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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
HelicoptersSpain selected the NH-90
Madrid, Spain - There are some 45 helicopters to be devoted to the armed forces and authorities forecasted some 600 new jobs till 2012
Spanish Government decided to provide about EUR 2.5bn to be devoted to the defence sector and the purchase of some 45 NHI (Eurocopter, AgustaWestland and Stork Fokker) NH-90 multirole helicopters is part... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: "A 50% growth in the military sector in Malaysia is being expected"
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - After success achieved in the civil field
Eurocopter intends to remarkably grow its presence in Malaysia further, by its unit which is just located in such a country, a relevant cornerstone in the overall Asian market setting. The EADS-owned helicopter... more
HelicoptersUS military helicopters "suffering from stress" in the battlefield
Washington, USA - Wear rate affecting the vehicles redeployed in Iraq and Afghanistan must be kept in check, according to Pentagon
Weapons deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan by the US armed forces is involved by a wear rate two to eight time higher than the normal routine use in peace time and in the homeland, and the military helicopters... more
HelicoptersFrench Sécurité Civile: the final EC-145 has been delivered
Marignane, France - Several missions to be performed by such helicopter, from firefighting to mountain rescue
French Sécurité Civile took recently delivery of its final Eurocopter EC-145 twin-engine helicopter, deployed in several kinds of missions. French Civil Defence has been operating some 32 vehicles and E... more
HelicoptersUSA: Lawmakers ask for paying higher attention on defence spending
Washington, USA - Pentagon is warned to avoid wastes such as in the case of the Comanche, focusing in particular on the PRV and the Marine One
US Congress asked US Department of Defence for paying higher attention for the management of funds destined to defence, with reference in particular to some helicopter programmes. US Lawmakers would like... more
HelicoptersThe Bell Super Cobra and the Huey face sea perils
Washington, USA - Shipped tests for the latest versions of the two military helicopters destined to Marine Corps have been successfully started
Marine Corps proves satisfied about the first results achieved during tests aimed to verify the behaviour of the Bell UH-1Y Huey and the AH-1Z Super Cobra military helicopters in a shipped profile. Such... more
HelicoptersAustralia: first two Tiger helicopters delivered to Army
Canberra, Australia - Mainly provided with the Hellfire missiles and 70 mm rockets
The first two Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopters in the ARH version (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter) purchased by Australia reached their Australian Army units. With such a variant the country requested... more
HelicoptersFire Department of New York aiming to found their own aerial unit
New York, USA - Heroes of 09/11 rescue operations want to achieve more operational autonomy
The (Fire Department of New York) intends to provide with helicopters so that an absolutely autonomous aerial unit can be founded, an innovative solution when thinking about the present operational activities.... more
HelicoptersMore than 80 Black Hawks for the US armed forces
Washington, USA - Distributed to both US Army and US Navy in various versions
A possible order for some 81 H-60 Black Hawk helicopters in various versions both for ground and naval deployment would have been scheduled within the defence spending effort in the United States, in order... more
HelicoptersSpain: that is the third national pole of Eurocopter Group
Albacete, Spain - A new facility to be devoted to the management of the EC-135 and Tiger programmes
If the third core of EADS after France and Germany is Spain with EADS-CASA, now one could say the same regarding the helicopter company owned by the European aerospace and defence holding, that is to say... more
HelicoptersBoeing launches the AH-6 for the US Army's ARH
Washington, USA - Significant structural and avionic changes to be implemented
The AH-6 Little Bird is the Boeing’s solution for the US Army’s ARH (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter) programme related to a new rotor-winged light aircraft destined to replace the current OH-58 Kiowas as... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: a new workshop in La Courneuve
La Courneuve, France - Main rotor blades to be mainly produced there for helicopters such as the NH-90, the Cougar and the Super Puma
Eurocopter opened recently the new production facility located in La Courneuve (France) where the main rotor blades of several helicopters produced by the EADS-owned group such as the Cougar, the Super... more
HelicoptersRAF ordered three A-109E Power helicopters
London, UK - AgustaWestland to deliver them starting in April 2006 to perform VIP transport activities
Royal Air Force 32nd Squadron located in Northolt will take delivery of three AgustaWestland A-109E Power helicopters starting in April next year. The choice made by British Air Force was performed under... more
