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News from 2005

Dec 21, 2005 — Mission-Configured US139 Demonstrates Ability To Meet And Exceed Requirements

Dec 20, 2005 — Italian Navy NH90 First Flight

Dec 14, 2005 — Belgium Selects The NH90 Helicopter

Dec 13, 2005 — S-92 Selected for UK Offshore Search-and-Rescue Missions

Dec 8, 2005 — Bell 412 LUH Ready

Dec 6, 2005 — AgustaWestland Congratulates The Fire & Rescue Department Of Malaysia

Dec 5, 2005 — Fire Scout MQ-8B Completes Critical Design Review

Dec 2, 2005 — Boeing A160 Hummingbird Completes Flight Test

Nov 30, 2005 — Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orders AB139 Helicopter for Border Guard

Nov 29, 2005 — AgustaWestland Breaks Ground On New Production Facility In Philadelphia

Nov 22, 2005 — AB139 Delivered To Abu Dhabi Aviation And Marketed By Royal Jet

Nov 18, 2005 — Last U.S. Navy Sea King Helicopter Delivered

Nov 17, 2005 — First presidential test helo arrives at Pax River

Nov 14, 2005 — Boeing Announces Tandem Rotor Entry

Nov 11, 2005 — First TH-1H Huey Trainer Delivered to USAF

Nov 9, 2005 — Bell 429 Order Book Reaches 136

Oct 31, 2005 — South African Air Force Oryx Reaches 100,000 hours

Oct 28, 2005 — Air Force introduces new helicopter for pilot training

Oct 26, 2005 — FAA Grants Sikorsky S-92 Full Icing Certification

Oct 25, 2005 — US Marines Take Delivery of First AH-1Z and UH-1Y

Oct 17, 2005 — Norsk passes 1000 flight hours with their 2 S-92

Oct 3, 2005 — AgustaWestland And L-3 Join Forces On Army LUH Team US139

Oct 3, 2005 — Production Begins on New Boeing CH-47F Chinook for the US Army

Sep 21, 2005 — Sikorsky Awarded Design Analysis Contracts for X2 Technology

Sep 15, 2005 — Eastern General Aviation to Purchase S-92 for Offshore

Aug 19, 2005 — First Production MH-60R Delivered

Aug 4, 2005 — First production MH-60R takes flight

Jul 29, 2005 — Bell awarded Army contract to build 368 ARH

Jul 21, 2005 — Bell 210 Receives FAA Certification.

Jul 13, 2005 — Presidential helo is now VH-71A

Jul 13, 2005 — First Finnish Patria - Assembled NH90 Takes Off

Jul 13, 2005 — First Flight Of The Hellenic Multirole NH90

Jun 30, 2005 — HMM-165 reaches 40

Jun 24, 2005 — Bell Proposed Bell 407 Variant for US Army ARH

Jun 16, 2005 — First Flight of Malaysian A109 LOH

Jun 14, 2005 — First AB139 in EMS Configuration

Jun 14, 2005 — Royal Air Force Merlin Operations in Iraq

Jun 10, 2005 — Turkey Orders 12 S-70B Seahawk Helicopters

Jun 2, 2005 — Australian Government Orders 12 NH90 Helicopters

May 24, 2005 — First S-92 Enters into Offshore Oil Service in Canada

May 23, 2005 — CHC S-92 Enters Service in the North Sea

May 23, 2005 — Spain selects 45 NH90 as First Batch for its Armed Forces

May 19, 2005 — Final EC145 delivered to the French Sécurité Civile

May 17, 2005 — AH-1Z/UH-1Y complete first sea trials

May 10, 2005 — AgustaWestland A109 Power for RAF 32 Squadron

May 6, 2005 — Sikorsky S-92 Wins Korean Presidential Competition

Feb 10, 2005 — Era Aviation Contract For Five Sikorsky S-76

Feb 9, 2005 — Norsk Helikopter Received First S-92

Feb 8, 2005 — Northrop Grumman Begins Demonstration Flights for Army UAV Program

Feb 6, 2005 — Evergreen Accepts First Of Three Bell/Agusta AB139 Helicopters

Jan 28, 2005 — US101 Selected BY US Navy for Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program

Jan 25, 2005 — Qatar Gulf Helicopter Selects S-92 for VVIP Mission

Jan 12, 2005 — Boeing Signs $549 Million Chinook Contract

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