Tech-Tool Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of rotorcraft windows, celebrates its 50th anniversary with the release of the Forward Reduced Door Cabin Comfort window.
Airbus Helicopters is awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence of Ghana for two H175Ms, one ACH175 and one ACH160. The H175Ms will be used as multi-mission helicopters for transport, search and rescue, emergency medical services, and disaster relief. The ACH175 and ACH160 will be operated for transport.
Airbus secures the first order for its H160 helicopter in Australia, with Australia’s privately owned logistics and supply-chain enterprise, Linfox, placing the purchase. The new aircraft, which will be used for passenger transportation missions across Australia, marks Linfox’s first purchase with Airbus.
Japan’s Tokyo Fire Department awards Airbus Helicopters with a contract for an Airbus H225 following a tender. This new helicopter will replace an older aircraft as part of the organization’s fleet-modernization strategy. This acquisition reinforces the agency’s commitment to maintaining high operational readiness across critical missions, including aerial firefighting, search-and-rescue, emergency medical service, and disaster response.
Airbus finalizes the acquisition of U.S.-based Aerovel and its unmanned aerial system (UAS), Flexrotor, in a move to strengthen its portfolio of tactical unmanned solutions. Flexrotor is a small, tactical, unmanned aerial system designed for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions at sea and over land.
The UK Ministry of Defence orders an additional six Airbus H145 helicopters as the next step in renewing its rotary fleet and cutting the number of different types in service.
StandardAero’s Airbus helicopter dynamic components MRO facility, located in Richmond, BC, Canada, celebrates the company’s 40th year of supporting Airbus Helicopter dynamic components services. The facility is a full-fledged, D Level-rated MRO shop, supported by Airbus factory-trained technicians covering all MRO, VDI and BBOV disciplines for servicing Airbus helicopters.
Norwegian Air Ambulance orders three Airbus H135s and two five-bladed H145s following a tender the operator recently won in Denmark, where the aircraft will be used for life-saving missions. The HEMS operator will also take delivery of two new H145s in 2024 to expand its fleet in Norway.
Airbus delivers the first two H135s to the Spanish Guardia Civil and National Police under the 36-unit contract signed with the General Directorate for Armaments and Materiel (DGAM) at the end of 2021 to supply the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters, along with Fernando Lombo, managing director of Airbus Helicopters in Spain, were present at the handover ceremony that took place at the Airbus plant in Albacete.
Airbus and Ecocopter sign a memorandum of understanding to begin collaboration on the launch of urban air mobility services across various countries in Latin America, a major step toward the co-creation of a functioning urban air mobility ecosystem in the region.