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AgustaWestland and Eurocopter have confirmed “their joint commitment to the NH90 program,” the two companies announced here at Heli-Expo’07.

Era Helicopters of Lake Charles, La., announced that it has signed a 20-aircraft order with Eurocopter.

SkyTrac Systems yesterday announced receipt of an order for 100 shipsets (plus options) of its satellite-based SkyWeb automatic flight-following and commun

Soloy Aviation Solutions of Olympia, Wash., announced at its booth (No.

Merlin Simulation of Boulder, Colo., recently launched a new level-3 Robinson R22 simulator with an aerodynamic model that president Ken Zimmerman called,

Jeff Pino, Sikorsky Aircraft president, laid out what he called the four pillars for Sikorsky’s future at a Heli-Expo press conference here.

Marking the company’s third consecutive Sikorsky S-92 purchase in five months, VIH Aviation Group, based in Victoria, British Columbia, yesterday signed fo

Iridium disclosed plans for a future constellation to replace the 66 low-earth-orbit satellites that make up its current satcom network.

Keystone Helicopter, a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, signed an agreement to provide maintenance and completion services to Seacor’s aviation division, w

The new Chelton Flight Systems Heli-SAS autopilot should be certified on the Bell 206 and 407 late this year, according to Chelton president Gordon Pratt.

MD Helicopters CEO Lynn Tilton said yesterday that the company plans to deliver 48 helicopters this year even as it continues to struggle with supply-chain

Bell Helicopter CEO Richard Millman yesterday emerged from the company’s booth (No.

If helicopter sales at this year’s Heli-Expo had been any better, there might have been an executive conga line snaking its way through the exhibit floor t

Rolls-Royce yesterday formally introduced the cat that Frank Robinson let out of the bag on Thursday, the Model 300 turboshaft engine that will power Robin

A New York-based NBC TV crew tried to infiltrate a St.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is taking over security checks of passengers and baggage at New York City heliports, following warnings th

Senior Táxi Aéreo of Brazil plans to begin operating three AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in an off-shore transport role beginning in May.

When the ICAO Assembly meets in Montreal late this month, the International Business Aircraft Council (IBAC) will propose standardization of international

When the economic bottom slipped from under the business aviation industry in 2001, those in the fractional ownership market were unsure where it would lea

Thirteen years after American Utilicraft filed patents for its FF-1080 Freight Feeder, “the project is moving from the design engineering phase to getting

A new control surface could reduce induced drag on commercial and business aircraft by up to 14 percent, resulting in fuel savings of more than $400 millio

Ed Bolen, president of the National Business Aviation Association, described the recently released FAA funding proposal as “one of the greatest threats bus

Sixty-three percent of the more than 300 pilots responding to a survey on the NBAA Web site said there should be no maximum pilot age limit for operating t

California has amended its aircraft sales and use tax law, essentially closing a loophole that allowed buyers of aircraft and other big-ticket items to esc

The six-seat Citation Mustang, Cessna’s newest addition to its stable of business jets, is starting to take shape.

After gathering two consecutive years in Orlando, generally regarded as the preeminent playground for families with children, NBAA returns this year to the

Few sounds are louder than a jet aircraft at takeoff.
The decibel level of a climbing jet engine at full power can be higher (140 dB) than that of a

For the past month, business aircraft operators flying into New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) may have been surprised to see a fresh new name going on the

Bell Helicopter has initiated an engineering study with a number of partners for a rather unconventional aircraft that designers say would be especially we

Launched in 1999 by European Commission vice president Loyola de Palacio, the move to create a single European sky (SES) for air traffic management and con