http://www.sikorsky.com/ This is Sikorsky Press Releases RSS Feed Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:00 CLT en-us http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ffce161acdfaa210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-08-27 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services Company, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Universal Synaptics Corporation to distribute its line of Intermittent Fault Detection (IFD) products that identify intermittent faults in aircraft electrical components. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c0b3e2f25a5aa210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-08-25 00:00:00.0 The CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter Program has achieved “Ready to Load” (RTL) condition with the successful light-off of its first Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) engine. The achievement signals that the program is ready to begin formal integration testing in early 2011. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=06cf1f882443a210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-08-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today the successful completion of the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter Program Critical Design Review (CDR) event, signaling the program is ready to proceed to assembly, test and evaluation. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=02a0d808a6d1a210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, today officially introduced “Project Firefly,” an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a4a2962fa4f0a210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator today unofficially broke the speed record for rotorcraft, achieving a maximum speed of 225 knots in a one-hour test flight at the Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). X2 Technology demonstrator http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2306db4a501f9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-21 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, announced today it has signed an agreement with Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) to distribute its AAR-47 Missile and Laser Warning System and Roll-on/Roll-off Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (RORO ISR) systems for C-130 and http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9ed2aa9b531f9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., has unveiled an X2 Technology Light Tactical Helicopter (LTH) simulator that will provide potential customers with a tangible experience of the significant benefits of X2 Technology. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=86e45aabed0f9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) has signed a contract to procure 12 S-76D helicopters and has taken options to acquire eight additional S-76D aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4fde06516dee9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-20 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of an agreement with Deccan Charters Ltd. of Bangalore, India, that appoints their Mumbai facility as an authorized Customer Service Center (CSC) to support the Sikorsky S-76® helicopter platform. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8fc0d0453ffe9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-20 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today the delivery of the 200th UH/HH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. With a new airframe, avionics and propulsion system, the UH-60M and HH-60M helicopters are the latest and most modern in a http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a87006516dee9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-20 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) has become the launch customer for the new S-70i helicopter. The MOI signed a contract to acquire three of the latest model aircraft in the celebrated BLACK HAWK helicopter line, and has taken options http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b9475e46e1ce9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-20 00:00:00.0 The first flight of the Sikorsky Autonomous Formation Flying (AFF) system was carried out on June 4 by Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The demonstration used the Sikorsky AFF system http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4f96c10405be9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced its German Multi-Role Helicopter Team (GMRHT), consisting of several partnership agreements that will work together to introduce the Cyclone multi-role helicopter into Germany. The team collectively is offering a comprehensive solution for the requirements of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=989b1cb3a2be9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, announced today from the Farnborough International Air Show that it has developed an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The Firefly http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cf39c10405be9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF). At an estimated value of $8 million, this one-year agreement will support the RJAF fleet of 13 S-70A BLACK HAWK helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6565f25c7dae9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-19 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, announced today the signing of an agreement with Testek, Inc. to jointly pursue specialized aircraft test equipment opportunities worldwide. The agreement combines the capabilities and expertise of both companies to support customers' requirements http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2b08c0bf31be9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-19 00:00:00.0 Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the launch of a joint venture to provide world class military aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces and other military operators internationally, including http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=657bfa34f82d9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) will compete jointly for the contract to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of combat search and rescue helicopters. The two companies signed a teaming agreement formalizing their http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9d0149e3018a9210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture and service, and Soltage, a leading U.S. renewable energy provider, today celebrated the activation of Sikorsky’s first solar photovoltaic system as part of its clean energy program. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=88e577a9f8a89210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced the acquisition of LifePort, Inc., a Washington aircraft accessories manufacturer that specializes in air medical systems, lightweight armor, interior furnishings and Enflite galley equipment for http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=71ffc46734e89210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-07-01 00:00:00.0 The first S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter has successfully completed its first flight, officially launching an international variant and the newest Sikorsky Aircraft product to follow in the legacy of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=41936da9a4089210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Helitech, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, announced today a distribution agreement with The Timken Company for bearing inspection, overhaul and reconditioning services throughout the Australasian region. