Boeing Defence Australia has been awarded a five-year contract valued at up to $20 million to provide maintenance to the Army’s new fleet of CH-47F Chinook helicopters at Townsville. “The contract integrates defence industry and Australian Defence Force workforces to provide an efficient, flexible and effective maintenance team for Australia’s Chinook helicopter capability,” Minister for
Toll Helicopters has signed agreements with Leonardo-Finmeccanica to become the sole authorised training centre for the Australasian region, delivering a full suite of AW139 pilot training packages. Jointly developed by Leonardo and CAE, Toll Helicopters has installed a CAE 3000 Series AW139 full flight simulator (FFS) at its new Aeromedical Crewing Excellence (ACE) training centre
CHC Helicopter has signed a 21-month contract to provide the Australian Army with aeromedical evacuation (AME) and crash response support for deployments throughout Australia. Commencing on October 1 2016, CHC currently provides search and rescue (SAR) services to the RAAF and will use that fleet of Sikorsky S-76s and Bell 412s to provide AME services
An application to install a floating helipad on Perth’s Swan River between Barrack Street and Victoria Avenue is a step closer after a development application was approved by the Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife on September 15. “We now have to go through a Request for Proposal after both of our proposals were
Bell Helicopter has launched its V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) concept which the manufacturer has designed to satisfy the capabilities outlined in the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) 2016-2026 aviation plan for a larger and armed shipborne UAS platform. Officially unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 22, Bell vice
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD), the manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Boeing to renew its joint cooperation of converting the South Korean military’s MD 500MD Defender helicopters into unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Korean Air chairman and chief executive Yang Ho Cho and Boeing chief
