Articles for category Press Releases
Tokyo, 6 April 2020 – Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Super Puma fleet to 15, comprising two AS332s and 13 H225s. The new helicopters will be utilised for territorial coastal activities, security enforcement, as well as disaster relief missions in Japan.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Airbus
AS332
H225
Japan Coast Guard
Super Puma
Categories:
Press Releases
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] is temporarily suspending production operations at its facilities in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, in light of the company's continuous assessment of the spread of COVID-19 in the region. This action is intended to ensure the well-being of employees, their families and local communities, and will include an orderly shutdown consistent with requirements of U.S. and global defense customers.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Boeing
Categories:
Press Releases
PHILADELPHIA, —Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently delivered the first CH-47F Chinook with an upgraded cockpit to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), continuing a track record of on-time deliveries to customers. The RNLAF will operate a fleet of 20 CH-47F Chinooks, the newest configuration in use by countries around the world.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Boeing
CH-47F
Chinook
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Categories:
Press Releases
BETHESDA, Md., -- Lockheed Martin recently announced a number of additional steps we are taking to continue supporting our employees, vulnerable companies in our supply chain and those on the front lines of the medical crisis impacting our local communities and the nation.
[Read More...]
Tags:
COVID-19
Lockheed Martin
Categories:
Press Releases
Shadin Avionics announces its new Volta Series data converter platform as a software free complement to the highly successful Avionics Interface System (AIS) Configurable Converter Platform (CCP). First in the new series is the Volta-60 Discrete to ARINC 429 converter (V60).
[Read More...]
Tags:
ARINC 429
Shadin Avionics
Volta Series data converter platform
Categories:
Press Releases
Tucson, Arizona - April 6, 2020 – Universal Avionics is assisting the local Tucson community in protecting healthcare workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is currently providing the non-profit group, Hope Worldwide (Tucson Chapter), with assembly line space at their Tucson Headquarters to manufacture medical face masks and shields.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Universal Avionics
Categories:
Press Releases
As many manufacturers start finding new health safety solutions or aiding employees using resources on hand, Bell is no exception. When the nation began experiencing a shortage of hand sanitizer, our Bell Engineering Labs team decided to take matters into their own hands. Working with our Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team, they were able to follow the World Heath Organization’s formula and produce hand sanitizer using compounds in the lab while the EHS team procured materials and organized distribution.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Bell
textron
Categories:
Press Releases
The Bell AH-1Z Viper continues to showcase its maneuverability, whether in a maritime environment or onshore. A few months ago, the U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated the power of this attack helicopter through exercise "Viper Storm."
[Read More...]
Tags:
Bell
textron
Categories:
Press Releases
As safety is at the core of our business, we want to protect our community during the recent COVID-19 virus outbreak. Coptersafety is closely monitoring the status of the outbreak and its potential adverse impact on our ability to operate.
[Read More...]
Tags:
Coptersafety
Categories:
Press Releases
ASHBURN, Va. – April 6, 2020 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a trusted leading supplier of rugged data storage and protection solutions, announced today that its Data Transport System (DTS1) Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, the embedded industry’s first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) data-at-rest (DAR) storage solution to support two layers of full disk encryption (FDE) in a single device, has been fully tested and validated for operation at the extended -45º to +85ºC operating temperature range per MIL-STD-810G methods and procedures. This qualification makes the DTS1 ideal for use in the harshest deployed military environments, including high altitude, long endurance (HALE) UAS platforms that must operate as high as 40,000 ft. The DTS1 is the only Common Criteria certified NAS solution endorsed by the NSA and approved by NATO with two certified encryption layers. A cold plate was used for the active cooling testing, and included an integrated DTS1 unit containing a 2 terabyte removable memory cartridge (RMC).
[Read More...]
Tags:
Curtiss-Wright
Categories:
Press Releases