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c0e9d5054ff69210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Job Performance Associates, Inc. (JPA) for the development of interactive multimedia training products linked to Sikorsky technical publications. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6df613643b319210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and RUAG today announced the signing of a Letter of Cooperation to explore aerospace industry cooperation that would assist in introducing the Cyclone multi-mission helicopter into Germany. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). We see http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=434a34cf10419210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services and ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH (ZF Aviation Technology, ZFL) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore opportunities for delivering improved aftermarket support to the German armed forces and introducing the Cyclone multi-mission helicopter http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a280cb3b74ff8210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-07 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the first offshore Full Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) site for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). This site is centrally located on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket division http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8d8ad02f379f8210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced that the U.S. State Department has accepted the first two modernized S-61 aircraft that will support missions for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0dcacc5221ad8210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-06-01 00:00:00.0 The first S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter, built at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s company in Poland, PZL Mielec, has entered the flight test program at Sikorsky’s Development Flight Center (DFC) in Florida. The S-70i helicopter is an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cafeb0da24fc8210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-05-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology demonstrator achieved a speed of 181 knots in a test flight today at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1d9579073f7f8210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-05-20 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, received a perfect score from the Performance Review Institute (PRI) Registrar during its annual ISO surveillance audit. The audit evaluates Derco’s compliance with the ISO 9001: 2008, AS9100 and AS9110 quality standards. Sikorsky Aerospace Services http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9512298514f48210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-05-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of a contract with the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC) to upgrade its fleet of BLACK HAWK helicopters from the UH-60 A model configuration to the more modern UH-60L aircraft configuration. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b75ff520dea38210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-04-26 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, announced today it has reached agreement with Telair International to expand its existing distribution agreement in which Derco will now exclusively distribute Telair’s line of fixed-wing actuators, valves, winches and related piece parts to the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3491fee82e418210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-04-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) today announced the signing of a teaming agreement to compete jointly for the U.S. Navy’s revived VXX Presidential Helicopter program. The agreement formally positions global helicopter http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ea9acc37ad108210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-04-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has offered its X2 Technology Light Tactical Helicopter concept for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout Program, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky Aircraft formally http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=21f59f0001208210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-04-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is collaborating with the U.S. Army to develop an optionally piloted demonstrator Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced today from the AAAA Annual Convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky Innovations, Sikorsky Aircraft’s http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=82c3307756ea7210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-30 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, today announced that its Services Division has won the FAA Diamond Certificate of Excellence award for the fourth year in a row. This coveted award is given to employers with 100 percent employee participation in a FAA-approved aviation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=20730cf2acc87210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today an agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Defense to establish an S-70 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Training Facility at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar, Colombia. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1996895058687210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has successfully completed the first flight of its second S-76D helicopter. The prototype aircraft successfully completed its initial test card during a flight on March 19 that lasted approximately 30 minutes. The S-76D helicopter is the latest version of the S-76® helicopter. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b9d138c739787210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. President Jeffrey Pino and a team of 14 area business, community and educational leaders have come together to support the American Heart Association (AHA) in promoting workplace health and rallying people from throughout the region to join the 2010 Start! Heart Walk. Poor health http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ec821075c9257210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and PZL Mielec, its company in Poland, today announced the completion of final assembly on the first S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter, an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. This new international variant is the first BLACK HAWK helicopter assembled in Europe using http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=742b4fba47e47210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-03-11 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today that Helicopter Support Incorporated (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has been chosen to provide a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program for U.S. Navy Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station under its contract http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=395bf22f27bf6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., is seeing a resurgence of interest in its S-300C and S-300CBi helicopters, with sales activity for the beginning of 2010 showing a 50 percent increase over the same time period in 2009. