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Raytheon Aircraft has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency approving the Hawker 400XP (crewed by suitably qualified pilots) to fly the

While many in general aviation were seeking to modify or eliminate the much-loathed Washington air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the FAA executed a 1

On Sunday, CJ Systems bought 10 Eurocopters, and yesterday it signed for 10 Bell 429s, with an option for 10 more.

Altair Avionics (Booth No.

Meeker Aviation, a manufacturer of FLIR camera and searchlight mounts, has unveiled at Heli-Expo its latest product, the multiple-payload cabin step for th

As unveilings go, it wasn’t in the quite same category as Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” But on the other hand, displaying a new engine cowling is

Switlik Parachute has been awarded a contract by the U.S.

GE Aircraft Engines recognized Columbia Helicopters for achieving 1.2 million flight hours on CT58 engines with a presentation in the GE booth (No.

Aviall, the aftermarket supply-chain management services company, has announced agreements with Rolls-Royce and Keystone Helicopter to support select milit

Composite Technology, Inc.

AgustaWestland (Booth No.

The Minnesota State Police took delivery of a new Bell 407 at a Heli-Expo ceremony on Sunday.

Norway’s Helikopter Service, now part of CHC Europe, a division of CHC Helicopter Corp.

Evergreen Helicopters, a subsidiary of Evergreen International in McMinnville, Ore., is laying the groundwork to tap into the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

US Helicopter, the operator due to launch a scheduled service linking Manhattan heliports with New York City airports (see yesterday’s edition of HAI C

AgustaWestland’s EH101 medium-lift submarine hunter is already in service with the British Royal Navy and the Italian navy and will soon enter service with

International Communications Group (ICG) is at Heli-Expo’06 with its newest Iridium-based cabin tele-communication unit (CTU), a single-channel system opti

Sky Connect announced yesterday that it is selling 75 of its Iridium-based Tracker systems, along with a purchase option of 50 more, to Era Helicopters.

Texas Aviation Services president Timothy Woodard (left) and Ricardo Librija (center), director of EMS operations for Grupo Mexicano Aeronautica, signed an

Lycoming Engines is devoting a generous portion of its Williamsport, Pa.

Carson Helicopters Services and Sagem Avionics are teaming to install and certify a suite of digital avionics in the Sikorsky S-61, including a five-tube a

Four-year-old Max-Viz of Gig Harbor, Wash.

Bell Helicopter’s sales machine ran at full throttle here at Heli-Expo.

HAI’s Manufacturers Committee, assisted by the HAI Acoustics and Fly Neighborly Committee, is introducing a new noise-abatement training CD here at Heli Ex

Over the past 18 months, Jet-Care International has witnessed a dramatic upturn in its helicopter engine condition program as manufacturers and operators s

Heli-Expo 2006 set a record with 14,051 first-day registered attendees.

By this time next year Sikorsky may be in a position to challenge the number one spot in commercial helicopter deliveries based on total revenue.

If sales are the standard by which the success of an aviation trade show is measured, Heli-Expo 2006 will go down as an unqualified triumph, with announced

    Aviation Maintenance Technical Award Robert Jones of Air Logistics in Fairbanks, Alaska, has contributed t

Safe Flight Instrument Corp.