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HelicoptersUS Coast Guard HH-65's update begins
Washington, USA - New engines, avionics and instruments on board for the Dolphin helicopters
Works related to the mounting of the new power plant components on the fleet of the US Coast Guard's HH-65 Dolphin helicopters have been started. The Turbomeca Arriel 2 engines have been considered as... more

HelicoptersGenesis probe's recovery failed
Washington, USA - The re-entry capsule's parachute did not open and the two NASA's helicopters could not hook it up
A great expectation existed in the United States for the Genesis probe’s re-entry yesterday (see for details AVIONEWS). Three years activities in the space in order to recover just little microgrammes o... more

HelicoptersBrazil asks for ten UH-60 helicopters
Sao Paulo, Brazil - They could be destinated to SAR operations and to the monitoring of national territory to increase the general security level
The United States would be appraising the hypothesis to increase the security level of Brazil through the provision of ten Sikorsky UH-60L helicopters. A request in this sense would have been put forward... more

HelicoptersRobinson's domination in the North American market
Washington, USA - 343 helicopters out of a total production in this sector of 433 would be R-22s and R-44s in Northern America
North American civil helicopter market is practically dominated by a single producer: Robinson. The helicopter company would have achieved during the first half 2004 a selling rise of a 80%, with a production... more

HelicoptersThe Genesis probe to arrive tomorrow
Washington, USA - Two Ecureuil helicopters must not fail in recovery the probe while it is still flying
The return of the Genesis probe (see for details AVIONEWS), has been scheduled for tomorrow. The area involved by the re-entry procedure will be the Utah territory (United States), but such probe will... more

HelicoptersThe SAPHIR-M Dispenser for the NH-90 and the Tiger
Paris, France - Eurocopter would have signed with MBDA the related delivery contract to significantly increase its own helicopters' self-protection degree
The Eurocopter Tiger and NHI NH-90 helicopters will be endowed of the SAPHIR-M chaffs/flares dispenser produced by MBDA. It would have unveiled by Eurocopter's representatives, while the first mounting... more

HelicoptersNew Zealand: a new helicopter for troop transport
Auckland, New Zealand - The NH-90 would appear to be ahead of competitors
Four candidates for the modernization programme related to the troop transport military helicopters for New Zealand Army: the NHI NH-90, the Eurocopter Super Puma, the AgustaWestland/Bell AB-139 and the... more

HelicoptersEU sentences attack against Italian helicopter in August 18
Tirana, Albania - "Severe criminal action": with these words it have been censured the episode that have been protagonists 8 Police agents
Yesterday the European Union countries accredited in Albania, have condemned with a public declaration the armed attack against the Italian Police helicopter which, the last August 18, was flying over... more

HelicoptersK-Max: Kaman waiting for new orders
Washington, USA - Once taken delivery of a sufficient number of orders, the assembling line of the helicopter will be re-opened
Kaman Aerospace has recently revealed that the K-Max helicopters sold or under leasing so far would be seven. Presently, the company would be waiting for further orders, both by the traditional customers... more

HelicoptersAustralia: are the scheduled NH-90s 60?
Sydney, Australia - The country asks for more helicopters with competitive costs and the NHI group could accept in order to grow in the Asia Pacific area
The recent purchase by Australia of 12 NH-90 helicopters (see for details AVIONEWS) would actually represent just a partial expression of the original agreement between the producer (NH Industries, based... more

HelicoptersNorthrop Grumman and Eads: the common project for the PRV programme has been confirmed
Washington, USA - The European group will rely on American Eurocopter's facilities for the production of the NH-90 aircraft
Northrop Grumman and Eads North America finally confirm from the United States that they are going to cooperate in order to produce a common proposal for the PRV (Personnel Recovery Vehicle) programme,... more

HelicoptersBoeing: 500 Longbow Apache helicopters have been delivered
Washington, USA - The combat helicopter will be subjected soon to an important updating process
Boeing celebrates the delivery of the 500th AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter, precisely the 383rd one among the ones delivered to US Army. The aircraft, presently in service in 11 countries (among which... more