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5cfaf22f27bf6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today commended PHI Inc. for taking the lead on developing technology that improves air traffic control safety and efficiency for S-92® helicopters serving PHI’s Gulf of Mexico oil customers. Sikorsky collaborated on developing the technology and announced the advances at the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2ec8bb74112f6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today at Heli-Expo honored the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences for its exemplary training efforts with S-300™ helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1215b194e1ee6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 The S-92® helicopter has entered into the offshore oil market in Brazil, following the well established work of another Sikorsky Aircraft product already serving that industry in the region. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Petrobras, one of the largest oil companies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7d95b194e1ee6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the continuation of upgrades for the S-92® helicopter, which has already received more than 60 enhancements since entering service in 2004. These upgrades, combined with the aircraft's rugged and flaw-tolerant design, have enabled the S-92 helicopter to become http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=25f6b194e1ee6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored the Houston Police Department (HPD) for its customer loyalty and outstanding service to the community. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The Houston Police Department’s http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d066b194e1ee6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services at Heli-Expo today announced the signing of a worldwide supply agreement with LORD Corporation of Cary, N.C., to distribute the LORD high-capacity laminate (HCL) elastomeric bearings for aftermarket aerospace applications. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6279bb74112f6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-22 00:00:00.0 The second prototype aircraft in the S-76D™ helicopter program has entered the test flight program, with a third soon to follow, as the program that is producing the next generation model of the popular S-76® helicopter nears completion of its first fuselage for a production aircraft. Sikorsky is a http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b8728e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft’s S-92® helicopter fleet recently passed 200,000 total flight hours, the company announced today at the Heli-Expo exhibition. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The first production S-92 helicopter was delivered in late 2004. There are now 105 S-92 helicopters http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=16758e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today at Heli-Expo that the U.S. State Department has entered into an IDIQ (indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity) agreement to purchase up to 110 modernized S-61 aircraft for passenger and cargo transport missions in support of its worldwide operations. Delivery http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=21a48e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, today at Heli-Expo honored EDRA Aeronáutica of Brazil for its contributions to law enforcement flight training through the use of S-300 series helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). EDRA has been http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fd048e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Líder Taxi Aéreo S.A. Air Brasil today announced the signing of a contract for three S-76C++ aircraft in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. This contract continues the more than 30-year relationship between the companies. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=af438e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that its Sikorsky Innovations group has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a contract to develop active rotor technologies that will allow aircraft to adapt to a changing environment and dynamically enhance performance. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1a2fb194e1ee6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Thomas McQuade has been named President of Associated Aircraft Group (AAG), a Sikorsky Aircraft Company. He succeeds AAG Founder and President John C. Agor. McQuade's appointment culminates a 12-year career with AAG, the Northeast's leader in integrated executive helicopter services. The staff and http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f1568e79c39e6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Search and Rescue (SAR) S-92® helicopters are on a path to unprecedented success in 2010 after coming off a record year of rescues in 2009 and recently being selected for the United Kingdom’s Search and Rescue Helicopter service. The aircraft are operated by CHC Helicopter Corp. and the S-92 http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=398837c8afcd6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its own page on the Twitter social media Web site, reaching out to a broader audience to provide information on company news, products and services. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky's new Twitter page can be found by visiting http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d6735247773d6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Terma A/S today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential collaborations if the Danish government decides to procure Sikorsky MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopters. The government is currently evaluating alternatives including the MH-60R aircraft for http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3c4a9754aa4b6210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Search and Rescue (SAR) S-92® helicopters are expected to provide turnkey helicopter services in the United Kingdom well into the 21st century as the Ministry of Defence and Department of Transport today announced the selection of the Soteria Consortium as the preferred bidder to provide the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=191de3cb1ab86210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-02 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has signed an expanded agreement to distribute and install ASB Avionics’ HF Shunt Antenna upgrades for the C-130, L-100 and P-3 aircraft, and glass cockpit upgrades for the C-130 and L-100 aircraft exclusively in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Sri http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8b03f4d8f9986210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-02-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its new technology development organization – Sikorsky Innovations – at a program attended by more than 100 government, education, business, technology and other officials at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b36bc3e3ef656210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-01-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today formally opened its new Precision Components Technology Center, launching a new path toward strategic competitive excellence beginning with the manufacture of CH-53K heavy lift helicopter components. