Public Service Connecting San Diego's Police Helicopters Years ago, when encrypted frequencies were a commodity, the San Diego Police Department’s air unit used text messaging to communicate large amounts of sensitive data.…
Products Essential Equipment: Taking on the Night With Cockpit Mods Innovation is a buzzword in virtually every industry. Whichever company can innovate the next big thing could unlock untold fortunes. In aviation, original equipment manufacturers…
Products From the Ray Prouty Archives: Flying Steady Winds If the earthly atmosphere would just stand still, some of flight’s complications would not exist. But it won’t. It’s all relative When people who are…
Military White House Points to Apache, Osprey in Aluminum, Steel Tariff Announcement U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on aluminum and steel imports Thursday, saying the new measures are meant to counter unfair trade practices that hurt…
Public Service EMS Helicopter Exhibit Opens at Texas Children's Museum, Based on Local Trauma Unit's Bell 407 There’s a new exhibit at The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley in Bryan, Texas. A kid-friendly version of a CHI St. Joseph’s air medical…
Training Thai Aviation Services Starts S-92 Training at CAE Brunei Thai Aviation Services has begun Sikorsky S-92 simulator training at the CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC). CAE said Thursday Thai Aviation Services is doing…
Personal/Corporate Airbus Helicopters’ Voom Opens for Business in Mexico City To book helicopter charter services through Voom — formerly an A3 project, but now a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters — customers need not be located…
Military US Army Contracts Airbus for 35 Lakotas in the Wake of Court Controversy The U.S. Army is buying Airbus Helicopters UH-72As. The manufacturer said Friday it received a contract worth some $273 million, following years of controversy. Last…
Military Helicopter-Shaped US Coast Guard Memorial Set for Michigan City, Reports Say Traverse City, Michigan, is planning a U.S. Coast Guard Memorial. According to multiple news reports, the memorial will take the shape of a helicopter, as…
Commercial Video: Let's Discuss Women in Rotorcraft Today is International Women’s Day, occurring during Women of Aviation Week Worldwide. There are a plethora of official events going on, which can be viewed…
IIOT Bell, Uber, CHC, Honeywell Discuss Prognostics in Sentient Science Panel at Heli-Expo Helicopters are expensive to operate. The hunt has been on for decades to find ways to bring down costs while maintaining safety, and that motivation…