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News from 2010

Dec 22, 2010 — Three Bell 407 to Iraq

Dec 20, 2010 — Last of 23 EC135 delivered to Poland s LPR

Dec 20, 2010 — First EC725 for the Brazilian Armed Forces

Dec 17, 2010 — NH90 TTH for Spain Maiden Flight

Dec 17, 2010 — NH90 TTH for France performs its maiden flight

Dec 17, 2010 — Tiger HAD version for France performs its maiden flight

Dec 17, 2010 — Eurocopter begins flight testing of the second EC175 helicopter prototype

Dec 17, 2010 — Ministry of Justice of Cyprus Takes Delivery of Two AW139s

Dec 16, 2010 — Fire-X Completes First Unmanned Flight

Dec 15, 2010 — Bell 412EP engine and cockpit upgrade in development

Dec 14, 2010 — New CH-147 Chinook Infrastructure At CFB Petawawa

Dec 13, 2010 — US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin to Prepare Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter for Deployment

Dec 13, 2010 — Upgraded glass cockpit CH-53E makes first flight

Dec 9, 2010 — A major milestone for Eurocopter X3 hybrid helicopter

Dec 8, 2010 — AAS-72X first flight

Dec 8, 2010 — MMEA Takes Delivery of Three AW139

Dec 6, 2010 — Huey II for the Yemen government

Dec 6, 2010 — VMM-561 is newest MV-22 Osprey squadron

Dec 6, 2010 — AgustaWestland Completes the First AW109 LUH/LOH Operators Conference

Dec 2, 2010 — Delivery of First S-61T Helicopter

Dec 2, 2010 — Weststar Aviation Services Takes Delivery of Its First AW139

Nov 30, 2010 — First EC145 delivered to Sabah Air Aviation

Nov 22, 2010 — First R66 in Australasia goes to Heliflite

Nov 22, 2010 — The Bell 429 enters the Oil & Gas Segment

Nov 22, 2010 — Final AW159 Lynx Wildcat Test Aircraft Makes Its Maiden Flight

Nov 19, 2010 — Depot Delivers 400th Honeywell T-55 Engine

Nov 18, 2010 — Fifth AS350 B3 to Phoenix Police

Nov 16, 2010 — Wichita Police Dept Air Section 40th Anniversary

Nov 8, 2010 — Turkey Orders Nine More T129 Helicopters For The Land Forces Command

Nov 2, 2010 — Brazilian State of Goiás Orders Three AW119Ke Helicopters

Oct 31, 2010 — Iraq orders seven AS350 B3 for agricultural missions

Oct 28, 2010 — US Army announces OH-58 A2D conversion program

Oct 27, 2010 — MQ-8B Fire Scout Surpasses 1,000 Flight Hours

Oct 27, 2010 — Eurocopter signs two strategic agreements with Kazakhstan

Oct 26, 2010 — R66 Turbine Receives FAA Type Certificate

Oct 26, 2010 — CHC Helikopter Service recognizes its Norwegian heritage

Oct 26, 2010 — New F Designation for OH-58 Program

Oct 26, 2010 — ÖAMTC achieves 100,000 flight hours with its EC135 fleet

Oct 26, 2010 — UH-72A reaches its 40,000 flight hours

Oct 21, 2010 — US Army AH-1 Cobra Retirement Program Ends

Oct 20, 2010 — Maryland State Police to buy six AW139

Oct 20, 2010 — Eurocopter India subsidiary inaugurated

Oct 19, 2010 — Sikorsky and Líder Sign for One S-92 Helicopter

Oct 19, 2010 — INAER EMS transport in Chile

Oct 15, 2010 — Second AW159 Lynx Wildcat Makes Its First Flight

Oct 11, 2010 — Last of 36 EC120s ordered by Helidax delivered

Oct 8, 2010 — BlueWay AS Signs Contract For Three AW139 Helicopters

Oct 6, 2010 — GAU-21 deploys with UH-1Y

Oct 6, 2010 — Turkish Ministry of Transport orders 2 EC145

Oct 6, 2010 — EC145 Stylence Helicopter to Spedition Helicopterservice Linke GmbH

Oct 6, 2010 — Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Fleet Achieves 250,000 Flight Hours at Record Pace

Oct 5, 2010 — UH-72A to be equipped for Security and Support Battalion missions

Oct 4, 2010 — AH-1Z Successfully Completed OPEVAL

Sep 29, 2010 — HMM-774 Continuing Promise operations in Nicaragua

Sep 28, 2010 — UTair signs a contract for 20 AS350/AS355

Sep 28, 2010 — First GrandNew Helicopters for France and the Principality of Monaco Delivered

Sep 27, 2010 — Flight testing of Eurocopter X3 begun

Sep 26, 2010 — SAS Wins Luxembourg MD902 Maintenance Contract

Sep 22, 2010 — AS350B3 for the Namibia s Police Air Wing

Sep 21, 2010 — SSFC logs 10,000 flight hours with one of its Super Puma

Sep 20, 2010 — Mexico orders six additional EC725

Sep 16, 2010 — Tiger HAD Tests Begin in Spain

Sep 15, 2010 — first EC135 with Russian-built avionics to Gazpromavia

Sep 15, 2010 — EC635 Firing Tests with SAWS

Sep 15, 2010 — Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator Achieves 250-Knot Speed Milestone

