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HelicoptersMD Helicopters: a "rotor-winged" Policeman
Glendale, USA - The US company consolidated its role as a major helicopter provider for Law Enforcement units
That Police forces are among the best MD Helicopters’ customers the US company had already pointed out (see for details AVIONEWS). This trend has been confirmed during recent days by two Police departments i... more
HelicoptersPetroleum Helicopters: twenty EC-135 helicopters
Lafayette, USA - These aircraft to replace the BO-105s form offshore and medical operations
Petroleum Helicopters, as a US company competent for transportation activities in the oil industry sector, makes the number of the Eurocopter EC-135s ordered rise up to 20 in order to enlarge and modernize... more
HelicoptersEuropean Directive on flight and service time: AEI's view
Rome, Italy - Italian Helicopter Association asked for a meeting with Italian Transport Vice-Minister Tassone, ENAC and Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italy will implement the EU 79/2000 Directive setting flight and service time for flying personnel in the civil aviation sector. Some 900 flight hours and 2000 service hours have been scheduled each year.... more
HelicoptersMD Helicopters: relaunch starts by Law Enforcement
Mesa, USA - Police units are undoubtedly among the major customers of the American helicopter company
MD Helicopter aims to favour its own relaunch after the accomplishment of the firm’s restructuring, that should enable the American Arizona-based helicopter company to carry on its commitments regarding i... more
HelicoptersLUH: Bell to promote the new 210
Washington, USA - Operational capabilities and low cost as the plus points of the new helicopter developed on the basis of the 212
Bell’s solution for the LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) programme will be the 210, an aircraft which quite stems from the 212 lesson when considering aerodynamics surfaces, transmission and tail structural s... more
HelicoptersMarine One: an EH-101 as a test bench
Washington, USA - First trials to regard avionic systems and powerplant
The first tests for the new US Marine One Presidential helicopter will start by the end of this year and performed on an AgustaWestland EH-101 similar to the ones deployed by Royal Navy. It would have... more
HelicoptersSouthern Air Systems selected the Ecureuil
Washington, USA - The US company competent for managing corporate aircraft opted for one of the most successful light helicopters in the United States
Southern Air Systems, as a US company specialized in management and maintenance activities for corporate aircraft, took recently delivery of an AS-350B2 Ecureuil from the North American section of the... more
HelicoptersVenezuela: Russian helicopters arriving by 2006
Caracas, Venezuela - An order for 33 vehicles consisting of Mi-17s, Mi-26s and Mi-35s has been confirmed
Venezuelan Defence Minister unveiled details related to the purchase of new Russian-made military helicopters, all produced by the Mil group (see for details AVIONEWS). It would deal with a total number... more
HelicoptersK-Max takes the field again against fire
Washington, USA - Kaman could reopen the helicopter assembly line following the production of a new firefighting system to be coupled with the vehicle
Kaman, the well known US helicopter maker, would intend to reopen the assembly line of the K-Max chopper following the production and test of a new device for firefighting designed by Kawak just for such... more
HelicoptersPutin: Kamov hoped to open Russia-Turkish cooperation in the defence sector
Moscow, Russia - The Ka-50/52 should be enabled to compete in the tender for the new Turkish Army's combat helicopter
If no industrial relations in the defence sector practically exist between Russia and Turkey, as Russian President Vladimir Putin would have recently reminded, maybe a concrete chance can be provided by... more
HelicoptersThe Marine One? Call it VH-71A
Washington, USA - The future US Presidential helicopter has been renamed in this manner
The new Marine One, as the US Presidential helicopter based on the US-101 platform, will be named VH-71A. The name is traditionally assigned by US Air Force and will replace the one chosen by the Team... more
HelicoptersNH-90: the first Finland-made helicopter flew
Helsinki, Finland - Also the first NHI aircraft destined to Greek Army performed its maiden flight while New Zealand expressed its excitement
The NHI NH-90 programme goes on quickly in the countries which ordered the multirole medium military helicopter. Patria, as the major Finnish aerospace company, completed the assembly of the first aircraft... more
HelicoptersTurkish military helicopters are attending to kidnapped soldier's search
Ankara, Turkey - He was seized by Kurdish PKK's rebels
PKK’s Kurdish separatist rebels seized on Monday evening a Turkish soldier after robbing tens of vehicles at a temporary roadblock set up in Eastern part of the country. That was a settled habits of K... more
HelicoptersKHP: reduced funds for the South Korean national helicopter programme
Seoul, South Korea - Fears about the development cost and the limits in terms of competitiveness in the worldwide market
South Korean Government would have decided to halve funds destined to the production and purchase of new military helicopters within in particular the national KHP project (Korean Helicopter Programme).... more
HelicoptersHelicopter Transportation Group A/S: ten Ecureuil for offshore activities