HelicoptersAustralian Aerospace: two EC-120s produced under licence have been delivered
Sydney, Australia - The helicopter sector in the country is growing thanks to the Eurocopter-Eads' contribution
Two Eurocopter EC-120B Colibris produced under licence by Australian Aerospace have been delivered so far. The Australian aerospace company celebrated the event by reminding the increasing importance of... more

HelicoptersSikorsky: a contract was signed with US Navy for the Marine One programme
Washington, USA - Despite the related competition has not finished yet with the final choice of the US Presidential helicopter
Sikorsky would have revealed yesterday that a more than USD 56m contract would have been granted by US Navy, in order to provide various services devoted to the future new Presidential helicopter with... more

HelicoptersEGPWS system for all the S-76s and the S-92s
Washington, USA - Sikorsky intends to endow its own future choppers of the new flight safety system
Sikorsky would have recently decided to attend to the mounting of the EGPWS (Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems) safety system developed by Honeywell on all the future versions of its own S-76 and... more

HelicoptersAustralia: 12 NH-90s to face the terroristic threat
Sydney, Australia - To be all available by 2008 and devoted to country's special forces
Australia has decided to purchase 12 NH-90 transport helicopters in order to increase the anti-terrorism capabilities of its own special forces. The value of the related contract would consist of about... more

HelicoptersCertifications for the Tiger helicopter
Berlin, Germany - The combat aircraft produced by Eurocopter will be able to fully enter the service in France, Germany, Spain and Australia
The Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopter has recently achieved both the certifications which are considered as unavoidable for fully entering the service in Germany and France. The competent agencies in... more

HelicoptersRolls Royce aims to the KMH programme
Seoul, South Korea - The British group promotes its solutions for the new South Korean military helicopter
Despite the difficulties that the South Korean programme regarding the new multirole helicopter devoted to the national armed forces is facing in this period (see for details AVIONEWS), it seems that Rolls... more

HelicoptersNew partners for the US-101 programme
Washington, USA - Other companies could be added to the long list of participating firms soon for the production of the helicopter
Lockheed Martin, as the prime contractor for the US-101 programme related to the AgustaWestland's solution for the new US President's helicopter based on the EH-101, recently unveiled that other 13 partners... more

HelicoptersUCAR and Apache: a perfect symbiosis
Washington, USA - Lockheed Martin successfully simulates a joint operation between the new unmanned helicopter and an AH-64
Lockheed Martin would have recently completed an important testing activity regarding the new UCAR (Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft) programme, for an unmanned aircraft which should be deployed for various... more

HelicoptersSAS selects the NH-90
London, UK - Four new helicopters to be deployed by the British special units in the fight against international terrorism
SAS (Special Air Service), the special unit devoted to the early British national security, has taken delivery of four new NH-90 helicopters. British Government decided to provide this important unit with... more

HelicoptersAttack against Italian Police's helicopter in Albania: the aircraft would have been hit
Rome, Italy - Maybe by a Kalashnikov's bullet fired by marijuana's cultivator
The Italian Police’s helicopter involved by an attack with light weapons in Albania some days ago would have been hit and forced to immediately land (see for details AVIONEWS). Now, Rome Attorney would h... more

HelicoptersA-109: the first AgustaWestland helicopter again in the market after operating in China
Washington, USA - The American company Loudoun Aviation would have sold one of this chopper to a German customer
An AgustaWestland A-109 helicopter would have recently been sold by the US company Loudoun Aviation to Germany, to a not clear customer which would have already taken delivery of it. Such aircraft would... more

HelicoptersUCAR: Lockheed Martin concludes the first development stage of its own alternative
Washington, USA - Among the partners of the US company there are Bell, Raytheon and L-3
The UCAR (Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft) programme, designed by US Army in order to provide its own troops on the ground with an unmanned aerial support, able to operate as a multirole vehicle both... more

HelicoptersAn Albanian helicopter carries in Puglia a burnt female child
Brindisi, Italy - The "Perrini" burns unit in Brindisi welcomed the kid
Yesterday, an Albanian helicopter of Healthcare Office left from Tirana, carried to "Perrini" hospital in Brindisi an only 2 years female child, heavy burned in her house in Tropoja. Leonard Solis, the... more

