• Papillion Helicopters ordered another
EC130B4 for aerial sightseeing in the
Grand Canyon and surrounding areas.
Equipped with Turbomeca Arriel 2B1
engines, it becomes the 14th EC130B4 in
Papillion’s fleet.
Sikorsky
Aircraft
President
Jeffrey Pino
programmed coupled approach; cargo
hook with load-sensing capability; and
improvements to the rotor deicing and
active vibration control systems.
• Sikorsky Global is reporting a rise in
sales of the S-300C and CBi of around
50 percent through early 2010, when
compared to the same period in 2009.
• LORD Corp. has teamed with SAS
involving high-capacity laminate (HCL)
elastomeric bearings. SAS business unit
Helicopter Support Inc. will serve as the
distributor of LORD bearings for the S-61,
S-70 and S-92.
• Brazil’s Líder Taxi Aéreo has purchased
three S-76C++ helicopters for offshore oil
operations. Líder also recently became the
first S-92 operator in the region.
Sikorsky
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected
Sikorsky’s newest division—Innovations—
to develop active rotor technology
with the ability to “adapt to a changing
environment” and vary its performance
based on operating conditions. The
first phase of the three-part project will
involve $5.9 million to design the mission-adaptive helicopter over a period of 16
months. For videos of Sergei Sikorsky and
Innovations Director Chris Van Buiten,
visit: www.aviationtoday.com/rw/
heliexpo2010/videoarchive/
• Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has
secured a five-year U.S. State Department
indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity
(IDIQ) contract that calls for up to 110
modified S-61T helicopters for passenger
and cargo transport operations, including
for the American Embassy in Afghanistan.
Perkasie, Pa.-based Carson Helicopters is
partnering with SAS on the modernization
program for the helicopter.
• Sikorsky has initiated flight tests with
the second S-76D prototype. Production
started in late 2009 at Aero Vodochody in
the Czech Republic, and the first prototype
is scheduled to arrive at Sikorsky Global’s
complex in Coatesville, Pa. in April for
completion and final assembly.
• New upgrades are available for the S-92,
including ADS-B equipment developed in
partnership with PHI for Gulf of Mexico
offshore operations; a SAR automatic
flight control system that provides a pre-
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