Content Archive: February 2010

Program Update: PWC PW210S on track for certification

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has two helicopter engine programs nearing the final stages of development and both remain on schedule.

International interest spurs Max-Viz sales

Max-Viz, a designer and manufacturer of enhanced vision systems (EVS) with uncooled infrared sensors for airborne applications, is at Heli-Expo’10 (Booth N

Industry Perspective: Sikorsky

Shane Eddy is the new kid on the block at Sikorsky, but he’s no neophyte to helicopters, having spent more than 25 years in the industry, with the last 14

One On One: An interview with Matt Zuccaro

Matt Zuccaro received his initial helicopter flight training as a U.S.

European manufacturers studying green helicopters

The European helicopter industry has until February 23 to answer a call for proposals under the Clean Sky joint technology initiative, a public-private par
ATC

Gulf operators reap benefits of ADS-B

Operators using the newly-activated automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control and information system in the Gulf of Mexico wil

Igor I. Sikorsky Award: USCG crew rescues foundering fishermen

The Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award is presented annually to the person or crew that best demonstrates the value of rotorcraft to society by saving liv
Rotorcraft

Robinson Pegs Price of R66 Turbine Helicopter at $770K

Robinson Helicopter yesterday told AIN that it set an initial price of $770,000 for its Rolls-Royce RR300-powered R66 single-turbine helic

Hawker Beechcraft Rocked by Turbulent 2009

Hawker Beechcraft on Tuesday reported an operating loss of $712 million on sales of $3.2 billion last year, compared with an operating profit of $140.3 mil
ATC

FAA Seeks Big Bucks Infusion for NextGen

In one of the strongest signals yet that the Obama Administration has gotten the industry message that the decades-old ATC system is sorely in need of repl