Oslo, Norway - The Scandinavian company is provided with a fleet mainly based on vehicles produced by Eurocopter
Helicopter Transportation Group A/S (HTG), a Scandinavian company located both in Norway and in Sweden, decided to purchase five Eurocopter AS-350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters with options for additional five.... more
HelicoptersPhoenix: Police and Firefighters reward the A-109's operational flexibility
Phoenix, USA - They took delivery of a helicopter for the performance of several kinds of mission
US Phoenix city (Arizona) Police and Fire Departments selected the A-109 Power as the rotor-winged aircraft to deploy for the performance of several missions to support local population in case of emergency.... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: Heli Invest granted with the EC-120 and EC-130 maintenance in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - A 3 years agreement has been signed also to favour the promotion of the European group's helicopters in such a country
Eurocopter has recently signed an agreement with the Polish company Heli Invest which will enable such a group to perform maintenance operations for civil choppers. The types involved will be in particular... more
HelicoptersCanada: radar and IFF for the CH-148 Cyclone have been selected
Ottawa, Canada - Some 28 airframes of the Canadian version of the H-92 have been ordered
The Canadian armed forces are ready to take delivery of the 28 Sikorsky H-92 (renamed as CH-148 Cyclone in Canada) medium helicopters and some relevant avionic components for the vehicles ordered have... more
HelicoptersSweden: delays in developing avionics systems for the NH-90
Stockholm, Sweden - Maybe due to misunderstandings with SAAB on the project specification
The development cost for the TMS system (Tactical Mission System) devoted to the NH-90 medium helicopters for the Swedish armed forces and produced by SAAB would be more expensive than forecasted. The... more
HelicoptersAmerican Eurocopter: a training centre devoted to night flight
Grand Prairie, USA - FAA certification starting with the AS-350 and the EC-120 helicopters
The North American division of Eurocopter was granted recently with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) certification for its own training centre in Grand Prairie (Texas) with reference to stages... more
HelicoptersHal Dhruv: the civil version's success is increasing
New Dheli, India - Orders for VIP transport and offshore operations to be performed in the Indian territory
HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd), as the main Indian aerospace group, is carrying on the promotion of its Dhruv helicopter, for which it hopes to increase the number of orders for the civil version. After... more
HelicoptersMexico: two Eurocopter Panthers delivered to Navy
Marignane, France - Nevertheless, options for additional eight vehicles have been scheduled
Mexican Navy has officially taken delivery of the first two Eurocopter Panthers helicopters ordered, following the sign of the related contract in 2003, which scheduled options for additional eight aircraft... more
HelicoptersARH: Bell believes in the "strength of tradition"
Washington, USA - The US maker thinks that the best solution to replace the OH-58 is to rely upon its evolution consisting of the 407
The final selection of the new US Army’s scout light helicopter is likely to be unveiled by the end of July and Bell formalized its participation to the bid related to the so called ARH (Armed Reconnaissance H... more
HelicoptersVenezuela: 40 Russian-made helicopters have been ordered
Caracas, Venezuela - It would deal with MI-17, MI-26 and MI-35M but different opinions among the analysts would exist anyway about the number of vehicles requested
The United States would disapprove of the Venezuelan defensive system modernization process, which is going on in an absolutely autonomous manner and that is in particular relying upon Russian-made products,... more
HelicoptersCHC Helicopter Corporation selected the AB-139
Amsterdam, Holland - Two choppers to be deployed for offshore purposes in the North Sea starting by the end of 2005
CHC Helicopter Corporation, one of the most important companies dedicated to helicopter services for energy and oil industries, selected the AgustaWestland/Bell AB-139 medium twin helicopter as the new... more
Helicopters17 Seahawk for Turkish Navy
Ankara, Turkey - Twelve and an option for additional five choppers
Turkish Armed Forces, which already have 8 S-70B Seahawk helicopters, would have decided to purchase other 17 copters assigned to national Navy. Turkey’s Minister of Defence, Vecdi Gonul, has explained d... more
HelicoptersUS Army's helicopters to prove securer thanks to Goodrich
Washington, USA - The Black Hawks and the Chinooks to be provided with a new laser threat warning system
The US Army’s Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawk and Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters will be securer starting next year thanks to the adoption of the Goodrich AN/AVR-2B laser threat warning system by the US a... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: going ahead for the US Light Utility Helicopter
Paris, France - While searching for a US partner the group renounced to the PRV and the ARH programmes and aims to produce a new chopper with China
The Eurocopter’s international effort within the important civil and military industrial programmes goes on becoming clearer and clearer. The helicopter group owned by EADS intends to achieve the end o... more
HelicoptersA "tourist" Dhruv for Air Mauritius?
