As the Southern Hemisphere summer gets underway, Australia’s Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) has added a number of firefighting aircraft to its fleet as this year’s fire season moves to its...
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Erickson has announced the delivery last week of the latest S-64 Air Crane® helicopter to its partner at Korea Forest Service (KFS) in South Korea. Over a 20-year relationship with...
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The 10th of 12 Sikorsky S070i Firehawks has been delivered to the Cal Fire Aviation Management Unit. The aircraft will based at Beiber in the northeast of the state. The…
GPMS International, Flightcell, and Blue Sky Network have announced a combined solution featuring their industry-leading technologies that creates a fully compliant, lightweight, cost-efficient option for operators planning bids for the…
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) which has responsibility for forest maintenance has begun training crews on the Sling Dragon used in controlled burns. The SLING DRAGON…
Following on from the US Army’s decision to ground its entire 400 strong CH47 force. The US Forest Service has followed suit. The grounding follows a number of engine fires…
ROTAK Helicopter Services (“ROTAK”) has announced a partnership with Australia’s Helitak Firefighting Equipment (“Helitak”) to develop the FT11K, a lightweight, 11,350-liter (3,000 US gallons) collapsible belly-mounted fire-suppression tank specifically designed…
As part of its ongoing fleet renewal programme the Maine Forestry Service (MFS) Aviation Division has taken delivery of a Bell 407 it acquired in June. The aircraft is expected…
The RotorHub team would like to offer our thanks and congratulations to the northern Hemisphere’s fire fighting crews and the maintenance teams that support them as they continue their round…
China’s Xiangjiang General Aviation Development Company (“Xiangjiang GA”) has signed a contract for one AW139 medium twin-engine helicopter and one AW109 Trekker light twin helicopter. The helicopters will be utilised…
