ERICKSON AWARDED KRACEN CONTRACT WITH U.S. NAVY
On April 14, 2020, Erickson Incorporated, was awarded a contract with the United States Navy, Fleet Readiness Center Procurement Group, Patuxent River, Maryland. The kits, aircraft recovery, augmentation, components and engines (KRACEn) multiple award contract will...
French Army as532 Cougar crash during training
By Fred Vergnères On Wednesday, April 15th , an AS532UL Cougar helicopter from the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment based at Pau, crashed north of Tarbes during a helicopter landing training mission in the vicinity of Bouilh-Devant (Hautes-Pyrénées). The accident, which...
French navy’S NH90 for Operation resilience
By Fred Vergnères After ALAT (Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre) and the French Air Force, the French Navy (Marine nationale) is now joining the helicopters borne ressources deployed in the Ile-de-France region as part of Operation Résilience. A Caïman from Flotille...
two more H225 helicopters for JCG
Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Super Puma fleet to 15, comprising two AS332s and 13 H225s. The new helicopters will be utilised for territorial coastal...
French Air Force inflates the « Résilience » opération with EC725 Caracal
After the ALAT - Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre -, it is the French Air Force's turn to use its heliborne assets. As of April 1st, the French Air Force set up a plot of three Caracals and six crews of the EH 1/67 Pyrénées at the Villacoublay Air Base 107, south...
Lynn Tilton tenders her resignation as head of MD Helicopters
On March 21, the famous and emblematic CEO of MD Helicopters had to resign from corporate governance. This decision comes after a court order in Wilmington, Delaware, forcing Lynn Tilton to sell the helicopter manufacturer in order to pay off the debts of her company,...
36 sailors saved by the 35F
By Fred Vergneres and Marine Nationale On Saturday, March 21st, a Dolphin N3+ carried out a rescue mission of 36 sailors on a fishing vessel, the Shen Gang Shun 1 registered in China. The boat ran aground on the coral reef of Arutua Island, in the Tuamotu archipelago,...
Bristow Americas transports potential infectious disease patients
By Fred Vergneres and Bristow In a press release, the operator Bristow and its subsidiary Bristow Americas reported transporting offshore personnel infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). The operations, conducted in the Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and...
Lockheed’s Sikorsky unit wins $525M deal for UH-60M
Lockheed Martin business unit, Sikorsky Aircraft recently secured a modification contract for supplying 38 UH-60M Army aircraft. The deal is scheduled to be completed by Jun 30, 2020 and will be executed in Stratford, CT. Valued at $525.4 million, this contract...
Ansat to be equipped with modules for transporting infants
Kazan Helicopters (part of Russian Helicopters/Rostec) received a permission from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) to equip Ansat helicopters with a special module for transporting neonatal patients. This equipment can be used to provide...