New Dheli, India - The Indian aerospace company HAL is promoting its helicopter to the airline which proves interested to deploy it for touristic purposes
It seems that the promotional effort for the Indian Dhruv helicopter produced by national aerospace firm HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) is beginning to produce some results, also thanks to the cooperation... more
HelicoptersPoland: first A-109 Power to LPR
Warsaw, Poland - The Polish company specialized in Emergency Medical Service operates all over the country with some 16 bases
Polish company LPR, which provides Emergency Medical Service in the country, has taken delivery of its first AgustaWestland A-109 Power light twin helicopter in a special dedicated version. such aircraft... more
HelicoptersSri Lanka: law enforcement units seized helicopter components destined to Tamil Tigers
Colombo, Sri Lanka - A Police's and an Air Force's investigation have been started in the Asian country
Sri Lanka’s armed forces and Police would have intercepted two suspicious lorries bound for a not-clarified area where the Tamil Tigers movement is able to exert a certain influence. Such vehicles were c... more
HelicoptersNew Zealand: a new light helicopter for the transition to the NH-90 and the SH-2G
Wellington, New Zealand - Government is waiting for taking delivery of the first signs by the competent firms with concrete proposals on the new trainer aircraft
New Zealand armed forces need a new light helicopter for training and utility activities. Defence Ministry has not started an official tender yet, but has already requested the helicopter companies for... more
HelicoptersCalgary: helicopters rescued 50 flooded campers
Calgary, Alberta Province, Canada - Due to heavy rain, city's authorities called for a natural disaster condition
The city located in the South of the Canadian Province was affected by heavy rains during the last two weeks which caused rivers and torrents overflows, to an extent that the evacuation of thousands people... more
HelicoptersAWES: a simulator for Apache-Lynx interoperability
London, UK - Developed by Cubic Corporation with the AgustaWestland's cooperation for the British Army's aircraft
The combat simulation system for the British Army’s AgustaWestland Apache AH Mk1 military helicopters named AWES (Area Weapons Effects Simulator) produced by Cubic Corporation has been involved by a s... more
HelicoptersThe first Chinook provided with the BAe DAFCS system flew
London, UK - The flight control system update will involve some 300 helicopters belonging to US Army
The first CH-47D Chinook helicopter equipped with the DAFCS (Digital Advanced Flight Control System) system produced by British Aerospace Systems has successfully performed its maiden flight, It deals... more
HelicoptersAustralian Navy Sea King restarted flying
Sydney, Australia - They were stopped after the serious accident occurred in Indonesia
Sea King helicopters of Australia’s Navy have restarted flying after having been grounded due to the accident occurred last April 2 when nine servicemen, including some women, have been killed and two h... more
HelicoptersAustralia: first launch of a Hellfire from a Tiger helicopter
Canberra, Australia - Successfully tested by hitting its target some 6 km far from its launcher
While Australian Government definitively formalizes the purchase of 12 NH-90 multirole medium helicopters in the MRH-90 version, whose deliveries will start in 2007 and go on till 2009 (with an important... more
HelicoptersPRV: Northrop Grumman joined Team 101
Washington, USA - The US company to provide the mission systems within the competition for the new SAR aircraft of USAF
The US-101 gains a new partner within the competition for the PRV (Personnel Recovery Vehicle) programme related to the new helicopter for Combat Search and Rescue (Combat SAR) operations of US Air Force.... more
HelicoptersKofi Annan: "Darfur needs helicopters"
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - Canada and Egypt promised to dispatch soldiers
53 members of African Union (AU) gathered in Addis Abeba last week, at the presence of United Nations General Secretary, Kofi Annan, to discuss about Darfur crisis. "Six attack helicopters and 116 armored... more
HelicoptersEH-101: comfortable, secure and reliable in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - Personnel belonging to the British contingent re-deployed in the Arab country proves convinced of it
British contingent re-deployed in the Iraqi territory proves satisfied about the EH-101’s performance. The Merlin would be considered as an even better transport vehicle than the CH-47 Chinook, despite t... more
HelicoptersWill the British Apaches’ baptism of fire occur in Iraq?
