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Kaman eyes enhancements for new-build K-Max
After reviving deliveries of the original K-Max helicopter last year, Kaman’s small engineering team is considering options for updating and improving the 20-year-old design of the heavy-lift aircraft.
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R66 sales hold steady despite Bell 505 arrival
Robinson Helicopter Company held deliveries of the turbine-powered R66 light-single steady at 77 last year, even as rival Bell introduced the 505 Jet Ranger X into service, says chief executive John Robinson.
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Airbus Helicopters to produce EC145e at US plant as it waits for army orders
A new order for 25 EC145e helicopters from US-based Metro Aviation will help keep a threatened Airbus Helicopters final assembly line for the US Army open for several critical months.
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PICTURE: Airbus rolls out first A350-900ULR
Airbus has rolled out the first ultra long-range Airbus A350-900, the variant which is destined to be delivered initially to Singapore Airlines.
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Safran drives hybrid helicopter engine development on back of Racer selection
Safran Helicopter Engines (SHE) believes it will be able to deliver a new powerplant for service entry in the mid-2020s that will use electric power in addition to a standard turboshaft in order to optimise in-cruise performance.
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Era Group signs for two AW609s
Era Group has emerged as the launch customer for the Leonardo Helicopters AW609 tiltrotor, with an initial firm commitment for two aircraft for delivery from 2020.
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Bell unveils improved 407 variant
Fort Worth-based Bell unveiled the 407GXi with new avionics and engine technology on 26 February at the Heli-Expo convention in Las Vegas.
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Kopter seeks to raise another Swfr150 million for certification
Swiss helicopter developer Kopter is seeking to raise Swfr150 million from private investors to carry the single-engined SH09 design through certification and into production in the second half of next year, the company says.
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India makes progress with Rustom II UAV
India has conducted a successful flight of the Rustom II UAV in a configuration that will be used by the country’s military.
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Austrian to cut majority of jobs at Tyrolean Technik
Austrian Airlines is terminating base maintenance activities at its Tyrolean Technik turboprop support facility in Innsbruck.
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Airbus and Delta partner in mobile-connectivity scheme
Airbus and Delta Air Lines are spearheading a new initiative intended to simplify introduction of, and access to, high-speed data networks for passengers.
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Light-singles 'not a priority', says Leonardo Helicopters chief
Leonardo Helicopters has frozen plans to introduce the AW009 in the USA – an upgraded version of the SW-4 produced by its PZL Swidnik subsidiary – and instead will concentrate on its core range.
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Bell brand drops "Helicopter" for shape of a dragonfly
As part of a transition to a broader product strategy, Bell has dropped the “Helicopter” from the company’s name and adopted the dragonfly as the new symbol of its brand symbol, chief executive Mitch Snyder says on 22 February.
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ANALYSIS: Mood lifts at Bell as 505 ramps up
Only a year ago, the mood at Bell Helicopter's civil business looked grim. The company had entered the HAI Heli-Expo a month after reporting a six-year low for civil helicopter deliveries in 2016, against the backdrop of a broader industry downturn that seemed to have no bottom. Moreover, the flagship ...
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ANALYSIS: New discipline, new drive at Leonardo Helicopters
Helicopters account for a short third of Leonardo annual revenue, so the group is taking strict action to reverse a 2017 downturn
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Air NZ expects Trent 1000 issue to be resolved by April
Air New Zealand expects that the issues plaguing the Trent 1000 engines that power its fleet of eight Boeing 787-9s will be resolved by around the middle of April.
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ANALYSIS: Electric unmanned rotorcraft make economic case for air taxi role
Airbus A3 gave employees working on Project Vahana the day off on 2 February. The team had spent the previous two days on an unmanned air systems test range in Oregon marking the first and second test flights of Alpha One, the San Francisco-based rapid innovation cell’s concept for an ...
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Rolls-Royce 'confident' XWB will not suffer Trent 1000 issues
Rolls-Royce is confident that its Trent XWB powerplant for the Airbus A350 will not be afflicted by similar technical problems which have emerged on the Trent 1000.
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Sikorsky begins final assembly of first HH-60W
Sikorsky has introduced the first HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH) into final assembly ahead of a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.
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US clears RNLAF for $1.19b Apache deal
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is cleared by the US State Department to buy 28 remanufactured Boeing AH-64E helicopters worth a total of $1.19 billion, the US government announced on 20 February.