http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:46 EDT Aircraft of the U.S. Air Force’s 302nd Air Expeditionary Group began their third week of coordinated efforts to control wildfires in California. The 302nd AEG aerial assets have conducted nearly 1,000 drops, delivering more than... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/24314.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT FIL Offers Free Shuttle Bus Service Farnborough International Limited (FIL) announced that it will provide a free shuttle bus service for exhibitors and trade visitors travelling in to next week’s air show from the three principal local railway stations. The majority of exhibitors and business visitors... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/22492.html Wed, 9 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT In July 2005, Textron won the U.S. Army contract for the next generation armed reconnaissance helicopter, ARH. The ARH, designated the ARH-70A Arapaho, were to replace the Army's current Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors that are the Army’s most heavily used fleet in Iraq and are... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23910.html Wed, 9 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT After a daring but unsuccessful raid to free U.S. POWs in North Vietnam in 1970 and subsequent tours in Bosnia and Iraq, a Sikorsky Aircraft MH-53 has retired to... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23881.html Tue, 8 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Some of us who headed to Montreal in early May for the American Helicopter Society International's annual gathering were intrigued by hints that Boeing would break some news there. Specifically, a well-informed insider or two at the Army Aviation Assn of America yearly convention a month earlier had said... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23809.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Welcome to R&W’s updated homepage. You’ll still find all the rotorcraft information you require here, with our daily news briefs, powerful search engine and current... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23810.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT NEWS A set of new U.S. Army contracts to helicopter makers, spurred by damage incurred by aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, is intended to reinvigorate U.S. research and development of rotor technology. Awarded to Boeing and Sikorsky under the Army Applied Aviation Directorate’s Rotor Durability... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23038.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT MILITARY European Union countries have agreed to pool their helicopter capabilities to better support international operations. EU defense ministers meeting May 26 charged the European Defence Agency with coordinating the initiative in league with NATO. The effort is to cover joint training, logistics and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23039.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT MILITARY | HEAVY LIFT Widespread reports that the Joint Heavy Lift program led by the U.S. Army is dead may be premature. Senior Army leaders have, for months, referred to "the program formerly known as JHL," saying it has been succeeded by the Joint Future... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23048.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT PRODUCTS | AVIONICS Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intelligent Automation Corp (IAC), a leading supplier of helicopter on-board diagnostic systems for both military and commercial customers. Pending regulatory review, Honeywell will take over Poway, Calif.-based... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/heavylift/23063.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT