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Bell Helicopter XworX engineers are forging ahead on testing of Bell 525 systems in preparation for the resumption of flight testing.

The African Airlines Association says that states willing to embrace air transport liberalization must press ahead without the support of those who do not.

EASA's new Part-SPO rules take effect from April 21 but there appears to be confusion as to which operators these apply to.

Growth comes as JSSI builds up a support team for the helicopter segment.

Enstrom is test flying its second TN180, while a third is undergoing static testing and will fly soon.

There were 406 total accidents (jets and turboprops) between 2010 and 2016.

Helicopter Industry Hopes To Get A Boost From 2017 Heli-Expo Show

The 2004 and 2006 206L4 Long Rangers on display are both for sale or lease.

The company is displaying a range of productions, including system installation hardware, cylinder and regulator assemblies and trans-filling hardware.

The products are designed to enable use of iPads in extreme conditions.

According to Thommen, its digital clocks can easily replace old devices without major changes to the cockpit instrument panel.

The order followed a Rocky Mountain fly-off in Colorado last summer.

The Reaper and the Heron TP are competing to meet the Project AIR 7003 requirement.

The winning raffle envelope at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit this year was delivered by a quadcopter.

The training device enables pilots to familiarize themselves with the cockpit, aircraft systems and avionics before flying the full-flight simulator,

Bell Helicopter has opened its first training center outside the U.S. and will start by offering Bell 429 type ratings in a TRU simulator.

CMC is offering demonstrations of its new helicopter cockpit demonstrator at Heli-Expo 2017.

Airbus Helicopters customers are benefitting from the company's switch to an electronic business model.

The Redlands, Calif., battery manufacturer's sealed lead-acid battery has been selected as standard equipment for the Bell 407 GXP.

A large repossession contract and a raft of transactions helped Monaco-based Avinco to have a decent 2016 despite general economic malaise.

The collective pull down system lowers the collective automatically in a low rotor rpm situation.

Safran's engines powered helicopters for five first flights last year, although deliveries were flat and support revenues dropped.

Austria-based Globe Air is trying to decide between stick with Cessna's smallest Citations for its light jet fleet, or switching to Embraer's Phenom 100.

Industry announcements and appointments

The Italian company is inviting Heli-Expo attendees to experience a virtual reality search-and-rescue operation.

The Pulselite system has received an amended STC so that it now can be installed on 67 Airbus helicopter types and variants.

StandardAero is targeting opportunities to grow its business despite a soft helicopter market.

Bristow Group is seeing growing interest in contracts for its helicopter fleet, especially in Europe.

First shipments of the updated Kaman K-Max helicopter are expected in the second quarter.

Sikorsky has continued to spend on technology to improve the value proposition of rotorcraft and on better supporting its customers.