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Why do we need something like this R&D center?In recent years, the level of rotorcraft research in the U.S.

Pilots of a Sikorsky S-92A from Norway’s Norsk Helikopter put out a Mayday call one day near the end of March, after being warned of a major drop in main r

French companies Turbomeca and Microturbo have built a new turbine engine manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the UK near

Eurocopter is celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of its most popular helicopters–the Sud-Aviation (SA) 318 Alouette (Skylark).

HAI is warning its members that a dry, warm winter across the Northwest and even the record winter rainfall in the Southwest have created conditions that i

Spanish operator Helisureste has inaugurated a replacement service between the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo, using a Bell 412.

Australia has started a three-year research program to investigate the effectiveness of aerial “bush-fire” suppression.

Police Aviation Services (PAS), UK distributor of the MD 902 to police forces, has denied British media reports that the helicopters are being grounded for

Just as the cold weather starts to take hold in the higher reaches of North America, Sikorsky’s S-92 has passed one of its critical remaining airworthiness

“There were times when we could ramp up production on one line merely by shuffling some people around from the others,” said president Paul Schweizer of th

Columbia Helicopters is to acquire the type certificates for the Vertol 107-II and Boeing Vertol 234 Chinook helicopters from Boeing.

The new Bangkok City Heliport is due to open by April, giving convenient access to the center of Thailand’s notoriously congested capital.

American Eurocopter (AE) is to re-engine and upgrade the U.S.

Brisbane, Australia-based Aeropower has converted a Volvo truck into a mobile helicopter landing and maintenance facility for its fleet of MD500s, to help

The United Nations and the governments of India and Pakistan have characterized international response to the October 8 earthquake in the Kashmiri regions

Inspectors waded through flooded refineries and helicopters passed over wounded drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico early last month, as oil companies stru

Heavy Lift Helicopters is close to finalizing the design of the tank system for its ex-U.S.

Airlift Northwest, based in Seattle, has taken delivery of two A109 Power EMS helicopters, with four Agusta Grands to follow. Airlift Northw

Helicopteros del Sureste (HSE) has ordered a cueSim Bell 412 flight training device (FTD).

A new landing-aid sensor under development in Australia may enable helicopters to land in conditions that cannot currently be attempted. A c

Bell Helicopter has selected Chelton Flight Systems to provide a synthetic-vision EFIS cockpit for the 407 program.

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has appealed to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to further collaborate with the industry to improve communic

The TV news might have focused on the contributions of military rotary-wing aircraft– notably hoist-fitted UH-60 Black Hawks from the National Guard and Ja

Perhaps because it takes place only every two years, Helitech is always keenly anticipated by Europeans and they are rarely disappointed.

Eurocopter has flown an experimental BK 117 fitted with a prototype electrical blade-flap rotor control system.

HAI has appointed Matthew Zuccaro, right, as its president, to succeed Roy Resavage, who will retire at the end of a handover period.

A $4.7 million European Union project could reduce the number of fatalities in helicopter accidents.

EADS and DRS Technologies have agreed to collaborate on production and marketing of the Hellas laser-based obstacle warning system in the U.S.

Robinson now offers air conditioning in the R44 Raven II.

Russia’s UTair Airlines plans to begin offshore services in India by year-end, as part of a contract with Gazprom subsidiary Zarubezhneftegaz.