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6d6a4aba95926210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-01-18 00:00:00.0 The first S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter, an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter, is nearing completion on the assembly line at PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. company in Poland. The progress of the first international BLACK HAWK variant signals the launch of a new helicopter in the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f3893a2b55e16210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-01-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of Shane Eddy as Vice President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, responsible for strategic leadership and general management of the growing billion-dollar business. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Eddy http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2ef8b4952e906210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-01-07 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that an Integration Design Review (IDR) of the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter program has charted a course for a successful Critical Design Review in 2010. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky’s CH-53K program http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=18edbb6005ff5210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2010-01-05 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Goodrich Corporation to collaboratively promote an advanced aircraft maintenance solution to the worldwide rotary aircraft market. HSI is a support and distribution company of Sikorsky Aerospace Services http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=13ec875611895210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-12-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced that its Light Helicopters Division has delivered the first two S-434TM helicopters to the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MOI). Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=57b4448d60e95210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-12-16 00:00:00.0 The S-76D™ helicopter program is entering production, signifying the latest major milestone in the program that is manufacturing the next generation model of the popular S-76® helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The first S-76D helicopter airframe has entered http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ee10fb8c9cc85210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-12-14 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Military Systems, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) have successfully completed the Armed BLACK HAWK (ABH) demonstrator program, proof-of concept for the development BATTLEHAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1e2bf46620075210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-12-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, today rolled out the first U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP) UH-60 A-A to L recapitalization aircraft at its Chase Field Operations Center in Texas. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7d82ae796ff45210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-12-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated the formal delivery of a UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the Defense Forces of Bahrain. It is the first of nine aircraft that will ultimately be delivered. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The delivery also marks the beginning http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f066e7c08ac05210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator program has been recognized by Popular Science magazine with a 2009 “Best of What’s New Award.” Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Popular Science, the world’s largest science and technology magazine with 7.1 million http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=aa316716eadf4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky BLACK HAWK helicopters flown by the U.S. Army in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war have accumulated more than 1 million fleet flight hours without a single Class A material failure with the aircraft, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. reported today from the Dubai Air Show. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=de27104935df4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Dubai Air Show that Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has contracted to purchase two Sikorsky S-76D™ helicopters, with options to purchase two more, becoming the worldwide launch customer for the new aircraft. FAS is based in Abu Dhabi and provides a wide http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b3fb5a48988e4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) today announced the signing of an agreement creating a joint venture that will manufacture aerospace components for Sikorsky in India, including components for S-92® helicopter cabins. The joint venture agreement builds upon a long-term http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=85c44b8c47cb4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., has delivered a new VIP S-76C++ helicopter to the Royal Travel Office for use by the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky has provided helicopters to http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a801af58345b4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-11-02 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has signed an exclusive two-year F-16 spare parts supply contract with Belgian-based company SABCA. Under the agreement Derco will provide specified Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell and Argo-Tech F-16 spare parts for component repair and overhaul http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a4fcaf58345b4210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-10-30 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has delivered the first aircraft with a cabin produced at PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky company in Poland. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The 145th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter was delivered to the U.S. Army on Sept. 30. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c6b74b1885854210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-10-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology demonstrator achieved a maximum speed of 106 knots in a recent test flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a5655f42f18e3210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the introduction of a new functionality offered on the S-92® helicopter to provide offshore oil operators with an automated approach that reduces cockpit workload and allows safer operations under challenging weather and operating conditions. Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b548b88a868e3210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today presented its Winged S Rescue Award to a UK helicopter rescue crew and the base it operates from in recognition of their outstanding bravery and performance in an extraordinary rescue of 14 fishermen stranded aground at St. Kilda in 2008. Sergei Sikorsky, son of company http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ca005f42f18e3210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-23 00:00:00.0 Increased maximum gross weight capability and advancements in automation for offshore navigation are among the enhancements Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has planned in the near future for its S-92® helicopter, the company announced today at the biannual Helitech exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=199f1351f01e3210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the Royal Air Force today at Helitech celebrated the donation of an MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopter to the RAF Museum. The PAVE LOW helicopter, donated by the United States Air Force, was manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=eb714f301b8b3210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-10 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has begun construction of a new co-generation plant at its Stratford facility to become more energy independent. