Helicopter News

Airbus Helicopters delivered one EC225 LP Super Puma helicopter to the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), to act as a replacement for an aircraft destroyed during the 2011 earthquake, the company […]

Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Feb. 27 vowed to protect the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, even if the service is forced to enact sequestration-related budget cuts. “Even if […]

The Navy has awarded a $2 billion contract that will run into 2020 to provide spares and repair parts for the service fleet of more than 500 MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a long-awaited rules proposal for small unmanned aircraft operations in national airspace, a key first step toward the integration of drones in domestic […]

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded Haskell a $22 million contract to design and construct a helicopter operations facility at Joint Base Andrews, the company said on Feb. 6. The […]

The U.S. Army approved a $220.5 million contract to Airbus for the production of 41 UK-72A Lakota helicopters, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Defense […]

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth almost $649 million with Boeing [BA] for in-service support of the Chinook helicopter, the government said on Feb. 17. Prime […]

Airbus Helicopters decided to concentrate on the ARRANO engine type from Turbomeca for its X4 helicopter program, dropping Pratt & Whitney Canada, the company said on Feb. 18. Airbus originally […]

Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] and the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) launched the Collaboration for Rotorocraft Innovation to accelerate the development of rotorcraft engineers in Brazil, the company said on […]