Russian Helicopter Signs Contract for the Delivery of 20 Ansat Helicopters in China
Russian Helicopter has signed a contract for the delivery of 20 Ansat helicopters for the Chinese Emergency and Disaster Relief Association at the 2018 China Air Show. These helicopters, which will be delivered to the customer in a versatile configuration, must...
Russian Helicopters delivers two Mi-172 helicopters to Equatorial Guinea
As part of the contract with the Government of Equatorial Guinea, Russian Helicopters produced and transferred to the customer two Mi-172 helicopters manufactured by Kazan Helicopters (KVZ). One of the helicopters produced under this contract is being delivered as...
Virginia Beach police welcomes an MD530F
MD Helicopters delivered a new MD 530F helicopter to the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD). As the first MD Helicopters aircraft to join the VBPD's aviation unit since the unit's inception, the new MD 530F will be, according to the operator, "an important and...
Airbus to Deliver First Canadian H145 in HEMS Configuration to STARS
Following a competitive bidding process, the Airbus H145 has been selected as a replacement for the aging fleet of STARS air ambulances, becoming the first H145 in the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) configuration in Canada. The twin engine H145 was chosen...
Airbus Helicopters strengthens its North American medical aviation market with order for six new aircraft
Airbus Helicopters expands its North American Emergency Medical Services segment with the sale of six helicopters to two customers during the 2018 Air Medical Transport Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona in last October. “Airbus Helicopters has been supporting the...
The Royal Thai Air Force receives two new H225M
The Royal Thai Air Force has taken delivery of its seventh and eighth versatile helicopters H225M (formerly EC725). Since 2012, the Thai Air Force has placed orders for a total of 12 H225M as part of its fleet modernization program. According to a contract signed in...
Erickson wins air services contract with U.S. Pacific Command
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) announced on September 27, 2018 that it awarded Erickson Incorporated dedicated rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft to the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) area of responsibility (AOR). The USPACOM AOR is defined as, but not...
Businessman and philanthropist Adar Poonawalla takes delivery of India’s first Airbus Corporate Helicopters ACH145
Airbus has delivered India’s first fully customised, ACH145 helicopter to Mr Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Executive Director of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by doses. This marks the entry of the highly successful twin-engine...
Sikorsky and Boeing unveils SB>1 DEFIANT
Sikorsky and Boeing provided the first look at the SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter the companies have developed for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program. The SB>1 DEFIANT is designed to fly at twice the speed and range of today's conventional...
Bell unveils full-scale design of air taxi at CES 2019
Bell Helicopter revealed the configuration and full-scale vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi vehicle today during CES 2019. The air taxi, named Bell Nexus, is powered by a hybrid-electric propulsion system and features Bell’s signature powered lift concept...