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky chose Carrier Corp., a UTC subsidiary, for a turnkey custom solution and installation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e4bdb5221b673210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-01 00:00:00.0 The 50th anniversary of the legendary S-61™ helicopter will be celebrated during the 12th annual International SEA KING™ Maintenance Symposium, kicking off today at the Omni Hotel in New Haven. The event will be hosted by Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5f9dbda862b73210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-09-01 00:00:00.0 MSPO, KIELCE, Poland, Sept. 1, 2009 – PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. company in Poland, has begun final assembly of the first S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopter. The production marks the beginning of a new helicopter in the Sikorsky product line, an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=20177fab05c53210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-08-27 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced it has delivered enhancements to the HELOTRAC RL® maintenance management system for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. Sikorsky Aerospace Services provides Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) to the LUH program and is the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d8ee7b35dd153210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-08-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has begun receiving the first of the 8,500 supplier parts that will constitute the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter Sikorsky is developing for the U.S. Marine Corps. Arrival of the parts primarily transmission gear forgings that Sikorsky machinists will intricately refine indicates http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fbced7db4f903210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-07-30 00:00:00.0 Aiming to achieve the highest speed ever recorded for a helicopter, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s X2 Technology demonstrator has relocated to the company's Florida flight facility as it begins the next phases of testing in the experimental program. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f8646e2501472210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-07-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, recently delivered an S-300C helicopter to UND Aerospace at the University of North Dakota. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The university has operated Sikorsky helicopters in its training program since http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b942787ea74f1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, announced today that Kent State University will introduce helicopter training courses this month using S-300CBi helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aeronautics program within the university's http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7f0318bd721f1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-18 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, announced today it has signed an exclusive five-year total logistics support agreement with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) in support of TAI's contract with the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e0d38109c4ee1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-17 00:00:00.0 Two more prototypes are poised to join the S-76D helicopter test program as Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. continues envelope expansion on the newest version of the popular S-76® helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Since the D1 prototype's first flight on Feb. 7, 2009, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5cdf8109c4ee1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, Sikorsky Aircraft's recently rebranded business unit responsible for contract execution and delivery of S-76® and S-92® helicopter models, has opened a world-class facility custom-designed for customers as they take final delivery of their helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=13128109c4ee1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-17 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has signed an exclusive two-year agreement with AMETEK Aerospace & Defense to distribute its complete line of C-130 and F-16 products. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=19ee5311cd3e1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky BLACK HAWK helicopters flown by the U.S. Army in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war have accumulated more than 900,000 flight hours without a single material failure with the aircraft and are expected to break the 1 million fleet flight hour mark this fall, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. reported http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e9415311cd3e1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. said today it has completed the realignment of its business into three distinct divisions to provide greater clarity for customers and respond to market demand. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). As part of the realignment, Sikorsky recently http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=875d5311cd3e1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-16 00:00:00.0 A Search and Rescue (SAR) S-92® helicopter operating in the United Kingdom has reached the operational milestone of 1,000 flight hours as the SAR services provided by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and under the operation of CHC Helicopter Corp. continue to operate at availability levels of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cf8257acfbbd1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-15 00:00:00.0 The major components of the first S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter have been joined at PZL Mielec in Poland, marking the first time a BLACK HAWK helicopter has been assembled outside the United States and signaling a major step forward in producing BLACK HAWK helicopters internationally, Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7ba557acfbbd1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) announced today successful completion of the test phase for the Armed BLACK HAWK (ABH) demonstrator helicopter, also known as the BATTLEHAWK helicopter. Achieving this milestone clears the way for Sikorsky to begin offering production proposals http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b9bb5311cd3e1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-15 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, and Michelin Aircraft Tire Company signed a new agreement today that will support Derco in distributing Michelin's military aircraft tire products in multiple countries around the globe. Aircraft platforms supported under the agreement include, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=289157acfbbd1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that it has delivered the first UH-60M helicopter to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The delivery marks the first UH-60M aircraft to enter service outside of the U.S. Army. