Rotorcraft
News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.
Rotorcraft
Stucki Floats Hybrid Helicopter Design
The founder of Marenco Swisscopter is back and looking for investors.
Rotorcraft
WingX Expands into Helicopter Fleet Tracking
WingX, which has expertise in business jet analysis, is partnering with Parapex Media to provide helicopter fleet information.
Engines
Safran Helo Engines Emerges a Stronger Firm Post Covid
Safran Helicopter Engines expects a 15 percent increase in year-over-year deliveries.
Rotorcraft
THC In Deal for 16 Leonardo AW139s
The Helicopter Company of Saudi Arabia has placed an order for 16 more Leonardo AW139s, with options for seven more.
Maintenance and Modifications
Airbus Revamps HCare Support and Services Portfolio
The overhaul also includes a new cost-sharing approach to fund for certain upgrades of legacy models, such as H120 avionics.
Rotorcraft
JSFirm: 'Everyone Is Hiring' in Aviation
Aviation jobs website sees a 30-percent increase in job postings compared to pre-Covid numbers.
Avionics
GPMS Receives Approval for Foresight MX HUMS on MD530s
GPMS International received an STC for Foresight MX on the MD530 and plans to obtain STCs for Airbus, Bell, and Sikorsky helicopters later this year.
Rotorcraft
Metro Aviation Delivers Two EC145s to Flight For Life
Metro Aviation has delivered the first two EC145 air medical helicopters to Flight For Life, which will replace aircraft at its Wisconsin bases.
Rotorcraft
Blueberry Moves $80M Worth of Helicopters in 2021
Blueberry Aviation provides helicopter sales and consulting services.
Avionics
Guatemalan Air Force Fields Upgraded Bell 212
Central American Aviation Services (CAAS) has upgraded the Guatemalan Air Force’s first Bell 212 with Archangel Systems heading sensors.
Rotorcraft
Aviation Search Group Places More Than 700 Helo Pilots
Texas-based Aviation Search Group specializes in executive and technical placements for the aviation industry.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aviation Battery Systems Adds to Line of StartStick GPUs
Aviation Battery Systems' new StartStick 20 portable GPU will be on display at the company's booth this week at Heli-Expo
Rotorcraft
Alpine Looks To Use Nanocomposites for Helo Parts
The nanocomposite technology Alpine Advanced Materials is using was originally developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works.
Rotorcraft
ForeFlight Enhances Features for Helicopter Pilots
Helicopter operators have access to many new features available in the ForeFlight moving-map app.
Rotorcraft
Genesys Unveils New Control Panel, Autopilot Options
Genesys Aerosystems has unveiled a new control panel and announced development of a fourth axis for its autopilot system.
Rotorcraft
First Arrival Heralds 'Dallas Comeback' for Heli-Expo
HAI's James Viola, Airbus Helicopters' Romain Trapp, and others kickoff Heli-Expo fly-in with a Super Puma Arrival.
Rotorcraft
STAT MedEvac Opts for 10 More Airbus H135s
Pennsylvania-based STAT operates from 18 air ambulances bases.
Rotorcraft
IBAC Updates IS-BAO Helo Practices, Moves into RPAS
IBAC adapted certain best practices in its IS-BAO standard to better fit helicopter operations and expanded the breadth of the program to include RPAS.
Rotorcraft
Milestone, Helitak Develop Firefighting Sikorsky S-92A
Milestone, Helitak Develop Firefighting Sikorsky S-92A
Aircraft
Jaunt's eVTOL Plans Boosted by LTTS Engineering Alliance
Jaunt, which is working to certify its five-seat Journey eVTOL aircraft by 2026, is establishing design and production facilities in Canada.
Engines
Spain Selects P&WC Engines for 36-Helicopter Order
Spain's government has selected Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW206B3 engine for its order of Airbus H135 light-twin helicopters.
Rotorcraft
NY Helicopter Traffic Reporter Was 9/11's 'First Word'
WCBS 880 radio helicopter traffic reporter Tom Kaminski is also known for his brief role as an eyewitness to one of the darkest events in American history.
Rotorcraft
Bristow Wins 10-year Netherlands SAR Contract
Bristow will operate helicopter search and rescue services from two bases in the Netherlands.
Rotorcraft
Sumwalt Renews Call For More Helicopter IFR
Former NTSB chairman says low-level IFR route structure "needs to move forward."
Maintenance and Modifications
Foresight MX Gains Canadian STC Approval for H125
Canada gives nod to Foresight MX for installation in AStars.
Rotorcraft
Twirly Birds Name 2022 Les Morris Award Recipient
Nick Lappos, Lockheed Martin’s Senior Fellow for Rotary and Mission Systems, is the 2022 recipient of Twirly Birds’ Les Morris award.
Rotorcraft
Getting the 'Top Drop' on Fires
An upgrade from Rogerson Kratos subsidiary Top Drop enhances the firefighting capability of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
