Bundeswehr’s NH90 fleet will be maintained by Airbus Helicopters and Elbe Flugzeugwerke
Airbus Helicopters as prime contractor will work together with Dresden-based Elbe Flugzeugwerke to maintain the German Armed Forces’ (Bundeswehr’s) NH90 fleet. Airbus and the Federal Office...
Airbus Helicopters offers Australia cost-effective Tiger for operations beyond 2040
Airbus Helicopters is offering a cost-effective approach for taking the Tiger platform beyond 2040, in response to the Commonwealth of Australia’s (CoA) Request for Information (RFI) for the Project LAND4503 Armed Reconnaissance...
Second H145 prototype performs maiden flight
Early August, the second prototype of the new five-bladed H145 took off for its maiden flight at the Airbus Helicopters site in Donauwörth. The helicopter will be used for additional flight tests to achieve EASA certification of the new five-bladed H145 in early 2020....
Rostec signed dealership agreements on supplying VRT500 to Malaysia
VR-Technologies signed dealership agreements on promotion and sales of the light multipurpose helicopter VRT500 with a Malaysian company Ludev Aviation. It is planned to start the supplies in 2023. The Malaysian company Ludev Aviation intends to...
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Fleet Surpasses 20,000 Flight Hours
Bell announced the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has surpassed more than 20,000 flight hours. Bell has delivered 200 aircraft to customers operating the aircraft spanning six continents. Since the first delivery in 2017, the global fleet has logged more than 20,000 hours,...
Russian Helicopters and Gazprombank Leasing signed a contract to supply 10 Mi-8AMT for Norilsk Avia
During the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of RostecState Corporation), Gazprombank Leasing and Norilsk Avia (part of Norilsk Nickel group) signed a contract to supply 10 multipurpose Mi-8AMT helicopters. The...
Mi-38 was issued a certificate for its highly comfortable cabin
The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has certified the civilian Mi-38 helicopter with a highly comfortable cabin. The fact that the main change to the certificate for the machine of this type was approved gives Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State...
Bell autonomous pod transport 70 achieves first flight
Bell has announced the successful first autonomous flight of the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 at their testing site near Fort Worth. Bell plans to continue to try-out the vehicle under an experimental type certificate throughout the remainder of the year. “We are...
Garmin to certify GFC 600H helicopter flight control system on the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X
Garmin International, has announced it will certify the GFC™ 600H flight control system for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter. The attitude-based (AHRS-derived) flight control system boasts a number of helicopter-tailored features, including attitude hold,...
Russian Helicopters and Novikombank signed agreements on financing Progress AAC and Rostvertol
During the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and Novikombank signed an agreement on financing Russian helicopter factories Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company (Progress AAC) named...
