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Heli-Expo 2011: Turbomeca sees challenge and opportunity in China

Turbomeca chairman and CEO Pierre Fabre knows that for his company to grow and prosper, it is not only necessary to sell engines to helicopter manufacturer

Eurocopter brings training and support closer to operators

Eurocopter’s new North Sea Service Centre at Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland is the blueprint for the manufacturer’s concerted effort to locate produ

Conklin & de Decker Offers Heli-Expo Savings

Conklin & de Decker (Booth No.

Era Sees Big Savings with AviIT's e-tech pubs

Era Helicopters will be implementing AviIT’s eMan Solution (Booth No.

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Dart Helicopter Services (Booth Nos.

Onboard Systems Hooked On Cargo

Onboard Systems (Booth No.

EVS vs NVG: Both better

The adoption of infrared imaging enhanced vision systems (EVS) in rotary-wing applications has been slow because of a common misconception, that night safe

Vector Hails Banner Year 2010

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Booth No.

Airwolf PMA tension-torsion straps on display

Airwolf Aerospace has developed a new tension-torsion (TT) strap for Bell 206 JetRanger and 206L LongRanger helicopters and military variants, including th

Goodrich extends HUMS benefits to midsized sector

Sikorsky’s new S-76D is the latest application for the Vigor health usage and management system (HUMS) developed by Goodrich’s Sensors and Integrated Syste

Skywork’s K-Max makes heavy work look easy

The Kaman K-Max Aerial Truck (Booth No.

Eurocopter sees growth in Asia, services

Eurocopter released figures for 2010 revenues and bookings early this year, revealing that while turnover had increased, notably because of more deliveries
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Pratt & Whitney Canada sinking money into the future

Pratt & Whitney Canada landed at Heli-Expo 2011 (Booth No.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Invites PW200 and PT6 Variant Customers to Attend M&O Sessions at Heli-Expo

Pratt & Whitney Canada invites owners, operators and maintenance personnel of its PW200, PT6B and PT6C-67C to attend special maintenance and overhaul sessi

Spectrum creates med stand for LAFD helos

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s air operations section has contracted with Spectrum Aeromed (Booth No.

Bell 429 Pilots Feel The Power

Bell 429 operators continue to give positive feedback about the new light twin as

Conklin & de Decker releases latest budget software

Aviation research, consulting and education specialist Conklin & de Decker has released the latest of its Life Cycle Cost 2011 software tools.

China fast-tracking helicopter development

China not only wants to be the world’s largest consumer of helicopters, it intends to be the largest producer.

Bell launches Magellan

Two helo makers–Eurocopter and Bell–have thrown their proverbial hats into the medium-twin market.

More Executive AW139s

The AgustaWestland AW139 medium twin helicopter is increasingly being tapped for executive and VVIP missions, according to the Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG)

Wireless HUMS could reduce helo operating costs

Wireless health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) are flying in four U.S.

Air Comm Runs Hot and Cold

Air Comm, which specializes in interior heating and air-conditioning systems for helicopters, is hosting “a comprehensive presentation on helicopter enviro

Heli-Expo 2011: Marenco Unveils SKYe Light Helicopter

A Swiss engineering firm is proposing to build an ambitious new carbon-fiber, single-engine helicopter, the SKYe SH09, and will reveal a full-scale mock-u
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Jordan Orders Gunships, Receives Camcopters

Jordan is to modify two of its Airbus Military CN-235
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UAE To Weaponize Black Hawks

On the first day of the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE announced that it is to upgrade 23 Black Hawk helicopters to an armed
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Predator UAV Cleared for Wider Export  

In a significant move, the U.S.
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UAE Fighter, Trainer and Air Defense Buys Still Undecided

Held in Abu Dhabi, the IDEX defense exhibition is traditionally the platform for the United Arab Emirates to announce major deals.
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