DART Aerospace to expand in Europe
Helicopter equipment company DART Aerospace is expected to announce the expansion of its activities in Europe at Helitech 2017, which will be held in London, October 3-5. The Canadian company made this decision following a little over a year of market studies. DART...
Russian Helicopters to test Ka-52K’s ability to withstand electromagnetic interference
Russian Helicopters’ engineers will soon be testing the Ka-52K’s airborne equipment’s ability to withstand electromagnetic interference. One of the preproduction samples of the Ka-52K is currently being prepared for testing of external electromagnetic field resistance...
Daher grows footprint in Mexico
Daher has recently opened a brand-new logistics and industrial facility, which supplies Airbus Helicopters’ site in Querétaro, Mexico, dedicated to Metallic Aerostructures Activities. Located in a 3,200-sq. meter building, this facility supplies Airbus Helicopters’...
H215M: a 15-year Franco-Romanian partnership
On August 24 in Bucarest, Romania, Airbus Helicopters and Romanian company IAR (headquartered in Brasov) signed a new exclusive cooperation agreement for the production of the H215M multirole helicopter. The 15-year agreement follows on from a previous five-year...
18 helicopter transactions for Avinco by mid-2017
Avinco recently revealed that it had made 18 helicopter transactions in the first half of 2017. In spite of market challenges, Avinco placed a wide range of helicopters including the EC120, AS350, H125, BK117, EC145, AS365, EC155 B1, Bell 206, Bell 407, Bell 429 and...
Third Annual World Helicopter Day
As mentioned in issue 84 of Helicopter Industry, the third annual World Helicopter Day took place August 20, 2017. Mick Cullen, its founder and most fervent supporter, noted that 12 events in six different regions of the globe were scheduled and announced via the...
CHC takes delivery of first H175
CHC Helicopter received its first H175, which will be used for offshore oil & gas missions, August 2, 2017. The aircraft was delivered in full offshore passenger transport configuration, allowing CHC to begin training and adjustment from the operator’s base...
Norwegian Police select AW169
In July Leonardo Helicopters was pleased to announce that the Norwegian Police had selected the AW169 following a tender to modernize their helicopter fleet. The contract, which was signed in August, includes the delivery of three aircraft, with an option for an...
Volocopter gets a boost from private investors
Volocopter, a German company founded to bring its multirotor helicopter concept to market (see Helicopter Industry No. 79), announced in early August that it had raised €25 million in funds from backers including Daimler, Berlin-based investor Lukasz Gadowski,...
Jan Nowacki named COO of Marenco Swiss Helicopter
Jan Nowacki became the new COO of Marenco Swiss Helicopter (MSH) on September 1, 2017. Mr. Nowacki previously gained considerable experience in this area at Airbus Helicopters as head of the rotor blade and airframe divisions, with the manufacture of composite...
