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Lifenet 3 Air Ambulance New Base In Orangeburg, SC

Lifenet 3 Air Ambulance New Base In Orangeburg, SC

LifeNet South Carolina 3, an air ambulance helicopter service by Air Methods in Orangeburg, relocated from the Medical University of South Carolina to a new location next to the Orangeburg County Fire District and Fire Training Center
08-May - #Orangeburg

UAE Search and Rescue Has Mobile Phone Detection System

UAE Search and Rescue Has Mobile Phone Detection System

Nine United Arab Emirates (UAE) search and rescue (SAR) Leonardo AW139 helicopters are now equipped with the Smith Myers Artemis mobile phone detection, location and communication system.
08-May - #UAE

Safran Signs Support Contracts with Chinese GDAT

Safran Signs Support Contracts with Chinese GDAT

Safran has signed two maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) support-by-the-hour (SBH) engine support contracts with the Chinese group GDAT for 140 Arrano 1A and Makila 2A1 engines, which power the EC225/H225 and H160 helicopters respectively
07-May - #Engines

Bell 429 ALFA Laboratory for Fly-by-Wire Flights

Bell 429 ALFA Laboratory for Fly-by-Wire Flights

Bell unveiled its Bell 429 Aircraft Laboratory for Future Autonomy (ALFA) experimental helicopter to investigate autonomous fly-by-wire flights
07-May - #FlyByWire

Kaman in Partnership with Textron for KARGO UAV

Kaman in Partnership with Textron for KARGO UAV

Kaman and Textron Systems announced a strategic alliance agreement for collaboration on opportunities and critical technologies for Kaman’s KARGO UAV autonomous drone
06-May - #drones

Helicopter Underwater Egress Training

Helicopter Underwater Egress Training

US Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets toured and observed a live demonstration at the Spanish military’s underwater egress training facility at Rota Naval Base
06-May - #underwater

Marines CH-53K Transports F-35 Jet

Marines CH-53K Transports F-35 Jet

A US Marine’s new CH-53K helicopter, assigned to VMX-1 squadron, transported a F-35C airframe between test sites Pax River in Maryland and Lakehurst in New Jersey
05-May - #Marines

German Navy Frigate Hessen Returns from Operation Aspides

German Navy Frigate Hessen Returns from Operation Aspides

The German frigate Hessen has returned from deployment in the Red Sea as part of the European Union Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) Operation Aspides
04-May - #RedSea

Donation to Redevelop Strensham Medical Helipad

Donation to Redevelop Strensham Medical Helipad

With a £1.8M donation by the HELP Appeal, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) is set to redevelop its Strensham medical helicopter base on the Worcestershire/Gloucestershire border, including the construction of a new hangar
04-May - #Strensham



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