Safran signs by-the-hour support contract with Transportes Aéreos Pegaso
Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a Support-By-Hour (SBH) contract with Transportes Aéreos Pegaso, covering the Mexican operator’s H145, EC145 and BK117. This contract formalizes a five-year Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) agreement supporting a total of...
Air Zermatt Reaches New Heights in Simulator Training with VRM Switzerland’s H125 Trainer
Air Zermatt has selected VRM Switzerland as its supplier for an innovative training solution based on virtual reality (VR) technology. The simulator’s visual system provides 3D vision with unprecedented resolution. “This will allow our discerning pilots to effectively...
AEM Loudspeaker System Selected for Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk
Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp. (AEM), a subsidiary of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc. was selected to supply the loudspeaker systems for seven new Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk helicopters, three of which were delivered to California in December. United...
Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey successfully completes first flight
The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tiltrotor fleet, joining the MV-22 and CV-22 used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force. The...
Airbus Helicopters to deliver 16 new H125s to customs and border protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) will enhance its patrol and surveillance capabilities with the addition of 16 new Airbus H125 helicopters. The new aircraft will enable AMO to achieve its mission of protecting the nation’s...
Maverick Helicopters announces CRFS retrofit for its entire EC130B4 fleet
Maverick Helicopters and Airbus Helicopters have announced they will partner to retrofit the tourism operator’s entire fleet of 34 EC130 B4 helicopters with the Airbus Helicopters Crash Resistant Fuel System (CRFS), which has just received EASA certification with FAA...
Kopter presents the SH09 final design features at Heli-Expo 2020
Kopter Group AG presented the final design features of its next generation single engine helicopter at a press briefing held on the eve of Heli-Expo 2020. The SH09 design now embeds all enhancements identified during the intensive flight test campaign undergone by the...
German HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung expands its H145 and H135 fleet
Airbus Helicopters and DRF Luftrettung have signed a contract for the purchase of 15 new H145s, three H135s and the retrofit of their current 20 H145s to the five-bladed version. This will bring the H145 fleet of the German Helicopter Emergency Medical Services...
FlytX: Thales’ new connected avionics suite selected by VR-Technologies for its civil helicopter
The FlytX avionics suite developped by Thales has been selected by VR-Technologies, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters, to equip the future VRT500 light single-engine civil helicopter. Complete, integrated and connected to open-world systems with end-to-end...
Bell announces Tennessee Valley Authority will add four Bell Aircraft to existing fleet
Bell Textron has announced that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will add four Bell aircraft including two Bell 429 and the first two IFR configured -Bell 407GXi aircraft to their fleet, bringing their total to six Bell aircraft. TVA is a corporate agency of the...