London, UK – Experts in the defence sector think about the possibility of such an operational choice
Military analysts are asking themselves in Great Britain if a possibility exists that British Government decides to send four new Apache AH Mk1 combat helicopters to Iraq to support the armed forces re-deployed... more
HelicoptersDhruv: IAI to attend to promote the Indian helicopter in the international market
Tel Aviv, Israel – Also the European market and the US LUH military programme are among the goals
The promotion of the Indian Dhruv helicopter in the international market will be ensure by the support provided by Israeli IAI aerospace company in cooperation with Indian HAL. Such promotional activity... more
HelicoptersThe Brit Apache is combat ready
London, UK - The first British Army's unit equipped with the combat helicopter achieved its full operational readiness
The 9th Regiment Army Air Corps, as part and parcel of the 16th Air Assault Brigade, is combat ready with its AgustaWestland Apache AH Mk1s. The combat helicopter performed all the necessary operational... more
HelicoptersSwitzerland: doubts on the selection of the EC-635
Berne, Switzerland - Despite the general right parties' support to the defence spending programme, these political movements would be debating about the type chosen by Government
Political parties working inside the Parliament in Switzerland will be likely to disagree on many points regarding the new defence spending programme, as it already proves self-evident by some views expressed... more
HelicoptersSwitzerland: Government wants the EC-635
Berne, Switzerland - Swiss Parliament to decide on the defence spending which also schedules the purchase of Israeli communication systems
Swiss Parliament is expected to appraise and prospectively approve the defence spending recently notified by Federal Council. Such a project schedules the purchase of various material among which one must... more
HelicoptersApache AH Mk1: targeting system upgrade for the British Army started
London, UK - MoD and AgustaWestland signed an agreement worth about GBP 194m
All the 67 British Army’s Apache AH Mk1 combat helicopters will be endowed with some avionics systems able to remarkably increase the aircraft’s effectiveness and crew’s situational awareness in the b... more
HelicoptersEurocopter topped the Everest
Kathmandu, Nepal - An Ecureuil landed on the top of the mountain at 8850m, so setting the worldwide record in the related class
Eurocopter set the the new high altitude landing worldwide record: some 8850m. Credit must be given to an Ecureuil AS-350B3 helicopter and its test pilot who achieved the objective by reaching the top... more
HelicoptersVenezuela: commando stole a Governmental helicopter
Caracas, Venezuela - Ten armed men seized the aircraft and took off towards a still unknown destination
Ten armed men would have stolen a Bell helicopter belonging to Government in Venezuela (it could be a 412 when considering the rotor-winged aircraft operated by institutions in the South American country).... more
HelicoptersLe Bourget International Air Show: Bell's static display
Paris, France - The main both military and civil products to be exhibited
US Bell helicopter group is going to exhibit almost its entire range of products during the forthcoming edition of the Le Bourget International Air Show (Paris, June 13-19), showing its aircraft in its... more
HelicoptersSouth Korea: a new S-64 to protect the national environmental heritage
Seoul, South Korea - The firefighting and heavy load transport helicopter to be delivered by December 2006
South Korean Government decided to purchase an Erickson Aircrane S-64 helicopter to devote to firefighting and heavy load transport operations. It deals with a second vehicle of this type for the Asian... more