Airbus Helicopters says it has overcome development and industrialisation issues with the NH90 helicopter program and plans to ramp up production of the program this year. Speaking at the company’s 2013 results conference on January 28, company CEO Guillaume Faury said NH Industries “has now overcome the difficulties of the beginning of the program” and
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has advised Congress that Iraq has requested the sale of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and associated sensors, weapons, communications, and support equipment at a package cost of about US$4.8 billion. The request also includes training packages and support, technical, maintenance and logistics support, and facilities design and
Airbus Helicopters, formerly Eurocopter, has announced its 2013 results at a media conference in Paris. The newly restructured company delivered 497 helicopters in 2013, a number which the company says covers 46 per cent of the global civil and parapublic market, and received orders for 422 machines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
The first two of 24 MH-60R Seahawk Romeo helicopters have been accepted into RAN service in a ceremony held at NAS Jacksonville in Florida on January 24. The aircraft were handed over to the RAN at Lockheed Martin’s Owego NY facility in December before being flown to Jacksonville where they will be based with US Navy
Hawker Pacific has announced the appointment of Nick Jones to the position of Vice President – Aircraft Sales. The company says that, effective immediately, Jones will be responsible for the leadership and development of the Hawker Pacific Aircraft Sales Group (fixed and rotary wing) in the Asia/Pacific region. This content is available exclusively to Australian
Following on from our story of January 13, Defence has confirmed that a Boeing Defence Australia led team has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the ADF’s AIR 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. In a written statement to Australian Aviation’s sister publication, DIAR by ADBR, a Defence spokesman said “This