Tag: Airbus Helicopters

The Royal Moroccan Air Force has taken delivery of the first of its two H135M helicopters ordered from Airbus Helicopters, marking the beginning of...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has taken delivery of a new H125 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters, and is using it for visible policing...

The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces have ordered a fleet of H135 helicopters from Airbus for military training. Airbus Helicopters made the announcement on the opening...

Spain will later this year send NH90 helicopters to Mali where they will support the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali. It will...

On 25 July 2020, the Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio ran aground on a reef in Mauritius. Very quickly, Corail Helicopteres mobilised an Airbus Helicopters...

The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has commissioned into service a new H125 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters, replacing one that crashed last year. The aircraft, registration...

In Namibia and Botswana, government agencies are using the Airbus Helicopters H125 to fight the surge in wildlife crimes. The statistics are dire. Less than...

The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Air Wing has taken delivery of an H125 light utility helicopter from Airbus Helicopters, replacing a crashed EC135. The aircraft...

The Tanzania Air Force appears to have taken delivery of the first of two H225 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters. An H225 in Tanzania...

Here is a roundup of rotary wing news from the Farnborough Air Show that took place between 16 and 22 July. Canada is...

Even if Farnborough International Air Show is not the place where helicopter manufacturers are expected to make major announcements, five large OEMs...

Tunisia's defence ministry is looking for over a dozen new civil helicopters. According to African Intelligence, the Tunisian defence ministry has issued a...

Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have tested Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 manned helicopter and a CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial...

Ukraine signed a preliminary agreement on Friday with France to buy 55 helicopters from a division of Airbus to be used by...

Over the next 15 years, from 2018 to 2032, the medium/heavy military sector will be the largest segment of the world rotorcraft...

A former Colorado flight nurse who survived a helicopter ambulance crash with horrific burns over 90 percent of his body will receive...

The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) has taken delivery of an H125 light helicopter, and inaugurated an upgraded runway at Mejametalana Airbase. The helicopter...

Britain and Norway plan to lift a ban on offshore flights using two types of Super Puma helicopters, 17 months after a...

Here are details of rotary wing orders and announcements made during the 2017 Paris Air Show last week. Airbus Helicopters unveiled the aerodynamic...

As they do not need a runway, politicians love helicopters but in Britain and Norway, a ban on a model used by...

Saab's Integrated Defensive Aids Suite protects the crew by enhancing platform survivability in sophisticated, diverse and dense threat environments.Defence and security company Saab has received a...

Defence and security company Saab has received a contract from Airbus Helicopters for the IDAS integrated electronic warfare self-protection systems for H225M Caracal multirole...

Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) will produce the Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) for H225M Caracal multirole utility helicopters under a new contract...

Airbus Helicopters celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Gazelle helicopter's maiden flight on 25 April during a conference at the museum of...

Singapore has agreed to buy new military helicopters from Airbus and Boeing Co to replace its aging fleet of Super Pumas...

Mali's Air Force has taken delivery of its first Airbus Helicopters H215 Super Puma helicopter as part of efforts to revitalises its...

Airbus Helicopters and Denel Aviation have announced their intention to cooperate on a programme to enhance and modernise the Rooivalk attack helicopter. The...

Unlike its neighbours, Kuwait has not been a major customer for the French defence and security industry for the past three decades....

An estimated 4,791 medium/heavy military rotorcraft will be produced from 2016 through 2025, with this production valued at $115.7 billion, with yearly...

The helicopter market remains under pressure. Despite the stabilization of defence spending, budgets remain tight and parapublic markets are considered to be...

Airbus has no plans to scrap its Super Puma helicopter in the wake of a crash that killed 13 people in Norway,...

Airbus Helicopters Southern Africa (AHZA) on 23 June in Windhoek delivered a new H125 helicopter to Namibia's Department of Environmental Affairs &...

Airbus Helicopters has just completed the first test firing of its new HForce helicopter weapons suite and plans to have the system...

Airbus Helicopters, the world's largest supplier of commercial helicopters, finalised an agreement on Monday to build an assembly line in China as...

Airbus Helicopters is entering into partnerships with African companies in an effort to geographically cover the whole of Africa and provide maintenance...

Airbus Helicopters expects business to remain flat this year after falling orders in 2015 as problems in the oil and gas sector...

The production of light military rotorcraft is expected to increase next year but drop early next decade, according to a new study...

During July and August, the five main helicopter manufacturers released their financial results for the first six months of 2015. It is...

The Iraqi Army Air Corps' EC635 light helicopters are now armed with machineguns, cannons, rockets and Ingwe missiles provided by South Africa...

Three months after its introduction to the public at the Heli-Expo air show in Orlando, Florida, and following its first ground run...

Airbus Helicopters has changed names for its fleet of production aircraft with an "H" replacing the "EC" designation for most of its...

Botswana's Police Service yesterday signed a contract for three AS350 Squirrels from Airbus Helicopters, for delivery later this year, as well as...

Airbus Helicopters today handed over three new EC225 helicopters to Milestone Aviation Group, which is leasing them to Angola's SonAir for oil...

Angolan helicopter operator SonAir on Monday received a new EC225 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters for serving the oil and gas heli-lift market. The...

With over 670 of its rotorcraft operating across the African continent, Airbus Helicopters' presence at next week's ShieldAfrica exhibition will spotlight the...

As is the case every year, the global helicopter industry gathered for HAI aka Heli-Expo, this year in Anaheim, California, for the...

Angolan helicopter operator SonAir will in the first and second quarters of this year take delivery of three new EC225 helicopters leased...

Demand for helicopters has increased substantially in the emerging markets of the Asia-Pacific, Central Asia and Middle East as growth declines in...