Aerocardal Now AW109 and AW119 Service Centre

05-Apr-18 - Aerocardal, based at Arturo Merino Benítez Airport in Santiago, appointed as an Authorised Service Centre for the Leonardo AW109 light twin-engine and AW119 single-engine helicopters in Chile

Airbus HCare for Brazilian and Mexican H225M

05-Apr-18 - Airbus signs largest HCare Smart contracts in Latin America for 50 (30 delivered) Brazilian armed forces EC725BR and 11 Mexican air force EC725 valued 125 million euros

30 Years of Black Hawk in Latin America

04-Apr-18 - Sikorsky celebrating Black Hawk 30 years of service in Latin America during FIDAE 2018. 174 Hawks including S-70A/B/i and UH-60L/M are used by Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina #FIDAE2018

Colombia Offers Black Hawk Maintenance and Training

04-Apr-18 - Sikorsky Colombia offering maintenance and training for the Black Hawk. Colombia is the larger Latin American operator with more than 100 delivered to Air Force, Army and Police.

New Avionics for Brazilian Army Fennec and Panther

04-Apr-18 - Rockwell Collins signed a 3-year contract to deliver multi-function displays and digital radios for the Brazilian Army Fennec and Panther fleet

Universal Avionics GPS/RNAV for Black Hawk

04-Apr-18 - US Army AMRDEC contracted Universal Avionics to meet the GPS/RNAV requirement for HH/UH-60L/M Black Hawk. Will be fitted with UNS-1Lw FMS and LPV 4-inch Flat Panel Control Display Unit

Black Hawk Firefighter Tour in Latin America

04-Apr-18 - Sikorsky announced two-month promotional tour of Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru to demonstrates Black Hawk aerial firefighting capabilities

British AH-64E with Leonardo Defensive Aids Suite

03-Apr-18 - Leonardo signed contracts with UK MoD and Boeing to integrate sensors and countermeasures to the new British Army Air Corps AH-64E Apache #FIDAE2018

First Latin American H160 Goes to Brazil

03-Apr-18 - A VIP H160 was ordered by a Brazilian undisclosed customer after a personal flight demonstration in Marignane, France #FIDAE2018

Russian Helicopters at FIDAE 2018

02-Apr-18 - Rosoboronexport, the state-owned arms trade company of Russia, is present at FIDAE 2018, Santiago, Chile, April 3-8 #FIDAE2018

30-Mar-18	First Trekker in Chile
29-Mar-18	Airbus at FIDAE 2018 #FIDAE2018

List of aircraft at FIDAE 2018

Airbus H145 / EC145T2

CC-AVH

Ecocopter

07apr18 pictured during demo display at FIDAE 2018

Airbus H145 / EC145T2

CC-AVH

Ecocopter

07apr18 pictured during demo display at FIDAE 2018