the sky

Australian Army Black Hawks return to the sky

24-Jan-2012Source: Australian Dept of Defence

Army’s Black Hawk helicopters have returned to full flying operations following the lifting of the recent suspension. The suspension was put in place on 19 January following the identification of a number of fractured bolts during a routine maintenance check. The Commander of Forces Command, Major General Michael Slater, as the Army Operational Airworthiness Authority... Read more

Patria to supply wide-ranging helicopter services to Swedish Armed Forces

Patria to supply wide-ranging helicopter services to Swedish Armed Forces

20-Jan-2012Source: Patria

The Swedish Armed Forces Logistics, FMLOG, has selected Patria as the prime supplier of technical systems and maintenance support for the Swedish Armed Forces’ helicopters. The contract is an expansion of the current technical services and support agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces. The three-year contract has an option for additional two years. The agreement... Read more

Saab signs support agreement with Sikorsky

Saab signs support agreement with Sikorsky

18-Jan-2012Source: Saab

The defence and security company Saab has signed a major support agreement with Sikorsky Aerospace Services regarding technical maintenance and support for Sweden’s BLACK HAWK helicopters. The support agreement is a framework agreement that establishes the manner in which Saab and Sikorsky Aerospace Services will support the Swedish Armed Forces. The parties have agreed to... Read more

CPI Aero to present at Noble Financial Capital Markets conference

CPI Aero to present at Noble Financial Capital Markets conference

11-Jan-2012Source: CPI Aero

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) (NYSE Amex: CVU) today announced that its President & CEO, Edward Fred, will present at the Noble Financial Capital Markets Eighth Annual Equity Conference on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:30 am ET at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Hollywood, FL. Investors will be able to access the... Read more

Martin-Baker awarded $28M for UH-60 parts

Martin-Baker awarded $28M for UH-60 parts

6-Jan-2012Source: US DoD

Martin-Baker America, Johnstown, Pa., was awarded a $28,895,117 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of parts in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk.  Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 27, 2016.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

22-Dec-11 Sikorsky MH-60S Bridgeport, US-California

22-Dec-11 Sikorsky MH-60S Bridgeport, US-California

22-Dec-2011

All five members of a Navy helicopter crew are reported to be unhurt after crashing during a training mission on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.... Read more

Missouri National Guard open new Black Hawk facility

Missouri National Guard open new Black Hawk facility

20-Dec-2011

A ribbon-cutting Monday marked the opening of a National Guard facility supporting the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk helicopters (see full story)... Read more

Circor Aerospace wins $25M contract for Black Hawk landing gear

Circor Aerospace wins $25M contract for Black Hawk landing gear

13-Dec-2011Source: Circor Aerospace

The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group, a business unit of CIRCOR International (NYSE: CIR), has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), to execute a multi-year contract, with an initial award of approximately $25 million to manufacture landing gear for its H-60 – BLACK HAWK and Seahawk ® Helicopters. “As... Read more

Kentucky National Guard share knowledge with Ecuadorian Army Air Group

Kentucky National Guard share knowledge with Ecuadorian Army Air Group

12-Dec-2011Source: Kentucky NG

Kentucky National Guard State Partnership Program hosted a team of Army aviators and maintainers from the Republic of Ecuador at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky.  The group consisted of six pilots, two maintenance and logistics personnel and one Ecuador civilian translator. They were accompanied by Air Force... Read more

Sikorsky confirms HeliHub report of Brunei S-70i order

Sikorsky confirms HeliHub report of Brunei S-70i order

9-Dec-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky have issued the following press release on the order for 12 S-70i helicopters from Brunei’s military – but HeliHub.com had already run the story almost THREE WEEKS ago!  (see here) Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has formally signed a contract with the Brunei Ministry of Defence to provide 12 S-70iâ„¢... Read more

03-Dec-11 SIkorsky UH-60 San Jeronimo, Colombia

03-Dec-11 SIkorsky UH-60 San Jeronimo, Colombia

3-Dec-2011

Extensively damaged in accident after the helicopter refueled, said Army aviation division commander Gen. Javier Rey, adding that the aircraft had problems “with a crosswind” that forced it to the ground.  All nine occupants survived... Read more

30-Nov-11 A25-204 Sikorsky UH-60 Thornleigh, Australia

30-Nov-11 A25-204 Sikorsky UH-60 Thornleigh, Australia

30-Nov-2011

We are receiving initial reports of a Black Hawk making an emergency landing in Headen Park on the northern outskirts of Sydney.   It was en route to Newcastle when a warning light came on.  No damage, no injuries... Read more

US Army selects Rockwell Collins for Black Hawk operations simulators

US Army selects Rockwell Collins for Black Hawk operations simulators

29-Nov-2011Source: Rockwell Collins

Underscoring the growing need to bring training solutions to where soldiers are located, the U.S. Army has selected Rockwell Collins to provide additional Transportable Black Hawk Operations Simulators (T-BOS). The contract, valued at $35 million, calls for deliveries to be complete by September 2015. “Rockwell Collins has developed a strong track record of delivering the... Read more

