iscoverSikorsky has announced it delivered the first fully-configured S-76D to the Bristow Group in late 2013. The new helicopter is the first of 26 S-76Ds Bristow has on order for offshore support missions. The S-76D features new P&WC PW210S engines, the Thales TopDeck integrated avionics system and four-axis autopilot, a health and usage monitoring system
Sikorsky says it successfully test flew its first upgraded S-61T helicopter in “late 2013.” The S-61T is a substantially modernised version of the S-61/H-3/Sea King line featuring a complete structural refurbishment with enhanced crashworthiness, an integrated glass cockpit, a modular wiring harness, overhauled dynamic components, and a new composite main rotor. This content is available
The outgoing chairman and CEO of EADS North America Sean O’Keefe has urged the USAF to consider the UH-72A Lakota helicopter to replace ageing UH-1N Huey helicopters for the nuclear missile site protection mission. In a letter to Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning dated September 11, O’Keefe argued that the USAF’s current plan to
The Eurocopter name is no more with the world’s number one helicopter manufacturer rebranded as Airbus Helicopters from January 8 as part of parent company EADS’s rebranding as the Airbus Group. Under the rebranding helicopter names and designations “remain at present unchandged”, Airbus Helicopters says, but a new www.airbushelicopters.com website is now live. This content
Two EC225s delivered yesterday are the initial Eurocopter-built aircraft in the portfolio of Waypoint Leasing, a leading global helicopter leasing company. Waypoint has signed an agreement to provide the aircraft to Avincis Group’s subsidiary, Bond Helicopters Australia, to use for offshore crew change missions. The EC225 handovers to Waypoint Leasing occurred at Eurocopter’s Marignane, France
Eurocopter has commenced a demonstration visit to Australia of its EC130T2, prior to delivery to its new owner and launch customer. The single-engine helicopter is an advancement on the EC130B4, with more than 70 per cent of the airframe modified from the existing B4 model. The T2 features a more powerful Arriel 2D turboshaft engine and
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