Boeing Helicopters has delivered the first "production-representative" V-22 Osprey fuselage to partner Bell Helicopter Textron which is building the tilt-rotor aircraft's wing sections. The aircraft is scheduled to have its first flight in a year.
Four V-22s are now in test flight and two ground-test articles were built under the engineering and manufacturing development programme initiated in October 1992.
Source: Flight International
South Korean operators of the Korea Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion helicopter will work more closely on sustainment and development of the rotorcraft, with an eye to developing the platform and coordinating acquisitions.
For nearly a decade now, from Aberdeen to Stavanger to Houma, wherever the oil and gas industry has needed to move a lot of people a long way offshore, the S-92 has been the helicopter of choice. But with an ageing fleet and competitors snapping at its heels, will the Sikorsky heavy-twin’s dominance endure?
Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) will shortly announce its first international operation, as the fledgling business continues its rapid expansion. In addition, the operator – owned by the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – will this year launch its urban air mobility (UAM) unit and carry out flight tests ...
