Robert Moore has been appointed executive vice-president for aircraft products at United Technologies Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Moore, who was most recently senior vice-president for production operations at US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, succeeds Hansel Tookes, who has become president for Government engine business at United Technologies Pratt & Whitney, Florida.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters and partner PHI Aviation will shortly begin route-proving trials with the former’s H160 medium-twin in the Gulf of Mexico.
Piasecki Aircraft has secured new work for its ‘Heliplex’ facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, signing a collaboration agreement with Columbia Helicopters to upgrade Model 107 tandem-rotor helicopters to a new more fuel-efficient standard.
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