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=37d357acfbbd1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today that it has opened a rotary and fixed wing Avionics Center of Excellence at its Derco Aerospace campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The announcement came at the Paris Air Show. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=919eeaf6c74d1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-12 00:00:00.0 The Tata Group and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), today completed an agreement for Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) to manufacture Sikorsky S-92® helicopter cabins in India. The first cabin is scheduled for delivery in late 2010 from a new greenfield http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3c3664fd4eac1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-11 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, today announced that its Services Division has won the FAA Diamond Certificate of Excellence award for the third year in a row. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4c53efd660da1210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-06-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, announced today that it has delivered another S-300C helicopter to All American Helicopters LLC, a flight school in Denton, Texas. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new S-300C helicopter will join the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fc6f8c95ed781210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-05-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today formally dedicated its Composite Technology Inc. (CTI) unit's new world-class, "purpose built" helicopter blade repair and overhaul center at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. Sikorsky Aircraft is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4b594d4db6021210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-05-11 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, recently delivered an S-300CBi helicopter to Gulf Coast Helicopters, a multi-operation aviation company in Pearland, Texas. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Gulf Coast Helicopters operates eight fixed- and http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=49344d4db6021210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-05-11 00:00:00.0 Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has acquired an L-100-30 aircraft, serial number 5225, from Frameair NVG, Curacao. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The acquisition http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9085a42f66511210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-05-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, recently delivered an S-300CBi helicopter to Tomlinson Aviation of Ormond Beach, Fla. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Tomlinson Aviation has been operating S-300 series helicopters since its founding http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e01e70dd0c401210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-05-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today unveiled its X2 TECHNOLOGY Light Tactical Helicopter (LTH) design at the Army Aviation Association of America annual convention. The new mockup reflects Sikorsky's concept for potential military application of the high-speed enabling X2 TECHNOLOGY. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=61575f58149e0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s Sikorsky Global Helicopters unit today announced it has delivered six S-300CBi helicopters to Bristow Academy, a Florida-based flight training school. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). All six aircraft will join Bristow's fleet of 48 S-300CBi http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=76165f58149e0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced at the International Defence Industry Fair the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the formation of a joint venture with MilSOFT ICT to develop, market and support a suite of fleet management software tools. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=51d75f58149e0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Alp Aviation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) initiating the process to establish Alp as a qualified supplier of International BLACK HAWK helicopter transmission systems. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3099aab580de0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) today celebrated the delivery of the first tailcone produced by TAI for the S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopter to be built in Poland. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The tailcone (serial # 001) was shipped http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fcbfd023933d0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today that it has opened a regional spare parts stocking facility with Times Aerospace Korea, LLC (TAK) at Gimpo Aerospace Industrial Complex, Gimpo City, Gyongg-Do, Republic of Korea. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a14a95a5e14c0210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky company, recently delivered an S-300C helicopter to LD Aviation Prague s.r.o. in the Czech Republic. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). LD Aviation Prague is a sales distributor for Sikorsky Global Helicopters Light http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=db0fe85de5c60210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-04-07 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Aero Vodochody a.s. today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly explore aerospace industry cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe. The companies also celebrated the 250th S-76® helicopter airframe to roll off the production line at Aero http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9be66fb84d650210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-03-31 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters' Engine Services Division has received the Rolls-Royce Model 250 Total Quality Award. Sikorsky Global Helicopters is the newly rebranded commercial business operation of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The Rolls-Royce http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ac9ee07f97830210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-03-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the majority of the worldwide S-92 helicopter fleet already has complied with the company notice to retrofit the aircraft's gearbox oil bowl with steel mounting studs. The company expects to have close to 100 percent compliance by the end of this week. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=328060eb665ff110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-03-12 00:00:00.0 PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s affiliate in Poland, today celebrated the rollout of the first BLACK HAWK helicopter cabin produced at the facility. The event took place on the second anniversary of the acquisition of PZL Mielec. