Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Robinson Delivers 1,000th R66 Turbine Helicopter

The R66 fleet surpassed 1.2 million flight hours as Robinson delivered the 1,000th example.

August 11, 2020

Bell Opens New Manufacturing Tech Center in Texas

Bell's manufacturing technology center is a roadmap to future factories.

August 10, 2020

Bell Opens Wichita Facility

Bell's new Wichita facility was previously occupied by sister company Textron Aviation.

Leonardo Breaks Ground on Temp Facility in Florida

Leonardo broke ground this week on its U.S. Navy TH-73A temporary support facility at the Peter Prince Airport in Milton, FL.

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Air Ambulances Successfully Navigating Covid Skies

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the air ambulance industry is holding its own—for now.

USAIG Safety Bucks Fully Cover Airbus Helo IIMC Course

Aircraft insurer USAIG customers can now use their $2,500 Safety Bucks To Cover Airbus Helicopters' IIMC Course.

Torqued: It Shouldn’t Take an Act of Congress To Mandate Safety Improvements

Changing regulations takes a long time, and there ought to be a simpler way to create mandates for safety improvements.

Bell Embraces Virtual Reality to Design Helicopters

Bell is using augmented and virtual reality, computer gaming technology, to develop new aircraft.

One in Five S-92 Helicopters Parked

Some 39 Sikorsky S-92s, comprising 19 percent of the global market, remain parked during the downturn.

GECAS Slashes Milestone's Value by $729M

GECAS has written down the value of its Milestone Aviation helicopter leasing unit by $729 million.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Pandemic Pounds New Helicopter Deliveries

While deliveries of new civil helicopters collapsed, OEMs were buoyed by their military business.

Guimbal Cabri Helicopters Remotely Serviced by Precision

Precision Support Services has competed multiple remote inspections of Guimbal Cabri helicopters.

Charter & Fractional

NASA Chief: Uncrewed Aircraft 'Safer'

The agency's administrator touts advanced UAM technologies.

HeliValue$: 'The Worst Helicopter Market in 40 Years'

Used helicopter values sink under the pressures of pandemic, cheap oil, and scarce credit.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

UK Mulls Puma Replacement Plans

The UK operates an aging fleet of Puma support helicopters rapidly approaching the end of their service lives.

Wysong Enterprises Keeps First Responders Airborne

The helicopter MRO has worked on more than 20 aircraft during the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 12 weeks.

Maintenance and Modifications

EASA Grafts Cybersecurity Onto Certification Standards

New EASA cybersecurity standards include helicopters.

Regulations and Government

Honeywell Opens New T55 Engine MRO Facility

Honeywell Aerospace's T55 Repair and Overhaul Center of Excellence is located near its Phoenix headquarters.

Maintenance and Modifications

Leonardo AW139 Gets Honeywell Primus Epic Upgrade

The new Honeywell Primus Epic Phase 8 software will be available in the Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin.

NHV's Airbus H175 Fleet Tops 40,000 Hours

NHV’s fleet accounts for more than 60 percent of the Airbus Helicopters H175’s 66,000 flight hours to date.

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