HelicoptersEurocopter challenges Bell for the new Indian Army's light helicopter
New Dheli, India - The European group is promoting the Fennec while the US company is offering the 407
Indian Army needs to find a good replacement for its obsolete Chetak and Cheetah helicopters, actually licensed versions of the well known Aerospatiale Alouette manufactured in India. The armed force would... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: EC-135/EC-145 for the US Army LUH
Washington, USA - The European helicopter group intends to promote one of the two aircraft for the new utility chopper of the armed force
The helicopter group Eurocopter is ready to compete for the LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) programme for US Army. It would have been recently unveiled by its North American section which would have underlined... more
HelicoptersOffshore promotional tests for the HAL Dhruv
New Dheli, India - Indian aerospace industry goes on showing the quality of its main helicopter product to achieve success in the international market
Despite no orders have been addressed for the new Indian-made multirole medium helicopter Dhruv, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) goes on promoting its capabilities by a series of operational evaluations... more
HelicoptersThe Holy See thanked the 31th Wing of Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - The corp gave a "Generous effort" in occasion of papal helicopter trip to Castel Gandolfo
The helicopter which flew Pope Ratzinger to Castel Gandolfo summer house, was the SH-3D/TS provided by Italian Air Force 31th Wing: it took off from Ciampino military airport and landed on Vatican pad... more
HelicoptersSikorsky S-92 for South Korean President
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean Air Force selected the proposal from the well known US maker and some three helicopters have been ordered
South Korean Air Force decided to select the Sikorsky S-92 as the new Presidential helicopter. The armed force was requested last year to start an evaluation for the replacement of the VH-60, operated... more
HelicoptersDeepwater: there is still room for the purchase of new helicopters by USCG
Washington, USA - The AB-139 does not seem to be definitively excluded but Eurocopter could promote its EC-155
It would seem that no one can say the last word about the US Coast Guard’s Deepwater programme and the destiny of part of the fleet, despite recent indications related to the choice of an upgrade for t... more
HelicoptersUS Army: helicopters' refuelling in Iraq and Afghanistan to be faster
Washington, USA - A modular and portable system produced by BAe Systems has been ordered
The US military helicopters deployed in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq will be equipped with a new refuelling system. It deals with a solution offered by British Aerospace Systems which struck US Army... more
HelicoptersNH-90: Australia expects the best operational flexibility
Canberra, Australia - The new ordered helicopters to act both on the ground and in the sea depending on the current operational exigencies
Australia will take delivery of its new NH-90 multipurpose helicopters by 2008 and will make them enter service in that date. The first of such rotor-winged aircraft is supposed to arrive in the country... more
HelicoptersAlaska: wolf-hunt by helicopters
Juneau, Alaska - The Government aims to fell at least 1000 animals
Alaska’s Governor, Frank Murkowski, has ordered to kill more than 1000 wolves shooting them by helicopters or small tourism airplanes. Wolves left unhurt will be pursued and killed by hunters boarded f... more
HelicoptersLatin America: Russia relies on helicopters and armoured vehicles
Moscow, Russia - The Mil MI-171 is the major Russian weapon industry product in the continent currently
Russia is aiming to increase its presence in Latin America concerning its own defence-dedicated products and is trying to rely most of all upon the quality of its military helicopters and armoured vehicles.... more
HelicoptersPutin to meet Palestinian leaders
Ramallah, Cisjordan - Russia aims to sell helicopters and armoured carriers to Palestine's police
Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to help Palestinian authorities delivering them two transport helicopters and 50 armoured vehicles: specifically, choppers would be destined to fly President Abu... more
HelicoptersSouth Korea: Enstrom helicopters to train the pilots of the future KHP
Seoul, South Korea - Hanseo University to attend to the training stage by the purchase of at least a couple of aircraft
While waiting for the start of the KHP project (Korean Helicopter Programme) which involves the South Korean aerospace industry for the designing and construction of the first exclusively nation-made chopper... more
HelicoptersEurocopter: ACROhelipro to provide overhaul and repairing services for the choppers operated in North America
Toronto, Canada - A five years agreement covering all the products belonging to the European helicopter group
Eurocopter Canada (as the Canadian unit of the EADS-owned European helicopter group) signed a cooperation agreement with Canadian ACROhelipro company recently (owned by Vector Aerospace Corporation) allowing... more