Helicopter Alliance has signed a deal with a new aviation leasing company called Skyrise Leasing, which will acquire 12 UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft. The deliveries are expected in 2026 and...
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The County of Los Angeles Fire Department has signed a contract with Sikorsky for two S-70i FIREHAWK aircraft. The LAFD has been using FIREHAWK helicopters since the early 2000s to...
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Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp. (AEM) has secured a second Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its MTP136D P25 forest service radio from Transport Canada, enabling the radio to be installed for...
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TracPlus, a developer of mission-critical intelligence for aerial firefighting, has opened its first permanent European office in London and appointed a new Account Director and Account Manager. Atlanta Taylor will...
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Sikorsky and Rain, a firetech company, demonstrated and tested autonomous wildfire suppression techniques on propane and burning brush piles with Sikorsky’s MATRIX flight autonomy system and Rain’s wildfire suppression planning...
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Australian Fire Fighting specialist Kestrel Aviation is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding by Ray Cronin OAM. The company, which remains a wholly family-owned business, began life as a...
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Winnipeg-based Custom Helicopters has become a technology launch partner for Voxelis Canada Corportation’s VoxVision, an AI-powered vision and data collection system. The platform enables the firefighting of wildfires with thermal...
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Rain, an autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology developer, and Sikorsky have partnered to demonstrate autonomous take-off, fire detection, and water-dropping capabilities using a Black Hawk. The demonstration was executed at...
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The Italian National Fire Corps (Vigili del Fuoco, part of the Ministry of the Interior) has announced that it will introduce eight AW139 helicopters to its mountain and firefighting operations....
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Omni Táxi Aéreo, an affiliate of Omni Helicopters International Group (OHI), has signed a contract with Ibama, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, to progress efforts...
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