Rotorcraft
News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.
Rotorcraft
Honeywell Outlook Calls For Meager Helo Delivery Bump
Honeywell’s forecast expects about 100 more helicopter deliveries over five years compared with its 2019 forecast.
Accidents
Fatal Helicopter Accident Rate Flat in 2019
The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) reported that the number of total helicopter accidents in 2019 increased slightly.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bell Adds Genesys Autopilot as Factory Option on 505
Bell has selected the Genesys Aerosystems VFR HeliSAS Autopilot and Stability Augmentation System for the 505.
Rotorcraft
Russian Helicopters Selects Thales FlytX For VRT500
Russian Helicopters’ VR-Technologies has selected Thales’s FlytX touchscreen avionics for its new VRT500 coaxial rotor, single-engine helicopter.
Rotorcraft
More Charges in Hansen Helo Fraud Case
The federal government is turning up the heat on defendants in the Hansen Helicopters case in Guam.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters Touts Strong Heli-Expo
Airbus Helicopters posted orders for dozens of new helicopters at Heli-Expo 2020 .
Rotorcraft
Universal Progressing on BPOL, Leonardo Programs
Heli-One selected the Universal Avionics SkyVis displays for an H215 upgrade package, while Leonardo is collaborating on forward-fit ClearVision package.
Rotorcraft
S.A.F.E. Structure Displays Custom Bell 429 Mx Stands
The stands, delivered to Southern California Edison, feature ergonomic padding and tool and refuse collectors to assist AMTs with their maintenance duties.
Rotorcraft
Baby Steps Toward Urban Air Mobility
For some, urban air mobility is a gradual journey, to others its a race.
Rotorcraft
Sierra Nevada Offers Solution to Degraded Visual Environments
“We learned that using different sensors together works very well,” he told AIN.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Bumps AGW for H135 Twins
Airbus Helicopters is increasing the alternate gross weight (AGW) available on new H135 light twins by 265 lbs.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Bucher Shows New Quick-change EMS Kit
Swiss EMS specialist Bucher touts new H135 HEMS AC67 flex for quick, multi-role cabin conversions.
Rotorcraft
Cobham Goes To the X-Stream for Helo Connectivity
Cobham's new SB-Helo X-Stream service promises fixed-wing level satcom connectivity for helicopters.
Rotorcraft
Noise Critical Issue for eVTOL Acceptance
Uniform noise standards could speed eVTOL market.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Expands Its Flight Data Ecosystem
Airbus now tallies 165 operators and 1,000 rotorcraft worldwide in its flight data sharing ecosystem.
Rotorcraft
MD Helicopters is Manufacturing for the Future
MD Helicopters is expanding its vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities as it prepares to return the MD902 twin-engine helicopter to market.
Rotorcraft
Texas DPS Earns Collins Rescue Award
Collins Aerospace recognized the Texas Department of Public Safety for rescuing four people during a flood.
Rotorcraft
Guimbal Adds Glass Panel, Payload for Cabri G2
The company reports 25 deliveries worldwide last year, with 38 helicopters in service across the U.S.
Rotorcraft
Bell Ends 2019 on Solid Footing
Bell delivered more civil helicopters in both the fourth quarter and all of 2019 than it did in the corresponding periods of the previous year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Safran Expands Health Monitoring Offers
Safran Helicopter Engines is expanding its health monitoring service.
Rotorcraft
Zimmer Air Services First Canadian Customer for Crash-Resistant AS350 Fuel Tanks
STC-holders StandardAero and Robertson Fuel Systems report significant interest from Canadian operators following receipt of Transport Canada certification
Rotorcraft
Erickson Looks To the Air Crane's Future
Erickson said the S-64F+ will be the next generation of heavy-lift helicopters.
Rotorcraft
AGS Opening Brazil Helicopter 'Ecosystem'
Logistics firm AGS opening Brazil helicopter “ecosystem”
Rotorcraft
Heli-Austria Ups BLR Aerospace FastFin Orders for H125s
The FastFin system augments tail rotor authority to provide greater control and increased useful load.
Rotorcraft
Broker Rotortrade Reports 30 Sales in 2019
Broker Rotortrade closied 30 sales in 2019, and two EC225 orders from Air Greenland in 2020.
Rotorcraft
Hirschberg: eVTOL Is Urban Moonshot
Vertical Flight Society's executive director sees big potential for urban air mobility—eventually.
Avionics
PS Engineering Unveils New Audio Control Panel
Tennessee-based PS Engineering now has a dual head control for its MultiTalker series of audio contol units.
Maintenance and Modifications
Erickson Bringing Sikorsky’s Matrix Tech to Firefighting Fleet
Erickson and Sikorsky team to bring Matrix autonomous technology to Erickson’s firefighting S64 fleet.
Rotorcraft
Bell 525 Flight Test Program In Final Stages
Flight testing of the Bell 525 is expected to be completed when the four test helicopters reach 2,000 hours in the next few months.
Rotorcraft
GE Aviation Expands TrueChoice Service to T700 Engines
TrueChoice Flight Hour for commercial T700 helicopter engine is a comprehensive service for maintaining commercial operations.
