Content Archive: February 2018

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

New Chinese Armed UAV Project Unveiled

The Star UAV Systems Star Shaodw is set for a 2019 first flight
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Resumes GTF Production

UTC doesn’t expect the knife-edge seal issue affecting 98 PW1100G-JM engines to affect P&W’s GTF 2018 production performance.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus H160 Arrives for First U.S. Visit

The new medium twin rotorcraft will replace the airframer's H155 family. It is on display at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Receives Expanded PMA with CJ3/CJ3+ Certs

The approval enables Tamarack to produce and install the winglets at its facility in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UTC Wins New Customers For DB- and MS-110 Sensor

The high-end tactical reconnaissance pods will be fitted to foreign jets, and also to US Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper UAVs
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James Spray To Receive HAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Spray is receiving the award for his dedicated service to the helicopter industry over the years.
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2018 Heli-Expo on Record-breaking Pace

The show exhibit floor was nearly sold out by mid-January.
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Regulations and Government

Bunce: FAA Needs Resources To Keep Up with New Users

Buunce fears that the growing list of responsibilities will spread the FAA to thin.

Frank Colucci To Receive HAI Lightspeed Award

Frank Colucci, senior contributing editor of Vertiflite, will receive the Salute to Excellence Award during Heli-Expo in Las Vegas this February.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Earns Q400 Conversion Contract

The project includes designing, installing and certifying a system of interchangeable, mission specific cabins for the commercial turboprop twin.
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