
Japan Orders 17 New Block II Chinook Helicopters
Japan has become the fourth global customer of the Boeing CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter, ordering 17 units to be manufactured by Kawasaki13-Feb - #Chinook

DRF Luftrettung’s 2024 Mission Statistics
German air ambulance service DRF Luftrettung’s helicopters and aircraft were alerted a total of 35,850 times in 2024. The Berlin-Buch medical base topped the list with 2,056 missions13-Feb - #year2024

Custom Maintenance Platforms for National Guard Black Hawks
S.A.F.E. Structure Designs awarded $3.5M contract for custom maintenance platforms for US Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in 10 different locations across the country12-Feb - #BlackHawk

Five Petrobras New Contracts for CHC Brazil
CHC’s Brazilian branch has secured five new contracts with the national energy company Petrobras for four additional AW139 helicopters and one more S-92A in the country for five years11-Feb - #oilandgas

Wingcopter Drone for long-range LiDAR surveying
The German Wingcopter 198 drone will be offered with long-range Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) surveying solutions10-Feb - #LIDAR

Helijet Donates Air Ambulance Helicopter To Ukraine
Designed by Ukrainian-born Igor Sikorsky’s renowned helicopter company, the Sikorsky S-76A helicopter is the first private donation of an aircraft of this magnitude from Canada to Ukraine, organized by the joint efforts of Canadian business and the Ukrainian diaspora10-Feb - #Ukraine

HAL Light Utility Helicopter at Aero India 2025
HAL will showcase its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) at Aero India 2025 to be held February 10-14 at Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India07-Feb - #AeroIndia2025

Native Air 23 Opens at Goodyear, Arizona
Native Air, an air ambulance service operated by Air Methods, opened new medical base Native Air 23 with and Airbus AS350/H125 helicopter at Goodyear, Arizona06-Feb - #Goodyear

OPTIMAS Cybersecure Communications in Free Space
The OPTIMAS project, developed within the framework of the 2023 work programme of the European Defence Fund (EDF), will design and test a prototype of an airborne laser communication system (ALCoS) for cyber-secure communications in free space06-Feb - #OPTIMAS