Commercial Ampaire’s Bet on the Hybrid-Electric Near-Future With companies pouring hundreds of millions into years-long electric aviation development programs, Ampaire believes its step-by-step hybrid-electric approach will address both high operating costs and…
Military Air Force Pilots Conduct First Flight of New Combat Rescue Helicopter Air Force pilots conducted their first flight of the Sikorsky HH-60W, slated to be the service’s new combat rescue helicopter to replace the aging HH-60G…
Commercial Virtual Reality Could Cut Maintenance Training Time 75 Percent Avia Solutions subsidiary FL Technics is using virtual reality to train aviation mechanics in less than a fourth of the time it take with conventional…
Commercial LCI Secures $135 Million Asset-Backed Financing for New Helicopter Facility Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of privately-held Libra Group, has successfully secured more than $135 million in asset-backed financing for a new helicopter…
Commercial Two H125 Crash-Resistant Fuel Systems Delivered to Oklahoma City Police Department StandardAero and Robertson Fuel Systems have delivered two AS350/EC130 crash-resistant fuel systems (CRFS) to be installed on Airbus H125s flown by the Oklahoma City Police…
Regulatory Leonardo TH-119 Becomes First Single-Engine Helicopter In Decades To Gain FAA Instrument Certification Leonardo’s TH-119 is now cleared by the FAA to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules, the first single-engine helicopter in decades to earn…
Commercial Russian Helicopters Looks for Early Stage Urban Air Mobility Projects Russian Helicopters wants to get in on the urban air mobility game by inviting entrepreneurs to submit projects to a competition later this summer. The…
Commercial Erickson Upgrades Defense Fleet With Airbus H225 Super Pumas Erickson recently completed the first flight of its Airbus H225 Super Puma, which will provide the operator’s customers with new advanced avionics, increased payload and…
Commercial Airbus Acquires Aersud Elicotteri, Expanding Presence and Customer Service in Italy Airbus Helicopters has acquired longtime Italian partner Aersud Elicotteri, strengthening its presence in Italy with a dedicated customer service center. Airbus credits Aersud, headquartered in…
Military Greece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment The U.S. State Department has given the go-ahead for Greece to purchase seven Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R Seahawk helicopters under a $600 million foreign military sale.…
Military CH-53E Super Stallion Reaches One Million Flight Hours The CH-53E Super Stallion has logged more than one million flight hours since entering service with the Marine Corps in 1981, according to U.S. Naval…