CAE 0announced it is designing and manufacturing a UH-60 Black Hawk full-mission simulator to be used by the Mexican Federal Police. ACADEMI, a security services company and prime contractor, awarded CAE USA a subcontract in late September 2013.  ACADEMI was contracted by the United States Department of Defense Counter Narcoterrorism Program...

Russian Helicopters has delivered a Mi-8AMT helicopter (also known as the Mi-171 for the foreign markets) to the Russian company UTair Aviation. The delivery took place under a contract signed in 2011 between Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a Russian Helicopters company, and UTair Aviation. “UTair Aviation is a longstanding partner of Russian...

A Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite has sent initial signals from space after its launch Feb. 20, joining four other advanced versions of the spacecraft that are improving position, navigation and timing information for millions of civilian and military users around the world. GPS IIF-5 launched at 8:59 p.m. Eastern time from...

Boeing's P-8A Poseidon program will enter full production, following a $2.4 billion contract award from the U.S. Navy for 16 additional aircraft that will bolster maritime patrol capabilities. The order, which will take the total fleet to 53, marks a transition from preliminary low-rate production. Boeing has delivered 13 P-8As to the Navy,...

Bell Helicopter revealed at HELI-Expo 2014 the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X™ – designed to redefine the short light single(SLS) class. Hundreds of attendees gathered at booth 4536 to witness the unveiling of the newest generation of Bell helicopters. "Bell Helicopter changed the face of the industry nearly 50 years ago with the introduction of...

Rockwell Collins has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with St. Petersburg, Russia-based Transas Aviation—a division of Transas Group—to address forward-fit and retrofit avionics opportunities for Russian aircraft platforms. The combined strengths of Rockwell Collins and Transas Aviation, which provides aviation solutions for Russian...

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 have approved a long-term contract extension intended to better position Boeing to compete for work that’s critical to its St. Louis site's future. The company's contract with the more than 2,300 represented workers now expires in July, 2022. It was to...

The world’s leading medical and travel security services group has unveiled its new Assistance App for 2014. This essential tool is aimed at business travellers and expatriates. It delivers crucial information, advice and connectivity into the palm of their hands. Rich Gallagher, Chief Digital Officer at International SOS said: “This is...

 Boeing delivered the first 777-300ER (Extended Range) to China Southern Airlines, Asia's largest airline in fleet size and number of passengers carried. The new airplane is the first of 10 777-300ERs China Southern has on order with Boeing. "The 777-300ER's long-haul capability is a perfect fit for our network expansion plans as it will...

Chris Ferguson, Boeing's director of Crew and Mission Operations and commander of the final Space Shuttle flight, virtually returned to space recently in the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 simulator to satisfy a NASA testing requirement for the spacecraft. Ferguson performed manual piloting activities including on-orbit attitude and...

Cessna Aircraft Company is celebrating another testing milestone with the Citation Latitude. In only the aircraft’s third flight, the Latitude prototype has successfully achieved full envelope performance for maximum speed (440 KTAS, 506 mph), Mach speed (0.80) and altitude (45,000 ft). The aircraft was cleared for a direct climb to 45,000 ft...

Three months following to launch of presentation of EASA CS-LSA Certified training aircraft the SportStar RTC in France, Evektor’s French distributor Aero4You signed the first order for a glass cockpit version of the SportStar RTC. The aircraft will be equipped with the latest  Dynon SkyView full redundancy glass panel with 10” EFIS 10 and...

On  26 February at the Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo show, Rotorsim, owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that it is continuing to expand with the purchase of two CAE 3000 Series Level D helicopter simulators. Rotorsim will add the world's first-ever AW169 full-flight simulator to the...

On 28 February at HELI-EXPO 2014, Bell Helicopter announced a letter of intent for 10 Bell 525 Relentless™ aircraft. Abu Dhabi Aviation chose the Bell 525 for its versatility to support a number of missions based in the UAE, including offshore oil and gas, emergency medical support, VIP transport, firefighting and search and rescue. Bell...

Chapman Freeborn and its logistics partners SPI Freight Ltd and Logik Logistics International have successfully arranged the transportation of the first ever C-Worker vessel - an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is set to revolutionize oil and gas operations. The year-long logistics project - which started with loading feasibility studies...