Paris, France, 18 June 2025 – Airbus Helicopters and Leonardo are joining forces to carry out an architecture study to define the basis of the NH90 long-term evolution, known as Block 2, responding to a request from NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter Management Agency). The NH90 Block 2 upgrade will include key structural improvements to the aircraft Leer másAirbus and Leonardo to launch studies for NH90 Block 2 helicopter[…]
Paris, France, 18 June 2025 – Singapore’s DSTA (Defence Science and Technology Agency) has signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters on HTeaming (crewed-uncrewed teaming system) capabilities with the H225M Medium Lift helicopter operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Airbus Helicopters’ Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS). The partnership aims to explore how Leer másAirbus and DSTA explore the HTeaming system with the H225M[…]
Paris, 17/06/2025 — At the Paris Air Show, Leonardo and Aloula Aviation, a brand name of Mukamalah Aviation company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aramco) announced a major achievement for the operator’s AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopter fleet, setting a 300,000 flight hours milestone in operations. Khalid Alnatour, Aloula Aviation CEO, said: “Aloula Aviation is Leer másAloula Aviation’s AW139 helicopter fleet reaches 300,000 flight hours[…]
Paris, Le Bourget, June 17, 2025. — At the Paris Air Show Leonardo and Falcon Aviation Services marked another milestone in their longstanding partnership with the announcement of a new order for an AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter in VVIP configuration. The aircraft, ordered by Falcon Aviation’s owner His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Leer másFalcon Aviation orders a Leonardo AW139 helicopter in VVIP configuration[…]
NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search and Rescue (SAR) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter aircrew from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted the rescue of an Army Soldier who was on a training exercise with his unit in the Okanagan Mountain range on June 5, 2024. The soldier’s unit requested transport to a Leer másWhidbey SAR MH-60S crew rescue a soldier on a mountain at 5,300 feet[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Michael Richmond, 99th Missile Wing CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyoming. – U.S. Air Force Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter completes nuclear transport training exercise during the Nuclear Convoy Course (NCC). Convoy Response Forces (CRF) from the 90th, 91st, and 341st Missile Security Operations Squadrons – stationed at F.E. Warren Air Leer másMH-139A Grey Wolf completes nuclear transport training exercise[…]
LISBOA, Portugal, June 5th, 2025. — Avincis has received two new H145 five-bladed (BK117 D3) helicopters from Airbus at its production facility in Donauwörth, Germany. These aircraft are destined for Stockholm, where they will reinforce Avincis’ existing Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) fleet operating in Sweden. These latest additions mark a continuation of Avincis’ investment Leer másAvincis adds two new H145 helicopters to its fleet in Sweden[…]
Story by Dana Rosso , Alaska Army National Guard JUNEAU, Alaska. — An Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Alpha Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, medevac a patient from Skagway to Juneau following a request from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC). June 3, 2025. The mission, flown Leer másAlaska Army National Guard UH-60L medevac patient from Skagway to Juneau[…]
Story by Crista Mary Mack, 633d Air Base Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia – The U.S. Army is testing an in-flight life-saving system for incapacitated helicopter pilots using onboard automated system that reads the pilot’s vitals in a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with autonomous flight capabilities. Imagine a future where a Leer másUS Army tests in-flight life-saving system for helicopter pilots[…]
ALICANTE, Spain. May 22, 2025 — Avincis, Europe’s leading provider of emergency aerial services, has been awarded new firefighting contracts in Spain with the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha for 14 helicopters. The new contracts, build upon Avincis’ ongoing firefighting operations in collaboration Leer másAvincis secures firefighting contracts in Spain for 14 helicopters[…]