HelicoptersIsrael helicopters attack a Qassam missiles' factory
Tel Aviv, Israel - It would have occurred last night in the Palestinian city of Gaza as a retaliation against an attack involving Israeli colonies
Israeli armed forces' military activity in the Gaza Strip goes on, most of all following the attacks against some Israeli colonies and against the small city of Sderot performed by Palestinian warriors.... more

HelicoptersItalian Police's helicopter under light weapons attack in Albania
Tirana, Albania - No consequences occurred anyway for the crew and the aircraft
An Italian Police's helicopter in service in the Albanian territory, within the cooperation agreements between Italy and Albania against the organized crime, would have turn into a target yesterday due... more

HelicoptersIsraeli helicopters hit Hamas' militiamen in Gaza
Tel Aviv, Israel - A leader of the Palestinian movement has been wounded
Last night the Israeli Army performed an air strike in the Gaza Strip, heavily hitting some Hamas' militiamen. According to what has been released by Hospital's sources in the Al-Shihaiya quarter in Gaza,... more

HelicoptersGoodrich to provide the new IVHMS system for the US Army's UH-60
Washington, USA - It will ensure higher reliability and a significant lowering of operating and maintenance costs of the vehicles
Sikorsky, within the upgrading programme for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the US Army, has selected the IVHMS (Integrated Vehicle Health Management Systems) management and diagnostic system produced... more

HelicoptersIreland: six new helicopters for Air Corps by the end of the year
Dublin, Ireland - Sikorsky, Eurocopter and AgustaWestland would have already been approached in order to analyse the respective proposals
Irish Defence Ministry would be willing to purchase by the end of this year six new multirole helicopters, with an option for further two aircraft, maybe of a different type. Such exigency, to which a... more

HelicoptersSteadicopter promotes its UAV after development delay
Tel Aviv, Israel - The production problems were caused by the theft of the remote-controlled aircraft prototype
Steadicopter Ltd, an Israeli company competent in designing advanced solutions in the unmanned aircraft's sector, would be ready to start marketing its new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) helicopter, after... more

HelicoptersVought: a possible partnership with Sikorsky for the VH-92
Dallas, USA - A contract could be signed between the two companies soon
The development and the promotion of Sikorsky's alternative solution for the new US President's helicopter, represented by the VH-92, goes on and a new partner could join the related team soon. It deals... more

HelicoptersGeneral Electric to provide engines for the Canadian Navy's H-92s
Ottawa, Canada - The Sikorsky Cyclones to operate as multi-role aircraft
The new Sikorsky H-92 Cyclone helicopters ordered by Canadian Navy will be powered by General Electric's engines (see for details AVIONEWS). The selected engine is the CT7-8A, which represents the latest... more

HelicoptersEADS MILDS system for the German CH-53 helicopters
Berlin, Germany - It will provide a higher electronic protection degree during Afghanistan activities against the anti-aircraft missiles
German CH-53 transport helicopters, which Government would be thinking to employ in Afghanistan, will be equipped with the new missile warning system soon, a system produced by EADS. It deals with the... more

HelicoptersAH Mk1 Apache-Hellfire II: lethal mix
Toronto, Canada - Six successes of about six during the fire tests with the new version of the well known air-to-surface missile devoted to British Army
British Army has recently tested, during the combat simulation performed at the Alberta shooting range (Canada), the new Lockheed Martin AGM-114K Hellfire II air-to-surface semi-active laser guided missiles.... more

HelicoptersAgustaWestland-Serco: cooperation for the Royal Navy's helicopters
London, UK - The quality of services related to the IOS assistance programme will be increased
AgustaWestland and Serco will collaborate for the implementation of the IOS (Integrated Operational Support) programme regarding the Royal Navy's helicopter fleet. Such programme, which is already dedicated... more

HelicoptersThe first Super Lynx 300 for the Thai Navy flies
Bangkok, Thailandia - Two helicopters to enter the service by the first months of 2005
Thailandia has ordered two AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300 helicopters, which will be destinated to its own Navy. The first one has performed its maiden flight at the end of July and its producer has recently... more