Brunei orders 12 Black Hawks to replace 212s, 105s

Brunei orders 12 Black Hawks to replace 212s, 105s

17-Nov-2011Source: Brunei military

The Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the contract award for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Support Helicopter Project to Sikorsky International Operations, Inc, United States of America. The project is for the supply of twelve (12) BLACKHAWK S-70i helicopters to replace the current fleet of Bell 212 and BO105 helicopters... Read more

Sikorsky to perform A-to-L upgrades on Saudi Black Hawks

Sikorsky to perform A-to-L upgrades on Saudi Black Hawks

14-Nov-2011Source: Sikorsky

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

Cobham partners with Carson Helicopters on Sikorsky retrofits

Cobham partners with Carson Helicopters on Sikorsky retrofits

2-Nov-2011Source: Cobham

Cobham and Carson Helicopters have announced a partnership to provide an advanced suite of avionics for Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 derivative helicopter retrofits. The Integrated Systems business unit of Cobham Commercial Systems will supply a highly integrated flight deck that features large-format synthetic vision flight displays, advanced flight management capability, integrated hazard alerting (terrain,... Read more

First Swedish Black Hawk pilots graduate

First Swedish Black Hawk pilots graduate

28-Oct-2011Source: Nordic Rotors

A piece of military helicopter history was written this week as the first Swedish UH-60M Black Hawk pilots were graduated at the US Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. The first four pilots passed their final check-rides on Wednesday, and thereby became the very first Black Hawk pilots in Sweden. A total of 15... Read more

Battelle awarded $14M contract for UH-60 fault-function panels

Battelle awarded $14M contract for UH-60 fault-function panels

24-Oct-2011Source: US DoD

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $14,395,550 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of UH-60 fault-function panels. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,... Read more

Sikorsky partnership helps CCAD reach 48th Black Hawk

Sikorsky partnership helps CCAD reach 48th Black Hawk

21-Oct-2011Source: US Army

Black Hawk production reached unprecedented levels this year at the Corpus Christi Army Depot due to an integral partnership with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Two years ago, the depot rolled out its initial A- L Recapitalized (Recap) Black Hawk conversion, last year CCAD produced 38 and this year the depot completed 48 Black Hawks that are... Read more

LSI awarded $11M contract for two Black Hawk maintenance trainers

LSI awarded $11M contract for two Black Hawk maintenance trainers

18-Oct-2011Source: US DoD

Logistics Services International, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded an $11,203,191 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design, develop, integrate, test, delivery, and installation services for two Blackhawk maintenance trainers for the UH-60M in support of the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., with an estimated completion date... Read more

CPI Aero wins $2.3M contract for Black Hawk gunner windows

CPI Aero wins $2.3M contract for Black Hawk gunner windows

17-Oct-2011Source: CPI Aero

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) CVU -0.09% announced today that it has received a schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. valued at up to approximately $2.3 million to manufacture gunner window assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. UTX -2.87% . This new agreement is a follow-on... Read more

Fort Campbell’s new helicopter simulator provides virtual training

Fort Campbell’s new helicopter simulator provides virtual training

14-Oct-2011Source: US Army

It looked like a scene out of a science fiction movie on post Wednesday morning as a group of 101st Combat Aviation Brigade noncommissioned officers trained on a new simulator for the first time. The Non-rated Crew Member Manned Module, or NCM3, came to post last week to be used for the first time beyond... Read more

01-Oct-11 Sikorsky SH-60 Jefferson City, US-Missouri

01-Oct-11 Sikorsky SH-60 Jefferson City, US-Missouri

1-Oct-2011

Crashed from 20-25 ft on climb out, heavy landing with wheels broken off and fuselage impacting ground... Read more

Simmonds Precision Products awarded $20M for UH-60 systems work

Simmonds Precision Products awarded $20M for UH-60 systems work

30-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, Vt., was awarded a $20,039,154 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 350 Integrated Vehicle Health Management Systems and 210 IVHMS peculiar ground support equipment kits to support 210 deployment spares to support the UH-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., with an estimated... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $9M for H-60 test equipment

Lockheed Martin awarded $9M for H-60 test equipment

28-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, N.Y., is being awarded an $8,987,306 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of specialized test equipment necessary to perform depot-level repairs to the ALQ-210 Electronic Support Measures Receiver Processor System in support of the H-60 aircraft. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to... Read more

GE awarded $8.7M Black Hawk exhaust pipe contract

GE awarded $8.7M Black Hawk exhaust pipe contract

15-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., was awarded an $8,702,772 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the acquisition of 300 exhaust pipes for the UH-60 Blackhawk. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

Sikorsky owe US Army $11M, says Inspector General

Sikorsky owe US Army $11M, says Inspector General

9-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The US Defense Department’s Inspector General has released a report this week after evaluating the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) material purchases from Sikorsky.  The items concerned related to a contract where Sikorsky supports the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), where the oganisation was checking whether the partnership agreement effectively minimized... Read more

