By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Wednesday it might cancel a $6.2 billion Textron Inc TXT armed helicopter program after finding that projected costs had soared more than 40 percent above initial estimates. One possibility is that the...
Compact code, a short development cycle and enough reliability to keep an unmanned helicopter flying?the combination of those three seem outside the realm of possibility. Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility UAVRF were recently faced with just such a situation. One of the critical...
The research organizations ONERA and DLR initiated a common programme supported by Eurocopter EC and Eurocopter Deutschland ECD as industry partners within the Active Blade Concept ABC. The content is to investigate in theory and experiment the possible benefits and the phenomena associated with an actively controlled flap located at...
This publication is for general guidance on implementation of the CAA Light Aircraft Maintenance Schedule LAMS for piston engine aeroplanes and helicopters not exceeding 2730 kg MTWA, and guidance on airworthiness flight testing of all pistons and turbine engined light aeroplanes and helicopters. An aircraft registered in the United Kingdom...
This white paper report describes the process and results of the dynamic modeling of model-scale unmanned helicopter (Yamaha R-50 with 10 ft rotor diameter) using system identification. A complete dynamic model was derived for both hover and cruise flight conditions. The accuracy of the developed model is verified by the...
Survivors of a disastrous Alpine race which ended with the deaths of two runners have spoken of how participants crawled through a snowstorm on their hands and knees and wept with exhaustion during the run up Germany's highest mountain. State prosecutors in Bavaria are investigating the organisers...
BEIRUT AFP — Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel arrived to a hero's welcome in Lebanon Wednesday, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but...
BEIRUT AFP — Five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel arrived to a hero's welcome in Lebanon Wednesday, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but...
SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE: SOI) provides an update on the current exploration activities taking place on some of it's projects in the James Bay area, in Quebec. URANIUM - UPINOR AND OPINACA NORD PROJECTS: A diamond drilling program was recently completed in partnership with Dios Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:...
Midland Exploration Inc. ("Midland") (TSX VENTURE: MD) in partnership with Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd ("Agnico-Eagle") is pleased to announce the beginning of an important field campaign on its gold properties located in the James Bay Area; an area that could become a major gold district in Quebec after the Abitibi Belt....
ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge, Inc. (AMEX:LB) has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to continue to provide printed circuit card assemblies for various models of UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Designed and manufactured by Sikorsky, the...
FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has sold two S-92R helicopters to the International Handling Company Limited IHC, Sikorsky announced today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. . (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060403/SIKORSKYLOGO ) ...
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW -- The H-92 SUPERHAWKR helicopter will visit at least nine countries throughout Europe over the next several weeks to demonstrate its mission capabilities, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today from the Farnborough International Air Show, where the aircraft is on...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received $56 million in follow-on contracts from the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command AMCOM at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, for support of Mast-Mounted Sights MMS on OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance helicopters. The contracts cover...
ATHENS AFP — Greek firefighters struggled Tuesday to contain a major forest fire that broke out northwest of Athens and was being fanned by strong winds, the fire service said. More than 280 firefighters and 51 trucks were battling the blaze near Beotie, about 40 kilometres (25 miles)...
FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has sold an S-92R VIP helicopter to Azerbaijan Airlines AZAL, the state-owned airline of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sikorsky announced today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. . ...
-Aircraft Proves Reliable Since 2007 Introduction to U.K. SAR Market- FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft's Search-and-Rescue SAR-configured S-92R helicopter has logged more than 150 rescues in the challenging topography of the North Sea and North Atlantic since being introduced into service by...
In recent days, more than a hundred Israeli fighter jets conducted an exercise over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, covering a distance of some 900 miles. They were accompanied by helicopters useful in rescuing downed pilots and midair-refueling tankers. That, combined with the fact that Iran is also some 900 miles...
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and Secretary of State Agriculture, and the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the Government has awarded a contract to L-3 Wescam Inc., Burlington, Ontario, for...
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, FARNBOROUGH, England, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army CECOM Life Cycle Management Command has chosen Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. , to supply Advanced Flight Control Computers for the continued upgrade of Sikorsky UH-60A/L helicopters. Product engineering and program management...
