Helicopters – Page 56
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Australian navy details manned/unmanned teaming plan
The Royal Australian Navy will introduce its new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle capability on 29 April, after selecting the Scheibel S-100 Camcopter. The service is to buy one system, with an option for another, to support test and evaluation activities ahead of a potential operational acquisition.
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NewsElbit wins Mi-17 upgrade deal in Asia-Pacific
Elbit Systems' efforts to secure more business in the helicopter upgrade market has led to a roughly $110 million contract to modernise and maintain the Mil Mi-17 transports operated by an undisclosed country in the Asia-Pacific region. "The project will be performed over a five-year period," the company says, adding ...
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Italian army details rotary transition plan
The Italian army’s aviation inventory is to rationalise its fleet of nine helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft types today to just four, including a new attack platform to be developed by Leonardo.
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US Marines set 2019 target for Osprey tanker fit
The US Marine Corps expects to declare initial operational capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Aerial Refuelling System (VARS) in late 2019, with the milestone to represent the availability of an initial four mission-equipped aircraft.
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Norwegian crash probe focuses on H225 gearbox design requirements
Norway’s SHT air accident investigation body is focusing its probe into the fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 on the “robustness” of design requirements covering a crucial component in the main gearbox.
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Bell calls time on 206 as Jet Ranger X waits in the wings
Bell Helicopter has quietly called time on one its longest running and most iconic programmes, with assembly of the 206 series due to end in the first half of 2017.
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NewsBell confirms certification delay for 525
Bell Helicopter has confirmed that certification for its developmental 525 Relentless has been delayed following a self-imposed grounding in the wake of the 2016 fatal crash of a flight-test aircraft.
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Airbus Helicopters sees flat order intake in 2016
Airbus Helicopters saw bot net and gross orders climb slightly in 2016 despite describing 2016 as “probably the most difficult year of the last decade” for the whole rotorcraft industry. Deliveries were up 5% to 418, up from 395 the previous year.
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Bell flies first production 505 Jet Ranger X
Bell Helicopter has performed the maiden sortie of the first production 505 Jet Ranger X, posting a video of the event on social media.
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NewsPolish firm updates Mi-24 for Senegal
Poland’s Lodz-based WZL-1 has completed the modernisation of a Mil Mi-24V attack helicopter for the Senegal air force. The secondhand rotorcraft is understood to have been acquired from a former Soviet-era operator.
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Kaman inducts first K-Max into re-opened assembly plant
Kaman Aerospace announced on 17 January inducting the first airframe into a re-opened assembly line in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for the K-Max heavy-lift helicopter, ending a 14-year hiatus.
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NewsUK's Crowsnest surveillance programme takes off
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin UK has been awarded £269 million ($327 million) to launch the manufacturing phase of the Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) system upgrade to the Royal Navy’s fleet of AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM2s.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters meets regulators to discuss H225 grounding
Airbus Helicopters and officials from the Norwegian and UK civil aviation regulators met earlier this week to discuss the return-to-service path for the H225, sources indicate.
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S-92 tail rotor failure pinned on seized bearing
UK investigators believe the “rapid” failure of a bearing in the tail rotor assembly of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter was behind the potentially serious incident in the North Sea that saw the type temporarily pulled from service for checks.
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Serbia orders nine H145M helicopters
Serbia has ordered nine Airbus Helicopters H145Ms, becoming the third nation to commit to the latest variant of the German-built medium-twin rotorcraft.
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NewsLeonardo acquires full ownership of SD-150 Hero UAV
Leonardo has acquired the remaining shares of Sistemi Dinamici from IDS of Italy, providing it with full ownership of the SD-150 Hero unmanned helicopter programme.
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FORECASTS: What's in store for 2017?
As the old saying goes, anybody who can tell the future should keep quiet about it and quietly get rich on the stock market. Here at Flightglobal, we are naturally quite confident of our forecasting ability but instinctively generous with our opinions. Herewith our best horizon-scanning guestimates for 2017:
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KAI secures deal for 30 amphibious Surions
Korea Aircraft Industries has secured a KRW630 billion ($523 million) contract with Seoul’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide KUH-1 Surion transport helicopters to the country’s marines.
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Canada certificates Bell 505
Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has certificated the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, giving Bell the green light to begin orders for the short-range light single-engine helicopter.
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China's AC352 conducts maiden flight
The Avicopter AC352 7t multi-role helicopter has conducted its first flight in Harbin.