Rome – 28 February 2024 – Leonardo and Bristow Group announced a framework agreement including firm orders for 10 AW189 super medium helicopters plus 10 options. Bristow is currently operating 21 AW189 helicopters globally with another five due off the assembly line in 2024. The new framework agreement covers a fleet expansion plan for the Leer másBristow sign for 10 Leonardo AW189 helicopters[…]
Anaheim – 27 February 2024 – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has selected the Leonardo AW189 for its long range SAR (search and rescue) requirement. Four rescue helicopters will be delivered under a contract signed with Galaxy Aerospace Malaysia Sdn Bhd between 2025 and 2026, adding to a fleet of three AW139 helicopters already Leer másMalaysian Maritime Agency selects the AW189 for SAR missions[…]
Anaheim, 27 February 2024 – Leonardo has announced a further growth in presence of the AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter in Australia at Heli-Expo 2024, with orders for three more aircraft by LifeFlight Australia. These add to two additional aircraft for LifeFlight’s joint venture partner StarFlight, that had been ordered in late 2023. The helicopters will Leer másLifeFlight Australia signs for 3 more Leonardo AW139 helicopters[…]
ANAHEIM, California, February 27, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, unveiled its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuration. The design is the first in a series of large, next generation VTOL aircraft — ranging from more traditional helicopters to winged configurations Leer másFuture Sikorsky HEX / VTOL Hybrid-Electric Systems[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew and a HITRON MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew seized almost 5 tons in cocaine in Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Cutter’s crew returned to their homeport for the last time after a 59-day counter-narcotics, the last patrol for the Alert’s out of its current homeport of Leer másCoast Guard Cutter Alert and the HITRON seized 5 tons of cocaine[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Terry Rajsombath, KFOR Regional Command East CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – Members of 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, conducts the first retrograde of nine UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in support of Kosovo Force (KFOR), Jan. 29, 2024. Army FM 3-90 defines retrograde operations as an organized movement away from Leer más1st retrograde UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in support of KFOR[…]
KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of USCGC Thetis and a Coast Guard HITRON MH-65 Dolphin aircrew seized more than 3,7 tons in cocaine during a Caribbean Sea patrol. The Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) crew returned to their homeport in Key West and the MH-65 Dolphin, from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, crew Leer másHITRON and Cutter Thetis seized 3,7 tons of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea[…]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard crews rescue two sailors whose vessel began taking on water 35 nautical miles southeast of Sabine, Texas. Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders simultaneously received a DSC distress alert and mayday call on VHF-FM channel 16 at 12:40 p.m. from the operators of the 31-foot sailing vessel Niamh stating the Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 sailors offshore Sabine, Texas[…]
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — The National Guard members and an UH-72 Lakota helicopter aircrew conduct the training exercise PATRIOT for response in case of disaster. The natural disasters can strike at any time and the National Guard, along with state and county emergency management agencies and industry partners are training with this disaster exercise called Leer másNational Guard conducts disaster exercise PATRIOT 24[…]
Turin 19/02/2024 – The Leonardo C-27J Flying Test Bed is a technological demonstration aircraft in the European Clean Sky 2 programme that concluded, at Turin’s Caselle airport, the Regional Integrated Aircraft Demonstration Platform (REG IADP) campaign. In-flight activities will validate the technical solutions conceived and designed by Leonardo’s engineers in Turin and Pomigliano d’Arco, making Leer másLeonardo C-27J Spartan demonstrator for Clean Sky 2 programme[…]
