The Civil Aviation Administration of China has validated Donaldson Aerospace & Defense’s H125 (formerly AS350) inlet barrier filter (IBF) supplemental type certificate, clearing the way…
A Schiebel Camcopter S-100 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and Airbus Helicopters’ manned H145 successfully completed a series of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flights last week. The…
Lockheed Martin posted strong financial results in its first quarter buoyed by operating performance, a lower tax rate and a pension tailwind, and the company…
By the time you read this, nearly a month will have passed since the end of Heli-Expo. But the annual industry gathering’s presentations, press conferences,…
In 2012 under a flurry of lights at Heli-Expo in Dallas, Bell Helicopter (as it was called at the time) unveiled the 525 Relentless. Dubbed…
Imagine cruising low level in a helicopter in excess of 200 kt and then hammering the brakes, coming to a hover in less than half…
With a mixed fleet of more than 100 Airbus Helicopters and Bell rotorcraft, Canadian Helicopters went private in December at the end of its 70th…
In January, the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) issued a stinging report bearing on ADS-B, the radar-replacing surveillance tool mandated to be equipped on certain…
Innovation is a buzzword in virtually every industry. Whichever company can innovate the next big thing could unlock untold fortunes. In aviation, original equipment manufacturers…
The word “mandatory,” by definition and implication, conveys a sense of importance and value. Use of the word “mandatory” therefore imbues any subsequent word with…
Over the past eight years, I covered quite a few offshore subjects, but I have never done a profile on the number of personalities that…