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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

New Chinese Armed UAV Project Unveiled

The Star UAV Systems Star Shaodw is set for a 2019 first flight
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Aircraft

NATO Joint Tanker/Transport and MPA Programs Advance

New countries are joining the alliances and a new tanker is added to the MRTT fleet
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky's New Rescue Hawk Enters Final Assembly

The first of four EMD machines should be flying around the turn of the year.
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Aircraft

GAMA: Business Aviation on an Upswing

Business jet and piston sales were up, offsetting declines in turboprop deliveries, but billings still softened.
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Frank Colucci To Receive HAI Lightspeed Award

Frank Colucci, senior contributing editor of Vertiflite, will receive the Salute to Excellence Award during Heli-Expo in Las Vegas this February.
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James Spray To Receive HAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Spray is receiving the award for his dedicated service to the helicopter industry over the years.
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2018 Heli-Expo on Record-breaking Pace

The show exhibit floor was nearly sold out by mid-January.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Charles Hagen To Receive HAI Maintenance Award

Hagen is receiving the award for his accomplishments in conducting or managing maintenance operations in the helicopter industry.
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John Williams To Receive HAI Flight Instructor Award

Williams, an experienced flight instructor, previously received a letter of recommendation for this award from its namesake, W.A. “Dub” Blessing.
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Rotorcraft

Jonathan Roebuck To Receive Golden Hour Award

Roebuck is receiving the award for his work in creating the Remote Access Project for critical care transport company LifeFlight of Maine.
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Rotorcraft

Claude Vuichard To Receive HAI BLR Aerospace Safety Award

Vuichard, who developed the Vuichard Recovery, will receive the Salute to Excellence Award for promoting safety in the helicopter industry.
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Christchurch Helicopters To Receive Humanitarian Award

The operator will receive the Salute to Excellence Sikorsky Humanitarian Award for its actions during a 2016 earthquake and 2017 wild fires in New Zealand.
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HAI To Honor Deputies Eric Bashta, Jerry Osterloh

The deputies from the Riverside County sheriff’s department are receiving the Law Enforcement award for their heroic efforts in January of 2017.
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Rotorcraft

Maria Rodriguez To Receive HAI's Pilot of the Year Award

Rodriguez is receiving the award for her actions during Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Rotorcraft

Med-Trans, Care Flight Form Aeromed Partnership

Med-Trans has already begun providing flight services, including rotor-wing pilots and maintenance crewmembers, to Care Flight’s four helicopter bases.
Aircraft

Abu Dhabi Air Expo To Feature Gulfstream G500, G650ER

Three-day UAE airshow, which will feature more than 60 aircraft on static display and more than 150 exhibitors, opens on Monday.
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Aircraft

Airbus Delivers First Qatar A350-1000

Though a few months late, the first delivery has Qatar's management excited with prospects for the future.
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Accidents

AIN Blog: 15 Years Later, Columbia Disaster Revisited

An authoritative new book on the loss of the space shuttle in 2003, focuses on the recovery of the crew and the debris.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Brook One Adds Insulation Films

The company's lightweight films protect passengers, crew, and cargo in the event of a fire.
Sustainability and Environment

CORSIA Looms, but Many Bizav Operators Exempt

NBAA estimates that fewer than 100 operators in North America will be affected by the carbon dioxide cap rules.
Aircraft

XTI's TriFan 600 Adds First Indian Order to Backlog

The $6.5 million, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) TriFan 600 is expected to enter service in late 2022/early 2023.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Oriens Opens Biggin Hill PC-12 Service Center

The move follows what the UK and Ireland Pilatus sales distributor calls an "excellent" 2017.
Regulations and Government

NBAA Clarifies Canadian Border Exemption for Charters

The Canadian Border Services Agency reversed its position on the applicability of the Transporter Obligations Program mandate to charters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aviation Completes King Air 350 Blackhawk Upgrade

Stevens Aviation's Nashville facility completed the modification in two weeks during a regular phase inspection.
Regulations and Government

NATA Questions Risk of Potential Ownership Rule Change

The association said a bill to allow an increase foreign ownership in U.S. air carriers would represent a significant change for Part 135 carriers.
Regulations and Government

‘Strong Support’ for Australia’s Helo Training Proposal

The proposal includes an option to qualify for a commercial pilot license with helicopter category rating with 105 hours of training in rotorcraft.
Aircraft

Airbus Renews Tough Talk with Suppliers

Demands 100-percent on-time rate as production approaches 800 aircraft a year
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter Veteran Larry Roberts Joins Kopter

In his new role, he well be responsible for sales and marketing of the company's SH09 turbine single in North America.
Accidents

Indonesia Places Firm Order for 11 Su-35 Multirole Fighters

The first two will delivered in August.
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Avionics

Retrofits Hit All-time High, Lift 2017 Avionics Sales

This year-over-year increase was solely due to a 20.1 percent uptick in retrofit avionics sales, offset by lower forward-fit sales.
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