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RotorWay, the company behind the piston-powered A600 Talon two-seat kit-built helicopter, is taking a major step up market with plans for an FAA-certified,

Sikorsky yesterday announced the formation of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a new umbrella business unit for the manufacturer’s commercial helicopters, incl

Executives at two of the world’s largest helicopter makers insisted at Heli-Expo that the industry can continue to flourish even in the face of a severe ec

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s decision to acquire AgustaWestland AW139s came down to a simple value equation: nearly twice the horsepower of their curr

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling revealed this morning that the company is working on bringing diesel power to a light helicopter, most likely the EC 120.

The second Robinson R66 made its first flight on February 18, marking an important milestone for a company dealing with the affects of the economic downtur

Honeywell’s annual market forecast for civil turbine-powered helicopters released yesterday predicts flat to slightly higher deliveries in the next five ye

The projected certification date for Bell’s new 429 light twin has slipped from the first quarter to May.

The Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo kicked off this morning amid a wave of negative signs all pointing to a prolonged economic down

Baldwin Aviation of Hilton Head Island, S.C., and CAP Aviation Consulting Group of Daytona Beach, Fla., have combined products to bring aircraft operators

Citing a backlog of more than ?10 billion ($12.8 billion) and increases in both revenue and orders during the first nine months of 2008 compared to the sam

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling rebuffed concerns about how his company would fare in the face of the ongoing global economic crisis by stressing the company’

RotorWay (Booth No.

Russian air transport giant UTair Aviation (Booth No.

Most HAI press conferences involve stone-faced CEOs reading from note cards.

Ballots for the election of three new board members were available at the HAI Annual Membership Breakfast and Meeting yesterday morning.

The diversity of the helicopter industry would appear to be its saving grace as the global economic downturn continues to affect just about every other ind

A Sikorsky Aircraft S-300CBi slated for delivery to Olive Branch, Miss.-based AirVenture Flight Center is on display here at Heli-Expo’09 (Booth No.

Sikorsky Aircraft recognized the Los Angeles County Fire Department on Sunday morning for its dedication to “saving lives and protecting the property of Ca

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A prevailing gloomy economic outlook notwithstanding, Turbomeca projected an air of optimism at a Saturday afternoon press briefing when Pierre Fabre, the

The Eurocopter EC 145 is carving a growing niche among EMS helicopter operators for one main reason: cabin space.

The Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney joint-venture Advanced Turbine Engine Co.

Temsco Helicopters, one of Alaska’s largest operators, has chosen British Columbia-based Latitude Technologies (Booth No.

Air Comm (Booth No.

Helicopter sales and services company Hillsboro Aviation (Booth No.

BLR Aerospace (Booth No.

Forecast International is predicting an $88.1 billion market for medium/heavy (15,000 pounds and up) military rotorcraft between now and 2018.

Since the August 2007 acquisition of StandardAero (Booth No.

Lake Charles, La.-based Era Training Center received FAA Part 60 Level 6 qualification for its AS 350B2 flight simulator training device (FSTD).