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CHC secures £55m North Sea contract with Apache

July 30, 2010
CHC Helicopter announced today it has been awarded an £11m/year contract to provide crew change services for Apache North Sea.

Tiger: 1,000 flight hours in operations in Afghanistan

July 30, 2010
The EC665 Tiger HAP (combat support) helicopter received its operational certification from NATO for the Afghan theater of operations in August 2009, just seven months after the final operational standard qualification was issued by government agencies in December 2008.

EADS North America’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters are deployed to the US Army’s missile test site on Kwajalein Atoll

July 30, 2010
Four US Army UH-72A Lakotas arrived at the Pacific Ocean’s Kwajalein Atoll June 6, marking the latest overseas assignment for the EADS North America-built Light Utility Helicopter.

Sikorsky introduces “Project Firefly,” electric helicopter demonstrator

July 30, 2010
Sikorsky Innovations today officially introduced “Project Firefly,” an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition.

MD Helicopters delivers new MD 500E to Hawaii County Fire Department

July 29, 2010
On June 29, MD Helicopters delivered a brand new MD 500E to the Hawaii County Fire Department.

Alternative helicopter landing site for Central London

July 28, 2010
Jet Booking Direct announced today that, in partnership with The Ham Polo Club, it is offering a new helicopter landing site in the middle of Central London.

Eagle Copters selected to re-engine Bell 412 helicopter

July 27, 2010
The National Research Council Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace-Booth H4/C19c) has contracted with Calgary-based Eagle Copters Ltd. to replace the engines in their Bell 412 HP Advanced Systems Research Aircraft (ASRA) with a Pratt and Whitney PT6T-9 Twin-Pac. The replacement eng...

Optimized rescue data provided for €500m rescue helicopter bid

July 27, 2010
After the signing of a €500 million contract for the new generation of Sikorsky S92A Search & Rescue helicopters for the Irish Coast Guard, today it was revealed that an Irish entrepreneurial venture, Decisions For Heroes, played an important role in the bid by supporting CHC's requirements for miss...

Russian Navy conducts flight training aboard US ship

July 27, 2010
A moment of historic international cooperation at sea took place aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) on July 22.

X2 Technology demonstrator achieves 225 knots, sets new top speed for helicopter

July 26, 2010
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology demonstrator today unofficially broke the speed record for rotorcraft, achieving a maximum speed of 225 knots in a one-hour test flight at the Development Flight Center.