All Helicopters articles – Page 88
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Bell makes headway in civil segment
Bell Helicopter, for so long a bit of a bystander in the civil segment, is suddenly very busy with a pair of development programmes on its books. Both of these – the 505 Jet Ranger X and the 525 Relentless – are scheduled to make their maiden flights this year ...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: BAE bullish about APKWS purchase for US Army
BAE Systems is confident that by 2015 its precision rocket guidance system will be operational with the US Army.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus leads Clean Sky 2 rotorcraft development effort
Airbus Helicopters is planning a rapid return for the technology employed on its record-breaking X3 compound rotorcraft demonstrator that flew off into graceful retirement last month.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: AgustaWestland delivers AW189 to Asia Pacific launch customer Weststar Aviation Services
AgustaWestland is celebrating the handover of the first AW189 medium twin-engined helicopter to its Asia Pacific launch customer Weststar Aviation Services.
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FARNBOROUGH: Enstrom sets out certification timeframe for TH180
Enstrom Helicopter is preparing to fly its TH180 light piston-engined helicopter this quarter and says it will step up the sales and marketing effort for the two-seat single – provisionally dubbed the TH180 – once it has established the aircraft’s performance characteristics.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Landing gear innovations support Ka-62
When Kamov’s Ka-62 multi-role helicopter gets flying later this year, it will be coming down to earth on an innovative set of main and tail landing gear. Russia’s Aviation Equipment says the gear is unique, with shock-absorber and retracting system integrated in one unit.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Safety systems expand across AgustaWestland civil range
AgustaWestland hopes to expand a series of safety features across its civil range to give its helicopters edge in the commercial market.
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FARNBOROUGH: Sikorsky works to add Rig Approach system to S-76D
Sikorsky is working to add its automated Rig Approach system to the S-76D medium-class helicopter following a successful introduction of the technology on the heavier S-92.
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FARNBOROUGH: AW609 nears 1,000h of flight testing
AgustaWestland has revealed more detail on the composition of the orderbook for the developmental AW609 civil tiltrotor as flight testing for the type nears the 1,000h milestone.
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NewsMultiple birdstrike downed Pave Hawk, USAF concludes
A multiple birdstrike caused the 7 January fatal crash of a US Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the UK east coast, accident investigators have determined.
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NewsCommittee calls for public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety
Having examined the recent safety performance of oil- and gas-support helicopter operations in the UK sector of the North Sea, the UK Parliamentary Transport Select Committee has called for an independent public inquiry on the grounds that the Civil Aviation Authority “did not consider the evidence that commercial pressure impacts ...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Helicopter market settles into execution mode
This year has been relatively sedate for rotorcraft manufacturers, with the focus being on certificating, building and shipping new types announced in years past
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NewsNew engines to transform Brazilian Lynx helicopters
AgustaWestland has won a contract worth more than $160 million to conduct a mid-life upgrade to eight Lynx 21A ship-based helicopters operated by the Brazilian navy.
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NewsBoeing completes Canadian Chinook deliveries
Boeing has delivered its 15th and final CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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NewsCorrosion issue halts Dutch NH90 deliveries
Dutch defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has sent a letter to parliament regarding a decision to postpone the acceptance of the nation's final seven NH Industries (NHI) NH90s in the NFH naval variant, until a suitable solution for the corrosion problems found on its earlier examples and financial compensation for additional ...
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NewsSikorsky awarded up to $7.9 billion rescue helicopter deal
Sikorsky has been awarded a $1.28 billion contract covering initial development work for the US Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, the first step in a deal that could be worth an eventual $7.9 billion.
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Sikorsky gets equipment order for Danish Seahawks
The US Navy has awarded Sikorsky a $115 million contract for engineering work that includes the installation of a range of capabilities for the Royal Danish Air Force’s nine new MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
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NewsUS military to test BAE's fly-by-wire alternative on Chinook
Testing of a BAE Systems fly-by-wire alternative for mechanical helicopters – the Active Parallel Actuator Subsystem (APAS) – will begin in January 2015 on-board the US military’s Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter, the company has confirmed.
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NewsBoeing proposes high-speed Apache, heavier Chinook
As the US Department of Defense pursues a family of high-speed rotorcraft, Boeing officials say two stalwarts of the current fleet – the AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook – must be kept viable for decades to come.
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NewsNH Industries plans 'simplified' NH90 for future customers
Complexity has been the hallmark of the NH90 helicopter programme virtually from the outset. Its 13 customers – a total that includes one nation still working through a contract reduction and another looking to cancel its order entirely – have so far ordered 26 distinct variants of the 10.6t rotorcraft.