23-Feb-24 - Enterprise Rescue and PHI Air Medical have jointly opened their second base in Alabama, located in Andalusia and equipped with a Bell 407 air ambulance helicopter
#Alabama
19-Aug-23 - Arista Aviation Services in Enterprise, Alabama, has successfully completed the first flight of the initial refurbished UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter out of a total of six, intended for the Portuguese Air Force’s firefighting operations #BlackHawk
09-Mar-23 - International Defense & Aerospace Group (IDAG) acquires Alabama’ Ace Aeronautics, provider of the UH-60 AceHawk helicopter upgrade with Garmin glass cockpit #AceHawk
07-Mar-23 - Arista Aviation selects Flight Data Systems’ SENTRY Combination of Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) for data capture and storage onboard military and commercial Black Hawk helicopters #BlackHawk
02-Sep-22 - Alabama-based Arista Aviation Services will deliver six former US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Portuguese Air Force to be used mainly in firefighting missions with a 5-years of onsite maintenance and logistical support. #BlackHawk
23-Jan-22 - Australian Helitak will provide Arista Aviation Services, a MRO facility in Alabama, with expandable fixed belly tank for the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter which require no airframe modification and no extended landing gear installation #firefighting
26-Jul-21 - MD Helicopters featuring the Alabama’ Oxford Police MD530F during the Airborne Public Safety Association’s (APSA) annual convention and expo (APSCON) July 26-31 in New Orleans #APSCON2021
06-Mar-21 - Kratos awarded $9M contract to upgrade US Army’s Chinook helicopter training systems in Ft Eustis, Virginia. Avionics and survivability equipment of the simulators will be upgrade to the latest CH-47F configuration #Chinook
04-Jan-21 - Ace Aeronautics in Alabama granted Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Ace Aero HD Sensor Mount for the commercial S-70 / UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters compatible with FLIR Systems, WESCAM and Trakka Systems cameras #mount
19-Nov-20 - Kratos unveiled its Aircrew Combat Mission Training (ACMT). Air and ground crews can now collectively train in this mixed reality environment. System includes a mixed reality Multi-Position - Aircrew Virtual Environment Trainer (MP-AVET) integrated with a mixed reality Ground Party Simulator (GPS) #ACMT
24-Oct-20 - Ace Aeronautics at Guntersville, Alabama inaugurated a aircraft paint booth and media blast facility capable for US Army CH/MH-47, UH/MH-60, and AH-64 helicopters #painting
10-Oct-20 - California’ Santa Barbara County received a new helicopter for firefighting. Copter 964 is a former 2004-built US Army Black Hawk upgraded to Firehawk configuration with new avionics and rescue hoist. #firefighting