Aerospace Helicopters – Page 48
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Bell, Robinson helicopters embrace lithium ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are quickly emerging as a popular engine-start system in the light-single helicopter market, replacing larger and heavier nickel cadmium or lead acid batteries in several new types.
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Kaman searches for new orders to extend K-Max production
Kaman faces a decision within 60 days to produce a second batch of K-Max helicopter on a recently revived assembly line, says Terry Fogarty, the company's business development director.
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Marenco announces new launch customer for SH09
Swiss helicopter start-up Marenco announced the Skye SH09 single-engined will enter service with at least two launch customers in 2019.
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Sikorsky adds real-time tracking to PHI's S-92 fleet
Sikorsky has added real-time aircraft tracking and health monitoring for the S-92 fleet operated by Louisiana-based PHI, leveraging a satellite communications system designed to transmit and receive data through the heavylift helicopter’s rotor wash.
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MD Helicopters unveils MD6XX mock-up, MD969 changes
MD Helicopters will chase new military and civil helicopter orders with a newly-unveiled MD6XX in the 2.5t single-engine class and a re-branded and re-imagined modernisation of the light-twin MD902 Explorer called the MD969.
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HELI-EXPO: Bell unveils FCX concept helicopter
Bell Helicopter has taken the wraps off a new concept rotorcraft at this year’s Heli-Expo, designed to showcase the manufacturer’s renewed focus on innovation under the direction of chief executive Mitch Snyder.
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HELI-EXPO: Leonardo plans tiltrotor prototype flight in 2023
Leonardo Helicopters has detailed plans to test and fly a prototype of a second-generation civil tiltrotor by 2023 as a successor to the developmental AW609. However, this marks a two-year delay over its most recent timeline for the project.
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HELI-EXPO: AW209 launch awaits clarity on Part 27 rewrite: Leonardo Helicopters chief
Leonardo Helicopters is waiting for clarity on regulatory reform efforts before launching a secretive light-twin helicopter called the AW209, says managing director Daniele Romiti.
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NewsTurkey's Aselsan receives T70 prototype
Aselsan has received an S-70i Black Hawk helicopter from Sikorsky subsidiary PZL Mielec, ahead of work to integrate a new cockpit developed for Ankara’s Turkish utility helicopter programme (TUHP).
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UK extends RWUAS activity with Leonardo
The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a two-year contract extension with Leonardo to continue research and development into a rotary wing unmanned air system (RWUAS) for use during maritime operations.
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NewsH125 order continues ETPS fleet renewal
The UK’s Qinetiq-run Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) has placed a roughly £15 million ($18.4 million) order for four H125s with Airbus Helicopters.
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AW139 bid for Huey replacement kicks off with a glitch
Boeing and Leonardo’s joint bid for the US Air Force’s UH-1N Huey helicopter recapitalisation did not take off last week after a system aboard the AW139 failed.
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AVALON: Bell 505, Jet Ranger X get Australian certification
The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority certification – the first country after initial Canadian type certification.
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NewsPZL Mielec details S-70i sales targets
S-70i producer PZL Mielec is looking at Poland’s rotorcraft requirements to potentially spur further sales of the type in the region.
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HELI-EXPO: Universal vision for integrated avionics may be in sight
Deep within the cavernous Dallas Convention Center during Heli-Expo in early March, Universal Avionics will display the mock-up of its InSight integrated avionics suite in an exhibit booth adjacent to MD Helicopters, the aircraft manufacturer that lined up four years ago to be the first customer for the avionics vendor’s ...
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Leonardo secures US approval for AW169
Leonardo Helicopters has secured US Federal Aviation Administration approval for its AgustaWestland AW169 medium twin.
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AERO INDIA: IAI, DRDO working on unmanned naval Chetak project
IAI is working on project with India’s Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) to transform legacy Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Chetak Helicopters into unmanned aircraft that can be operated from ships.
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AW609 prepares for icing trials as flight tests resume
Icing trials will soon begin on Leonardo helicopter division’s AW609 tiltrotor as the programme recovers from a nearly year-long flight test hiatus caused by a fatal crash of the second prototype in October 2015.
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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.