Helicopters – Page 64
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H225 crash investigators focus on three possible causes
Investigators probing the 29 April fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters H225 on Norway’s west coast have narrowed their focus to three possible causes for the main rotor separation that doomed the rotorcraft.
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Airbus Helicopters to reveal X3 successor plan
Airbus Helicopters will reveal at next week’s ILA Berlin air show its initial concept for a 220kt (410km/h)-cruise helicopter developed under the EU-backed Clean Sky 2 effort.
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Pakistan orders AW139s for search and rescue
Pakistan has ordered an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin-engined helicopters configured for search and rescue missions.
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Safran opens new helicopter support centre in Singapore
Safran Helicopter Engines has officially opened a new headquarters and MRO centre in Singapore, with increased capacity for handling growing helicopter operations in Southeast Asia.
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Israel reveals defensive boost for CH-53 fleet
The Israeli air force has confirmed for the first time that an advanced missile approach warning system was incorporated as part of the 2025 upgrade programme for its Sikorsky CH-53 transport helicopters.
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Airbus Helicopters wins UK rotary MFTS deal
Airbus Helicopters has won the UK Ministry of Defence’s rotary-wing training contract under the Military Flying Training System (MFTS) framework, defeating a rival bid from Cobham using AgustaWestland rotorcraft.
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Bell to move 505 production to Mirabel
Bell Helicopter is undertaking a major reshuffle of its production facilities, with the biggest shift coming at its Lafayette, Louisiana site, which loses the final assembly of the 505 Jet Ranger X it was built for.
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Aurora expands LightningStrike testing, eyes FVL
Aurora Flight Sciences sees its victory over Boeing, Sikorsky and Karem Aircraft for the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s $89 million “VTOL X-Plane” flight test programme as a strategic win that positions it well to someday compete in the Army’s Future Vertical Lift programme.
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VIDEO: AW169 touches down at rotorcraft convention in Florida
AgustaWestland’s US-based AW169 commercial helicopter took time out from flight envelope expansion activities this week to thrill attendees of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International’s 72nd annual meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida, by land in a narrow loading dock behind the local convention centre.
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Rotorcraft industry questions lengthy FVL timeline
The US Army is under pressure to speed up its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) acquisition as it seeks permission from the Pentagon to begin pursuing a mid-sized Capability Set 3 (CS3) aircraft to eventually succeed the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64 Apache.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: UK helicopter training looks to make synthetic shift
In 2014, the Royal Air Force’s chief of air staff, ACM Andrew Pulford, said that “without any doubt” more of the UK forces' training had to be simulated, moving away from a reliance on live flying.
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Germany seeks pricing for 41 CH-53K King Stallions
The US government is preparing a response to Germany’s letter of request for pricing and availability of 41 heavy-lift Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopters to begin replacing the 80 G-models the country currently operates.
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Airbus Helicopters confident on Tiger’s Australian future
Airbus Helicopters maintains it is addressing a number of persistent criticisms levelled at the Tiger attack rotorcraft by its Australian customer, despite the likely early retirement of the platform from the nation’s inventory.
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Opinion
OPINION: Back to square one for North Sea helicopter safety?
Just when the offshore transportation industry appeared to have emerged from its most recent safety crisis, it is immediately plunged into the next.
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Ground runs begin for third AW609 prototype as certification slides
AgustaWestland has made major steps towards getting the AW609 civil tiltrotor programme back in the air with the resumption of tests using the initial prototype and the start of ground runs of the third flight-test article.
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Bell Helicopter mates fuselage and wings of first V-280
Bell Helicopter has joined the fuselage to the tilting wings and fixed nacelles of the V-280 Valor more than a year in advanced of a scheduled fly-off for the US Army.
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First flight for Ka-62 medium twin
Russian Helicopters has finally flown its new medium-class Kamov Ka-62, with the first prototype of the twin Turbomeca Ardiden 3G-powered rotorcraft taking to the skies on 28 April.
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Leonardo unveils lightweight Osprey AESA radar
Europe’s newly-renamed Leonardo Airborne & Space Systems has expanded its product portfolio, announcing a new lightweight active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been selected by a trio of customers.
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Karem readies optimum-speed tiltrotor for FVL
Sometime in 2018 or 2019, Karem Aircraft will power up what it believes should be the American military’s next vertical lift system, the company’s patented optimum-speed tiltrotor.
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Boeing remains confident in Chinook as CH-53K enters market
Boeing’s vice-president of heavy-lift helicopter programmes Steve Parker says the CH-47 Chinook is well positioned to compete for international orders against the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion as the two face off in Germany, which is looking to replace its outdated fleet of CH-53Gs beginning in 2022. Barring any potential ...