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21-Dec-05 - Mission-Configured US139 Demonstrates Ability To Meet And Exceed Requirements Mission-Configured US139 Demonstrates Ab...
20-Dec-05 - Italian Navy NH90 First Flight Italian Navy NH90 First Flight...
14-Dec-05 - Belgium Selects The NH90 Helicopter Belgium Selects The NH90 Helicopter...
13-Dec-05 - S-92 Selected for UK Offshore Search-and-Rescue Missions S-92 Selected for UK Offshore Search-and...
08-Dec-05 - Bell 412 LUH Ready Bell 412 LUH Ready...
06-Dec-05 - AgustaWestland Congratulates The Fire & Rescue Department Of Malaysia AgustaWestland Congratulates The Fire & ...
05-Dec-05 - Fire Scout MQ-8B Completes Critical Design Review Fire Scout MQ-8B Completes Critical Desi...
02-Dec-05 - Boeing A160 Hummingbird Completes Flight Test Boeing A160 Hummingbird Completes Flight...
30-Nov-05 - Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orders AB139 Helicopter for Border Guard Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orde...
29-Nov-05 - AgustaWestland Breaks Ground On New Production Facility In Philadelphia AgustaWestland Breaks Ground On New Prod...
22-Nov-05 - AB139 Delivered To Abu Dhabi Aviation And Marketed By Royal Jet AB139 Delivered To Abu Dhabi Aviation An...
18-Nov-05 - Last U.S. Navy Sea King Helicopter Delivered Last U.S. Navy Sea King Helicopter Deliv...
17-Nov-05 - First presidential test helo arrives at Pax River First presidential test helo arrives at ...
14-Nov-05 - Boeing Announces Tandem Rotor Entry Boeing Announces Tandem Rotor Entry...
11-Nov-05 - First TH-1H Huey Trainer Delivered to USAF First TH-1H Huey Trainer Delivered to US...
09-Nov-05 - Bell 429 Order Book Reaches 136 Bell 429 Order Book Reaches 136...
31-Oct-05 - South African Air Force Oryx Reaches 100,000 hours South African Air Force Oryx Reaches 100...
28-Oct-05 - Air Force introduces new helicopter for pilot training Air Force introduces new helicopter for ...
26-Oct-05 - FAA Grants Sikorsky S-92 Full Icing Certification FAA Grants Sikorsky S-92 Full Icing Cert...
25-Oct-05 - US Marines Take Delivery of First AH-1Z and UH-1Y US Marines Take Delivery of First AH-1Z ...
17-Oct-05 - Norsk passes 1000 flight hours with their 2 S-92 Norsk passes 1000 flight hours with thei...
03-Oct-05 - AgustaWestland And L-3 Join Forces On Army LUH Team US139 AgustaWestland And L-3 Join Forces On Ar...
03-Oct-05 - Production Begins on New Boeing CH-47F Chinook for the US Army Production Begins on New Boeing CH-47F C...
21-Sep-05 - Sikorsky Awarded Design Analysis Contracts for X2 Technology Sikorsky Awarded Design Analysis Contrac...
15-Sep-05 - Eastern General Aviation to Purchase S-92 for Offshore Eastern General Aviation to Purchase S-9...
19-Aug-05 - First Production MH-60R Delivered First Production MH-60R Delivered...
04-Aug-05 - First production MH-60R takes flight First production MH-60R takes flight...
29-Jul-05 - Bell awarded Army contract to build 368 ARH Bell awarded Army contract to build 368 ...
21-Jul-05 - Bell 210 Receives FAA Certification. Bell 210 Receives FAA Certification....
13-Jul-05 - Presidential helo is now VH-71A Presidential helo is now VH-71A...
13-Jul-05 - First Finnish Patria - Assembled NH90 Takes Off First Finnish Patria - Assembled NH90 Ta...
13-Jul-05 - First Flight Of The Hellenic Multirole NH90 First Flight Of The Hellenic Multirole N...
30-Jun-05 - HMM-165 reaches 40 HMM-165 reaches 40...
24-Jun-05 - Bell Proposed Bell 407 Variant for US Army ARH Bell Proposed Bell 407 Variant for US Ar...
16-Jun-05 - First Flight of Malaysian A109 LOH First Flight of Malaysian A109 LOH...
14-Jun-05 - First AB139 in EMS Configuration First AB139 in EMS Configuration...
14-Jun-05 - Royal Air Force Merlin Operations in Iraq Royal Air Force Merlin Operations in Ira...
10-Jun-05 - Turkey Orders 12 S-70B Seahawk Helicopters Turkey Orders 12 S-70B Seahawk Helicopte...
02-Jun-05 - Australian Government Orders 12 NH90 Helicopters Australian Government Orders 12 NH90 Hel...
24-May-05 - First S-92 Enters into Offshore Oil Service in Canada First S-92 Enters into Offshore Oil Serv...
23-May-05 - CHC S-92 Enters Service in the North Sea CHC S-92 Enters Service in the North Sea...
23-May-05 - Spain selects 45 NH90 as First Batch for its Armed Forces Spain selects 45 NH90 as First Batch for...
19-May-05 - Final EC145 delivered to the French Sécurité Civile Final EC145 delivered to the French Séc...
17-May-05 - AH-1Z/UH-1Y complete first sea trials AH-1Z/UH-1Y complete first sea trials...
10-May-05 - AgustaWestland A109 Power for RAF 32 Squadron AgustaWestland A109 Power for RAF 32 Squ...
06-May-05 - Sikorsky S-92 Wins Korean Presidential Competition Sikorsky S-92 Wins Korean Presidential C...
10-Feb-05 - Era Aviation Contract For Five Sikorsky S-76 Era Aviation Contract For Five Sikorsky ...
09-Feb-05 - Norsk Helikopter Received First S-92 Norsk Helikopter Received First S-92 ...
08-Feb-05 - Northrop Grumman Begins Demonstration Flights for Army UAV Program Northrop Grumman Begins Demonstration Fl...
06-Feb-05 - Evergreen Accepts First Of Three Bell/Agusta AB139 Helicopters Evergreen Accepts First Of Three Bell/Ag...
28-Jan-05 - US101 Selected BY US Navy for Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program US101 Selected BY US Navy for Presidenti...
25-Jan-05 - Qatar Gulf Helicopter Selects S-92 for VVIP Mission Qatar Gulf Helicopter Selects S-92 for V...
12-Jan-05 - Boeing Signs $549 Million Chinook Contract Boeing Signs $549 Million Chinook Contra...






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