Eurocopter

American Eurocopter will upgrade its Columbus, Miss. facility, allowing it to serve as a final assembly and test site for the AS350.

Eurocopter claims 70 percent of the market for Western-made helicopters in Russia and the CIS.

First flight of Spanish-assembled HAD version of Tiger combat helicopter.

Helibras (Helicópteros do Brasil) will produce the Eurocopter EC225 in Brazil.

Heli Asset has sold the first Eurocopter EC155B1 medium twin into Switzerland.

American Eurocopter is flying demonstrations of its EC135 and EC155 helicopters during NBAA 2012.

Airworthiness Directive requiring visual inspection of the tail-rotor hub for a crack and removal if one is found.