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Aero Asset reports increased sales activity for heavy twin-engine helicopters, with pricing reaching its highest level in five years during the first half. The data points to stronger transaction momentum and firmer values in a specialized segment of the helicopter market.
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Aero Asset reports increased sales activity for heavy twin-engine helicopters, with pricing reaching its highest level in five years during the first half. The data points to stronger transaction momentum and firmer values in a specialized segment of the helicopter market.
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An NBC Los Angeles NewsChopper 4 Eurocopter AS350 B2 crashed in Chatsworth while covering an earlier fatal bus collision, killing an aerial journalist, the pilot and a person on the ground. Two other people were hospitalized after the helicopter descended onto a commercial property.
A new congressional report says the United States lost four F-15Es, seven KC-135 tankers and as many as 30 MQ-9 drones during the Iran war. Helicopters for casualty evacuation were deployed from four countries, while hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, underscoring the conflict’s operational demands.
Airbus has appointed Nicolas Boltoukhine, an experienced corporate aviation executive and pilot, to lead Airbus Corporate Helicopters. He succeeds Frederic Lemos, who is departing after serving as the unit’s CEO since 2017.
Avincis plans to acquire five Bell 214ST medium-twin helicopters from Australian type certificate holder McDermott Aviation, expanding the aerial services provider’s firefighting fleet. The deal adds additional heavy-lift rotorcraft capacity for wildfire response operations.
Poland is pursuing additional defense cooperation with the Philippines after completing deliveries of Black Hawk helicopters to Manila last month, according to a senior Polish foreign ministry official. The effort signals Warsaw’s interest in expanding bilateral defense ties beyond the recently completed helicopter program.
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A Russian frigate fired two flares—one narrowly missing a Danish military helicopter—while it photographed the vessel in international waters off Denmark. The incident came alongside an Italian NATO fighter’s shootdown of a suspected Russian drone over Lithuania and Polish air operations after Russian attacks on Ukraine.
South Korea has approved the additional purchase of approximately 20 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, with deliveries planned by 2032. The naval warfare helicopters will replace aging Leonardo Lynx Mk.99/99A assets and strengthen the South Korean Navy’s anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare capabilities.
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