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Heli-Expo 2017: 6XX specs revealed (video)

MD Helicopters has revealed the target specifications of its new 6XX helicopter, which the company hopes to be able to certify within the next two …
Heli-Expo 2017: New TrakkaBeam orders

Trakka Systems has announced two new customers for its TrakkaBeam A800 tactical searchlight: the Italian Navy and the German DRF Luftrettung air rescue service. The …

Heli-Expo 2017: 6XX specs revealed (video)

Heli-Expo 2017: UAV camera systems offered to helicopter market

Heli-Expo 2017: VSR700 ready to fly

The shipborne VSR700, a unmanned helicopter VTOL system, is fast approaching its first flight without a safety pilot.The aircraft is derived from a light civil …

Heli-Expo 2017: Cobham launches UK training academy

As exhibitors undergo final preparations for Heli-Expo 2017, Cobham announced the launch of its helicopter training academy in Basingstoke, UK. The company has been delivering …

Heli-Expo 2017: UAV camera systems offered to helicopter market

Enstrom Helicopters has partnered with aerial imagery provider Vertivue to promote the new Skybox stabilised camera system on the 480B helicopter at Heli-Expo 2017.The Skybox …

Heli-Expo 2017: Thales sees avionics decline

The well-publicised depression in the helicopter market is having a knock-on effect for companies across the supply chain, not least those that provide high-end electronics …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Heli-Expo 2017: Airbus to deliver with Skyways

28th February 2017

Construction of the Airbus Helicopters drone delivery service at the National University of Singapore is well underway with two UAV prototypes already flying in Marginane, …
Defence Helicopter

Heli-Expo 2017: RNLAF contracts P1AR for SAR training

27th February 2017

The Defense Helicopter Command of the Royal Netherlands Air Force has awarded a multi-year contract to Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR) for the provision of …
Defence Helicopter

Pakistan orders more AW139s

22nd February 2017

Leonardo has received an order from the government of Pakistan to deliver additional AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters, the company announced on 20 February.The undisclosed …
Defence Helicopter

Japan extends Airbus H225 support

21st February 2017

Japan's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) has extended Airbus Helicopters' performance-based logistics (PBL) contract for its H225 helicopter fleet for the next five years, …

Shephard Media reports from HAI Heli-Expo 2017 in Dallas, Texas. The world's largest helicopter exposition and trade show, HAI Heli-Expo brings together more than 20,000 helicopter industry professionals from all over the world to see the latest in vertical-lift manufacturing, equipment, and avionics.

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