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Czechs pick Bell for $622 million army helicopter deal Reuters, August 22, 2019, PRAGUE — The Czech Republic will buy 12 military helicopters from U.S. maker Bell in a deal priced at 14.5 billion crowns ($622 million), Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar said on Thursday. The deal includes the utility V...

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, in a bid to bolster L.A. County’s firefighting efforts, announced at the Wildfire Town Hall this week the county is purchasing two additional Firehawk helicopters. The addition would bring the total number of Firehawk helicopters in the county’s firefighting arsenal to [b]...

104 XJ taxi out.

Just arrived at SPL-East: Confirmed 104 XJ

Yesterday a Bell 505 was seen at KLM Cargo airside. Red colors and white stripe.

Paris Air Show (June 19, 2019) – At a ceremony held today, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc.
(NYSE: TXT) company, and SUBARU CORPORATION, announced that the Japan National
Police Agency (JPNA) has placed the first order for a SUBARU BELL 412EPX.

Paris Airshow (June 19, 2019) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that Shin-Nihon Helicopters has placed an order for two Bell 407GXi helicopters, which upon delivery, will make Shin-Nihon Helicopters the first in Japan to operate the Bell 407GXi. Shin-Nihon Helicopters ...

Paris, 18 June 2019 – Leonardo announced new signed contracts for five additional AW139s to the Italian National Fire Corps (Vigili del Fuoco, part of Ministry of the Interior), including integrated logistic support and training for crews and technicians. The order, valued at over €75 million, add t...

Volgens diverse bronnen zal de Marine van Marokko binnenkort twee Bell 412EPI helikopters ontvangen.

Momenteel bevinden deze twee 412's zich nog in Texas.

Sikorsky’s helicopter plant in Coatesville to close by end of year. CHESTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania. June 7, 2019, by Sean Naylor — Sikorsky’s helicopter plant in Coatesville will be closed by the end of 2019, according to spokeswoman Callie Ferrari. Ferrari said in a statement that Sikorsky, a Lockhee...

Warsaw will sign a production contract with Leonardo Helicopters later this month covering its purchase of AW101s configured for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties with the Polish navy. Polish defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak confirmed the planned buy on 8 April, stating that Warsaw intends to fi...

N377AH 20254 registered 27 March 2019. for Aramco.

M-SOLO 20251 now operating in Southern France.

Both real Agusta Bell 412's on contract work to Africa.

Israel orders seven Leonardo AW119Kx trainers to replace Bell 206s Last week (Thursday), Israel’s Ministry of Defense and the Italian Defense Ministry signed an agreement regarding the procurement of seven advanced military training helicopters for the Israeli Air Force. According to the agreement, ...

Polish police are buying three American patrol-observation helicopters Bell-407GXi. The agreement was signed by the Chief Commander of the Police Jarosław Szymczyk. The new machines are to replace the outdated Russian Mi-2s. The police said that the transaction would be a part of re-organising the p...