Sep 3, 2010 — Nine AW139s For Weststar Aviation Services

Sep 2, 2010 — 57th Transportation Company officially marks its inactivation

Aug 30, 2010 — PHI, Inc. Signs Contract For Ten AW139s

Aug 25, 2010 — The Finnish Border Guard Takes Delivery Of Its First AW119Ke

Aug 18, 2010 — RIMPAC reaches successful conclusion

Aug 16, 2010 — First Dauphin AS365 N3 Full Flight Simulator in Singapore

Aug 11, 2010 — Panama Orders 6 AW139

Aug 10, 2010 — Humberside Police Explorer reaches 10,000 hours

Aug 3, 2010 — CH-47F Chinook Fielded by US Army 10th Mountain Division

Aug 3, 2010 — Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept purchases 12 AS.350B2

Aug 3, 2010 — CH-53K Helicopter Program Achieves Successful Critical Design Review

Jul 29, 2010 — Tiger: 1,000 Flight Hours in Operations in Afghanistan

Jul 28, 2010 — New MD500E to Hawaii County Fire Dept

Jul 28, 2010 — UH-72A are deployed to the missile test site on Kwajalein Atoll

Jul 21, 2010 — Boeing Celebrates Production of 100th CH-47F Chinook

Jul 20, 2010 — 200th UH-60M Black Hawk to US Army

Jul 19, 2010 — Japan Coast Guard Signs Contracts For Six More AW139s

Jul 19, 2010 — AgustaWestland Unveils The AW169

Jul 19, 2010 — new EC135 to West Midlands Police Air Support Unit

Jul 19, 2010 — AW159 First Appearance at Farnborough

Jul 15, 2010 — Sikorsky and Lockheed Team for HH-60 Recap Program

Jul 13, 2010 — New MD 530F for the Las Vegas Metro Police Dept

Jul 12, 2010 — Portuguese Air Force AW101 Fleet Achieves 10,000 Flying Hours

Jul 2, 2010 — EC120 Reaches 10,000 Flight Hour Milestone

Jul 1, 2010 — Sikorsky Acquired LifePort

Jun 30, 2010 — Czech Police logs the 10,000 flights hours with its EC135

Jun 21, 2010 — Travis County STAR Flight Places Third EC145 into Service

Jun 15, 2010 — Bell 407 reaches historic mark: 1,000th aircraft

Jun 12, 2010 — Winnipeg Police Service New EC120

Jun 11, 2010 — Ornge Takes Delivery of First AW139

Jun 8, 2010 — MD Helicopters Delivered 600th MD500E

Jun 4, 2010 — Eurocopter unveils NH90 MedEvac variant

Jun 2, 2010 — State Dept Accepts S-61 for Afghanistan

Jun 1, 2010 — MD Explorer for Essex Air Ambulance

May 27, 2010 — Highest-altitude longline rescue by Fishtail Air AS350B3

May 6, 2010 — GE38 Completes First Engine to Test Program

May 3, 2010 — Northrop Grumman & Bell to develop VUAS Fire-X

Apr 23, 2010 — US Army Lokotas Arrived to Europe

Apr 21, 2010 — The Royal Netherlands Navy Takes Delivery of its First NH90 NFH

Apr 19, 2010 — MetroHealth takes delivery of third EC145

Apr 13, 2010 — Boeing Completes Chinook Industrial Cooperation Program in Spain

Mar 30, 2010 — Three EC130B4 to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Mar 26, 2010 — Ten More Lynx Upgrades For The British Army

Mar 24, 2010 — USNTPS UH-72A Lakotas have arrived

Mar 22, 2010 — groundbreaking for the new EC 725 helicopter assembly line in Brazil

Mar 11, 2010 — Indian Air Force Signs € 560 Million Contract For 12 AW101 Helicopters

Mar 8, 2010 — Police Air Support Devon & Cornwall Police received new EC145

Mar 5, 2010 — 100th UH-72A Lakota Delivered to the US Army

Mar 4, 2010 — New Army Black Hawk succeeds in combat

Feb 23, 2010 — CBP adds 6 more AS350B3 LEH

Feb 22, 2010 — Sikorsky Announces Continuing Upgrades for the S-92 Helicopter

Feb 22, 2010 — Eurocopter Presents New EC225 Fire-Fighting System

Feb 22, 2010 — EC175 at Heli-Expo 2010

Feb 21, 2010 — Bristow orders additional 4 AW139s

Feb 21, 2010 — US State Dept Orders S-61T for Use in Afghanistan

Feb 21, 2010 — AgustaWestland Unveils The Grand New

Feb 21, 2010 — Sikorsky and Líder Sign for Three S-76C++

Feb 16, 2010 — EFD1000H for Bell 206 and Bell 407

Feb 16, 2010 — AgustaWestland and Tata Sons Establish a Joint Venture Company

Feb 16, 2010 — Super Puma/Cougar/EC225 Family marks 4 Million Flight Hours

Feb 10, 2010 — CH-53GA Completes Maiden Flight

Feb 9, 2010 — UK Soteria to provide SAR for the next 25 years

Feb 4, 2010 — Spanish Ministry of the Interior sign contract for 12 EC135s

Jan 29, 2010 — Boeing Helicopter Support Program to Provide Lift for Canadian Industry

Jan 22, 2010 — VMR-1 HH-46 Pedro trains to save lives

Jan 13, 2010 — Narita Airport Luxury Helicopter Service

Jan 7, 2010 — Helibras will upgrade 34 Panthers for the Brazilian Army

Jan 5, 2010 — CH-47F Chinook Fielded by 5th US Army Unit

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