HAI Convention News 2006

All HAI Convention news

Simplex system snuffs out fires

Aviation equipment manufacturer Simplex Manufacturing is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, and is marking the occasion by commemorating another m

Kamov looks to the West

Kamov Helicopters continues to seek increased cooperation with the U.S.

Lifeport develops quick-change stretcher kit for Agusta helos

Lifeport, of Woodland, Wash., announced that it has developed new stretcher, seat and armor systems for helicopters. The company’s quick-cha

Bell wows the crowd at 417 unveiling

In what was probably the loudest, most athletic and most well-attended unveiling of a helicopter at a Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter took the wraps off its new

Eurocopter’s bulging ledger hits $4 billion

It will come as no surprise to industry watchers that Eurocopter had another good year last year.

S-92 soon to get its sea legs

FPT Industries, a division of GKN Aerospace, has finalized design of the emergency extended flotation system that will maintain stability in extreme condit

Everything but the kerosene smell

Flight-training-device builder Frasca International is demonstrating its TruFliteH 342 reconfigurable helicopter simulator with 220-degree visual display a

Honeywell HUMS garners OEM acceptance

Honeywell is at Heli-Expo 2006 (Booth No.

Eurocopter to boost EC 145 production

Eurocopter’s EC 145, the workhorse twin turbine that evolved from the BK 117 several years ago, is going to experience an increase in production, from 19 a