HelicoptersIsrael missile hits a refugee site in Gaza
Tel Aviv, Israel - The attack was performed by a helicopter and some 12 persons would have been wounded
Israel is massively deploying its own combat helicopters in the Gaza Strip against Palestinian armed movements, and today a missile fired by one among this kind of aircraft would have heavily hit the refugee... more

HelicoptersUS-101: "it is as American as the workers who build it in the USA"
Fort Worth, USA - Lockheed Martin's representatives are convinced of it, after the joining by new US partners
New partners have been added to the list of those which are cooperating in the United States to carry on the US-101 programme, the AgustaWestland EH-101 helicopter's version dedicated for the new USA President's... more

HelicoptersEurocopter and Northrop Grumman as partners for the PRV programme
Paris, France - The NH-90 to be jointly promoted by the two companies in the USA as the new SAR helicopter
US Air Force and US Navy need a new SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter and a proper specification has been released, so starting a competition called Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV), scheduling to perform... more

HelicoptersSikorsky UH-60M to enter the service in 2005
Washington, USA - The latest version of the well known helicopter has been updated by new avionics, structural and self-protection's devices
The development of the last version of the Sikorsky Black Hawk has almost been completed, and its producer is scheduling to start the aircraft's mass production in 2005. The UH-60M, actually an updated... more

HelicoptersUpdating activities for military helicopters are increasing
Washington, USA - The related market would be involved by an impressive extension which should last for ten years
According to recent analyses carried out by some US researchers with reference to the helicopter sector, during the next ten years the military helicopter market will be involved by a massive business... more

HelicoptersNorthrop Grumman: "The VH-92 is the safest one becuase it is an all-American product"
Chicago, USA - The US aerospace company has underlined the quality of Sikorsky's solution for the Marine One programme
The Sikorsky VH-92 has recently been deployed for a promotional activity in Chicago, aimed to show the quality of such US producer’s alternative for the Marine One programme, with reference to the new h... more

HelicoptersThe UCAR programme could be cancelled
Washington, USA - The project for the production of an armed unmanned aircraft devoted to US Army could be abandoned by DARPA
The UCAR (Unmanned Combat Rotorcraft) programme related to a new armed unmanned aircraft to be devoted to US Army could be cancelled (see for details AVIONEWS). DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Project... more

HelicoptersThe first Lombardia's all-weather helicopter rescue service to be opened in Como. The bids have been called
Como, Italy - The new helicopter maybe destinated to replace the AB-412 in service will be selected
Como city (Italy) is going to achieve a new hospital but it will have the availability of the first Lombardia region's 24 h all-weather EMS (Emergency Medical Service) helicopter. A call for bids occurred... more

HelicoptersChile: possible orders for the Dhruv Indian helicopter
Santiago, Chile - The vehicle would have made a good impression for military personnel in such South American country
Indian Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) had already released that some Dhruv helicopters had to go to Chile for some technical and military appraisals by such South American country’s armed forces (... more

HelicoptersCeres Group to promote the EC-120 in the United States
Charlotte, USA - Such light helicopter will have more chances to win in a hard but major market
American Eurocopter signed an agreement with Ceres Group for the promotion and selling of the EC-120B Colibri light helicopters in the US market. So, Eurocopter carries on its promotional activity regarding... more

HelicoptersItalian Air Force lands on Eurphrates River water
Tallil, Iraq - A HH-3F helicopter has so effectively ensured its own protection for amphibious units warranting a surprise effect
On last Wednesday, July 28, an Italian Air Force's helicopter (more precisely, a chopper belonging to the 6th Autonomous Operative Unit) became the first Italian aircraft to perform a landing on water... more

HelicoptersMD-600N for Turkish Police
Ankara, Turkey - Ten helicopters to be delivered by the end of 2004
Turkish Police has selected the MD-600N as the new light helicopter, aiming to destinate it at special units for several operative missions which need air support in many cities of the country. Ten aircraft... more

HelicoptersMalaysia: SAR helicopters are needed
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The Asian country would urgently need to purchase aircraft able to efficiently perform such missions
Malaysian Government would be willing to purchase an unspecified number of new helicopters to be destinated to its armed forces and civil defence service, in order to fill what is being presently felt... more