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News from 2006

Dec 22, 2006 — Sikorsky Aircraft Selects CH-53K Main Engines

Dec 20, 2006 — MQ-8B Fire Scout first flight

Dec 13, 2006 — First three NH90 TTH to German Army

Dec 11, 2006 — First UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter delivered to the US Army

Nov 19, 2006 — A160 Hummingbird Test Flight Program Advancing

Nov 16, 2006 — Sikorsky Honors PHI as First S-92 Operator to Reach 10K Fleet Hours

Nov 15, 2006 — 1st SOW in operations Desert Storm, Desert Shield

Nov 9, 2006 — US Army Places Second Production Order For Eurocopter UH-145 Light Utility Helicopters

Nov 9, 2006 — Boeing Awarded U.S. Air Force Combat Search and Rescue Contract

Nov 3, 2006 — Turkey Orders 17 S-70B Seahawk Helicopters

Oct 25, 2006 — New Boeing CH-47F Takes Flight

Oct 18, 2006 — Japanese Coast Guard Selects the AW139

Oct 9, 2006 — Boeing Manned/Unmanned Helicopter First Flight

Oct 3, 2006 — Hellenic Eurocopter Programs Update

Oct 3, 2006 — Hellenic Eurocopter programs update

Oct 2, 2006 — IMOS Goes Live

Oct 1, 2006 — Twenty Years of of Helicopter Development at Mirabel

Sep 27, 2006 — New High Performance EH101 Enters Flight Test Phase

Sep 20, 2006 — Sikorsky Signs MoU with PZL Mielec for Black Hawk

Sep 14, 2006 — NOTAR Fleet Clocks 670,000 Flight Hours

Sep 13, 2006 — Bell Boeing Quad Tiltrotor Wind Tunnel Testing

Sep 13, 2006 — 400th EC120 Delivered

Sep 12, 2006 — REGA selects the Grand

Aug 30, 2006 — 500th EC135 Delivered

Aug 28, 2006 — First Cougar Delivered to Bulgaria

Aug 14, 2006 — Boeing Selects Honeywell Engines for CSAR-X Program

Aug 11, 2006 — 6th SOS trains foreign nations worldwide

Aug 9, 2006 — 501st AH-64D Apache Longbow to US Army

Jul 31, 2006 — Royal New Zealand Air Force places firm order for 9 NH-90s

Jul 31, 2006 — First New Production UH-60M delivered to US Army

Jul 21, 2006 — 8th SOS, MC-130 last deployment

Jul 20, 2006 — ARH-70A First Flight

Jul 19, 2006 — New AW149 Helicopter Details Revealed at Farnborough

Jul 18, 2006 — Portuguese Air Force Receives 12th and Final EH101

Jul 12, 2006 — Boeing Little Bird Flies Unmanned for First Time

Jun 29, 2006 — Eurocopter UH-145 Wins US Army LUH

Jun 29, 2006 — Rockwell Collins provide CH-53K Avionics Management System

Jun 28, 2006 — USCG Receives First HH-65C

Jun 19, 2006 — 34 NH90 Additional Helicopters for Australia

Jun 18, 2006 — S-92 Fleet Reaches 20,000 Flight Hour Milestone

Jun 15, 2006 — Boeing Unveils New CH-47F Chinook Helicopter to US Army

Jun 14, 2006 — Queensland Government Sign for Three AW139

Jun 2, 2006 — Latvia Orders A109 Power For Border Guard

May 22, 2006 — Boeing Support Systems to Keep UK Chinook Helicopters Flying

May 9, 2006 — Marine AH-1Z and UH-1Y Start OPEVAL

May 3, 2006 — Soloy AS350SD2 conversion certified in Canada

Apr 24, 2006 — A109 Powers Enter Service With 32 (The Royal) Squadron

Apr 20, 2006 — Helicopter pioneer Stanley Hiller dies, aged 81

Apr 5, 2006 — Sikorsky Awarded $3.0B Contract For CH-53K

Mar 6, 2006 — JMSDF Takes Delivery of First EH101

Mar 1, 2006 — AH-1Z/UH-1Y Complete Developmental Testing

Feb 26, 2006 — First AW119 to the Phoenix Police

Feb 23, 2006 — Mitsui Bussan sign contract for 12 AW139

Feb 21, 2006 — Airborne Mine Counter Measures EH101

Feb 14, 2006 — ASESA 412s surpass 50.000 safe flying hour mark

Feb 9, 2006 — US139 Arrives at Fort Rucker For LUH Source Selection Performance Demonstration

Feb 8, 2006 — SASEMAR Orders Three AW139

Jan 23, 2006 — Bell 412 LUH Global Rescue

Jan 18, 2006 — Fire Scout completes First Autonomous Ship Landings

Jan 12, 2006 — AgustaWestland Launches HEAT Programme for EH101 Merlin

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