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Rotorcraft

New Owner To Reopen Enstrom Helicopter

The assets of bankrupt Enstrom Helicopter have been purchased by a new ownership group that plans to reopen and expand the company.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Cadorath Expands Parts Repair Capacity for Airbus Helos

Cadorath has added 400 new repairs to its capabilities for select Airbus models.
Engines

Rolls-Royce Appoints New First Network Service Centers

Rolls-Royce (Booth 2817) has announced the appointment of five more new First (fully integrated Rolls-Royce support team) Network
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Rotorcraft

Meridian Helicopters Closes Record 2021

Meridian Helicopters saw activity across all three segments of its business.
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Avionics

FreeFlight Develops Drop-in 5G Radar Altimeter Solution

FreeFlight has developed a drop-in 5G interference mitigation solution for its RA-4000 and RA-4500 radar altimeters.
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Rotorcraft

Pathfinder Aviation Buys 20 GPMS Foresight HUMS Units

Pathfinder Aviation signed a contract for 20 of GPMS’s Foresight MX enhanced health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS).
Rotorcraft

Garmin Foresees GI 275 Certification in March

Garmin should have FAA supplemental type certification for the GI 275 electronic flight instrument in Part 27 helicopters in March.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Signs Purchase Agreements for 11 Helicopters

Bell has announced signed purchase agreements for 10 new helicopters, five of which were sold by Jet Aviation in Australia.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Phenix Flight Testing Coaxial eVTOL Drone

Phenix Solutions is flight testing a single-engine coaxial remotely piloted aircraft under the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime program.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-92 Market Looking Up

Company optimistic as S-92 fleet utilization increases.
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Avionics

StandardAero, Thales Offer StableLight Demos

StableLight, a four-axis autopilot for retrofit on AS350 helicopters, is being demonstrated at Heli-Expo with demo flights available at the convention.
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FBOs

Sheltair's Daytona Beach FBO Sees Race Day Surge

Private aviation traffic drawn to this year's Daytona 500 helped press the accelerator at Sheltair's KDAB FBO.
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Engines

Safran Helo Engines Emerges a Stronger Firm Post Covid

Safran Helicopter Engines expects a 15 percent increase in year-over-year deliveries.

HAI FRAT Available for Free

HAI, working with NGFT is offering a basic module of a FRAT for free to help operators to better assess flight risks.
Maintenance and Modifications

LHT Recovers from Covid, Posts Profit

Lufthansa Technik's revenues bounced back in 2021 from a Covid-induced slump.
Rotorcraft

WingX Expands into Helicopter Fleet Tracking

WingX, which has expertise in business jet analysis, is partnering with Parapex Media to provide helicopter fleet information.
Rotorcraft

Airbus Partners On UAM in Saudi Arabia

Airbus is partnering with THC to bring UAM to Saudi

FSF Seeks Nominations for New Award

Flight Safety Foundation is seeking nominations for its inaugural Gloria Heath Trophy which will be awarded to women for achievements in civil aviation.
Airlines

IATA Appears To Have No Plans to Expel Russian Airlines

The group says that it must put considerations such as dealing with canceled flight payments above a principled stance against Russian aggression.
Avionics

FreeFlight Offers Radar Altimeter Upgrade with 5G Solution

FreeFlight Systems has introduced an upgrade to its RA-4000 and RA-4500 radar altimeter that offers a 5G mitigation solution.
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Charter & Fractional

UK Grounds Jet at Farnborough in Russian Sanctions Probe

A Luxembourg-registered Global 6500 was prevented from leaving Farnborough on March 8 as UK officials investigate possible Russian connections.
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Security

FAI Selects Osprey for Risk Management

FAI Aviation Group has formed a partnership with Osprey Flight Solutions and will utilize Osprey's risk-management platform.
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Rotorcraft

Vega Offshore Deploys Rusada Fleet Management Software

Oil and gas services company Vega Offshore has chosen Switzerland-based Rusada's Envision software to manage operations for its fleet of helicopters.
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EHA Takes European Rotors on a Second Spin

HAI helping to support the European Helicopter Association's European Rotors show scheduled for November as the organizations tighten their partnership.
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Airlines

Overflight Bans Adding Time, Cost to Airline Routings

While Russian airlines feel the brunt of overflight bans, Western European airlines have seen disruption to their schedules in the Far East.
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Rotorcraft

Robinson To Deliver Quartet of Ships Following Heli-Expo

Robinson to deliver its four helicopters on display at Heli-Expo
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Rotorcraft

Vita Inclinata Returns with Hoist, Sling Load Stabilizer

The problem of how to stop a sling load from spinning has been solved by Vita Inclinata.
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Maintenance and Modifications

MD Invests Big in Customer Support

MD Helicopters is expanding parts inventory by $24 million as part of its investment in beefing up product support.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Blackhawk Buying Helo Tank Maker Recoil

Blackhawk Aerospace buying Recoil, maker of helicopter auxiliary fuel and fire suppression tanks.
Aircraft

FlightSafety To Train Lilium eVTOL Pilots

FlightSafety International will provide mixed-reality training devices and training services for pilots who will be flying the Lilium Jet.
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