Three UH-60Ms handed over to Mexican Navy

Three UH-60Ms handed over to Mexican Navy

29-Aug-2011

The transfer of the helicopters from the United States Northern Command demonstrates American goodwill and commitment to help Mexico against “international criminal organizations that represent a threat to the peace and democracy of our nation,” said Rear Adm. Jorge Carlos Morales Gonzalez, who accepted the aircraft for the Armada de Mexico. (see full story)... Read more

US Army tests fly-by-wire Black Hawk

US Army tests fly-by-wire Black Hawk

26-Aug-2011Source: US Army

In use in other Defense Department aircraft for years, fly-by-wire now replaces the conventional manual flight controls in some Black Hawk helicopters with an electronic interface. In older aircraft, cables run from the pilot’s controls to various control systems such as rudders, ailerons and, in the case of helicopters, the pitch controls on the rotor... Read more

Raytheon awarded $21M Electro-Optical Sensor System for special forces MH-47G and MH-60M

Raytheon awarded $21M Electro-Optical Sensor System for special forces MH-47G and MH-60M

18-Aug-2011Source: US DoD

Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $21,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92241-11-D-0006) for production of the AN/ZSQ-2 (V1 Assault) and AN/ZSQ-2 (V2 Attack), Electro-Optical Sensor System for the MH-47G and MH-60M aircraft assigned to the Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Ky., in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Technology Applications Contracting Office. ... Read more

Aerosonic wins contract for encoding altimeters for UH-60s and OH-58s

Aerosonic wins contract for encoding altimeters for UH-60s and OH-58s

10-Aug-2011Source: Aerosonic

Aerosonic Corporation, a leading supplier of precision flight products for commercial, business and military aircraft, today announced that it has received a new contract award from Defense Logistics Agency in support of the US Army Aviation Command. The contract is to supply AAU/32A Encoding Altimeters used on the UH60 Blackhawk and OH58 Helicopter Fleet. The... Read more

Sikorsky delivers first S70i’s to Saudi Interior Ministry

Sikorsky delivers first S70i’s to Saudi Interior Ministry

8-Aug-2011Source: Sikorsky

Below we run the Sikorsky press release verbatim, although they are at pain to refer to “undisclosed customer” and the associated photos have logos and serial numbers covered over.  HeliHub.com is very surprised by this apparent attempt to secrecy when Sikorsky stated in their July 2010 press release that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry... Read more

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

25-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Federal Program Integrators, Indian Island, Maine, was awarded a $15,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of two flexible test modules for the transmission test systems to test transmissions and gearboxes on AH-1, AH-64, CH-47, OH-58, UH-1N and UH-60 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Indian Island, Maine, and Corpus Christi, Texas,... Read more

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

Colombian Air Force deploys LRAD 1000X acoustic device on UH-60

25-Jul-2011Source: LRAD

LRAD Corporation, the world’s leading provider of acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced that a LRAD 1000X system mounted on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was deployed by the Colombian Air Force recently in their “Audacity and Will” campaign. The main component of the campaign was the use of the LRAD 1000X to communicate demobilization messages to... Read more

Royal Thai Army suffer third fatal helicopter accident in nine days

Royal Thai Army suffer third fatal helicopter accident in nine days

24-Jul-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Thailand has today suffered a third fatal helicopter accident in just nine days, claiming a total of 17 lives.  All three are operationally related – the third involved in the rescue of the second, which was itself on a mission related to the first accident. On 16th July, a Bell UH-1H crashed in Petchaburi Province,... Read more

US Forest Service snub National Guard as fire burns 240 sq.miles

US Forest Service snub National Guard as fire burns 240 sq.miles

22-Jul-2011Source: KOB

During the last four weeks, two National Guard Black Hawks have sat at Santa Fe Airport, with full firefighting equipment while the largest fire in New Mexico burns close by.  The Las Conchas fire has burned over 240 square miles (full story)... Read more

19-Jul-11 01-26928 Sikorsky UH-60 Myanmar (9F)

19-Jul-11 01-26928 Sikorsky UH-60 Myanmar (9F)

19-Jul-2011

Black Hawk involved in rescuing bodies from the crash of a UH-1 three days previously; 9 killed (Maj-Gen Tawan  Ruangsri,  the 9th Infantry Division chief and commander of the Surasee Task Force, 1st pilot Maj Prapan Jiamsoongnoen, 2nd pilot Maj Chuphan Polwan, senior flight mechanic Sgt-Maj Somkid Wongtoksaeng,  2nd mechanic Sgt Aram Wongsing, Capt Jate... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $8M for UH-60 support structures

Sikorsky awarded $8M for UH-60 support structures

13-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded an $8,273,219 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 5,100 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter support structures.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command,... Read more

Kratos receives $6.2M contracts to support US Army aviation training

Kratos receives $6.2M contracts to support US Army aviation training

12-Jul-2011Source: Kratos

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced that it has received a new order for its Black Hawk Avionics Trainer (BHAT-M) to support the training of maintenance personnel for the UH-60M U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School in Ft. Eustis, VA. The BHAT-M is a full fidelity trainer that provides a true-to-life... Read more

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