Shizuoka City – a metropolitan area in southern Japan famed for its views of Mount Fuji – has placed an order for an H145 D3 with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI),...
Read MoreThe US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted approval of an STC which will allow Recoil Aerospace’s T1000-E fire suppression system to be installed on the Super Puma series. The...
Read MoreWhile Super Pumas have been utilising bucket systems for fire attacks, two belly-mounted water tank options are also coming to the fore: the Firecat and, soon, the United Rotorcraft/Dart Aerospace...
Read MoreBritish Columbia-based Contour Helicopters has joined the Voxelis Customer Early Adoption Programme for the Voxelis VoxVision system. VoxVision is an AI-enabled vision and data collection platform that will evolve and...
Read MoreThe Coulson Firefighting Blackhawk can use either S-70i or UH-60 airframes as the base platform. Photo: Coulson Ahead of today’s opening of Aerial Fire Fighting North America in Sacramento, California,...
Read MorePrecision Helicopters will begin monitoring its fleet of Airbus AS332 Super Puma helicopters with GPMS International’s Foresight MX in Q2 2024, making Precision the first AS332 operator to utilise advanced...
Read MoreJapan’s Nara and Miyazaki Prefectures have signed purchase agreements for two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters with Subaru Corporation. Scheduled for delivery in 2025, the aircraft will be configured for firefighting,...
Read MoreQueensland-based Helitak Firefighting Equipment, which has partnered with Rotak Helicopter Services of Anchorage, Alaska, has been granted a Supplementary Type Certificate (STC) by the FAA. The STC allows the fitting...
Read MoreLockheed Martin’s PZL Mielec has delivered the first four European-manufactured S-70M Black Hawk utility helicopters to Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a further two more expected before the end...
Read MoreCoulson Aviation has secured a year-round firefighting contract extension valued at US$16 million, which will see the company continue to provide support to Southern California’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) in...
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