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0b4f42a1c6aff110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-03-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the successful demonstration of technology designed to enable safer helicopter landings in blinding conditions including brownouts. Sikorsky and its Sandblaster project teammates, including Honeywell International and Sierra Nevada Corp., performed the demonstrations http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7eba2acb37faf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, the newly re-branded commercial programs group, celebrated today at Heli-Expo the first deposit agreements on its newest product, the S-434 helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky has four confirmed customer deposit agreements http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6eb92acb37faf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the sale of a civil S-76C++ helicopter to Shanghai Kingwing General Aviation Company. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). It is the first sale of a Sikorsky product to Shanghai Kingwing General Aviation of China. This aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6b4fd19919eaf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services and the Mubadala Development Company today announced "the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to form a joint venture that will establish an aviation military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Center serving the United Emirates Armed Forces and other military aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=39bb9a555d9af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated the 60th anniversary of PHI, a longtime Sikorsky customer flying S-92® and S-76® helicopters, with a recognition ceremony at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). PHI has 43 S-76 helicopters and 10 S-92 aircraft in its fleet -- the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d66273220e2bf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services and the Mubadala Development Company today announced "the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to form a joint venture that will establish an aviation military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Center serving the United Emirates Armed Forces and other military aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=30c82acb37faf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 In an event at Heli-Expo today, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. recognized Helijet International Inc. for achieving an accident-free 140,000 fleet hour milestone with its S-76A helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Helijet reached the milestone on Feb. 15, 2009. The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a8999a555d9af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, the newly re-branded commercial programs group of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and Aircom SP Z.O.O at Heli-Expo today conducted a ceremonial signing for the first fully certified, commercial S-434 helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=76afc85febdaf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services, at Heli-Expo today announced the signing of an agreement with VIH Aviation Group (VIHAG) to authorize VIHAG's ability to repair and overhaul S-92® helicopter gearboxes. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ba3de81ea5baf110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services at Heli-Expo today announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with NAASCO Northeast Corp. for an improvement to the S-76® Helicopter Starter-Generators. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e765546e8d4af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-23 00:00:00.0 In an event at Heli-Expo today, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. recognized the Los Angeles County Fire Department for its heroic efforts during the 2008 Southern California wildfires and Metrolink train crash while using the Sikorsky FIREHAWK® helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6245b729564af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-23 00:00:00.0 Fresh off the inaugural flight of the S-76D helicopter on Feb. 7, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated its success in achieving first flights on eight distinct helicopter programs over the course of 15 months -- with seven of those first flights occurring within a seven-month period -- and focused http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=77086928275af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Global Helicopters, the newly re-branded commercial programs group of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and AirVenture Flight Center today at Heli Expo conducted a ceremonial delivery of Serial #0352, a S-300CBi model helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cb796928275af110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. at Heli-Expo today announced the creation of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a rebranding of its existing commercial business units currently located in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky Global Helicopters http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5096abd6abf7f110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that Local 1150 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing 5,100 hourly employees at the company's Stratford, Bridgeport and Shelton, Conn.,  and West Palm Beach, Fla., facilities, has ratified a new, five-year labor contract.  Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d39f422ecba5f110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has successfully completed the first flight of its S-76D helicopter, the latest version of the S-76® helicopter, maneuvering the prototype aircraft through taxi, hover, hover turns, and forward flight to 40 knots in a test flight that lasted approximately 30 minutes. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d9f44c668373f110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-02-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. achieved a major milestone in its X2 TECHNOLOGY demonstrator program by successfully ground testing the aircraft with the pusher propeller installed and spinning for the first time. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The test conducted Jan. 23 used http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9c12a4973341f110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-01-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced three senior level appointments to continue the company’s rapid sales growth while accelerating the expansion of operations globally.  Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Stephen B. Estill was named to the newly created position http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=586407aca6ace110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2009-01-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a $4 million contract with Presidential Airways to provide Heads Up Display (HUD) systems. The distribution of these systems will be performed by Helicopter Support Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1f0bdbea4b12e110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-12-11 00:00:00.0 WARSAW, Poland - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Poland has named Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation its "Investor of the Year" for 2008, for its efforts in the acquisition of the PZL Mielec factory and integrating it into a modernized, efficient facility. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2bf56eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-12-01 00:00:00.0 In its first year of use by the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency and under the operation of CHC Helicopter Corp., Sikorsky Aircraft’s Search-and-Rescue (SAR)-configured S-92® helicopter logged 279 rescues and is operating at availability levels of more than 98 percent. Sikorsky is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=01f30ece8dcdd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-11-20 00:00:00.0 China Southern Airlines' Zhuhai Helicopter Company this week accepted two Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopters to support offshore oil projects in the South China Sea and Bohai Bay. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The acceptance follows a trend of civil aircraft sales into http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2cf50ece8dcdd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-11-17 00:00:00.0 The first CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, which is being developed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for the Canadian government as a replacement for its long-serving SEA KING helicopter fleet, has completed its first flight successfully at Sikorsky's Development Flight Center in Florida. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=95b60ece8dcdd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-11-11 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced that Falcon Aviation Services will establish a Customer Support Center in Abu Dhabi for S-76® helicopters. The facility will be the first S-76 helicopter Customer Support Center in the Middle East. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=96970ece8dcdd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-11-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the aftermarket company of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced a multimillion- dollar contract to convert six Colombian Air Force UH-60A BLACK HAWK helicopters into the more modern UH-60L configuration. Two additional upgrade kits also are included in the program. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=acc70ece8dcdd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-27 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of more than $687,000 in contracts to provide the U.S. Coast Guard with support work of scheduled maintenance requirements for their HH-60J helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d5586eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-22 00:00:00.0 The historic first flight of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s X2 TECHNOLOGY Demonstrator featured the use of a helmet crafted by GENTEX especially for the X2 Demonstrator. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). GENTEX developed four helmets, unique to the X2 TECHNOLOGY program. They http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=38096eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a contract to provide an S-76C++ helicopter to Boston MedFlight for air medical critical care transports in the Northeast. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new helicopter will be Sikorsky's first http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=04896eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-20 00:00:00.0 In a ceremony today at the Air Medical Transport Conference, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. presented Aero Med Spectrum Health with a model of an S-76® helicopter in recognition of the company’s 15 years of transporting patients with Sikorsky helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=02a96eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-11 00:00:00.0 More than 17,000 employees, relatives, retirees and special guests toured Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today, viewed a display of Sikorsky-produced aircraft, and enjoyed table-top exhibits, live music, and food as the company celebrated Family Day. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "Family http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=299a6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-07 00:00:00.0 The H-92 SUPERHAWK helicopter demonstrated its mission capabilities in nine countries throughout Europe over the last several weeks and will complete its tour this week on static display at the biannual Defendory international exhibition, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c60c6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of nearly $11.8 million in contracts to provide the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) with support work for UH-60A and UH-60L helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=10bd6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-10-06 00:00:00.0 Less than a year after reaching its previous milestone, Norsk Helikopter has reached the 30,000 fleet hour milestone with its Sikorsky S-92® helicopter, Sikorsky Aircraft announced today. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) The aircraft achieved the milestone http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d58c6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-09-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced a contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with 13 aerial refueling assemblies for H-60 helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). "The refuel http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=472d6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-09-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced a five-year contract to provide Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) with an Operations and Maintenance Support Program for the S-92®, S-76®, and S-434 helicopters purchased by the MOI in 2007. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the worldwide aftermarket http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=36506eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-08-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today successfully completed the first flight of its UH-60M Upgrade BLACK HAWK helicopter. The UH-60M Upgrade is currently the only fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft in flight test development within the Department of the Army. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cf3d6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-08-27 00:00:00.0 ® Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today successfully completed the first flight of its X2 TECHNOLOGY Demonstrator, maneuvering the prototype aircraft through hover, forward flight, and a hover turn, in a test flight that lasted approximately 30 minutes. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=558f6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-07-23 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, today announced the sale of 12 extended-range aircraft fuel tanks to the Colombian Air Force for installation on Bell Huey II helicopters. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. company. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8d91871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-17 00:00:00.0   Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of New Jet International to act as exclusive representative in Italy and Monaco for Sikorsky commercial helicopter sales. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). New Jet International specializes in new and pre-owned http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c600871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, July 16, 2008 – After three years in development and experimental testing, the first flight of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 TECHNOLOGY™ Demonstrator is “within reach,” James Kagdis, Program Manager, Advanced Programs, said today at the Farnborough International Air http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=86ae6eff56ddd110VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 Heli Union will expand its fleet with the purchase of two S-76C++ helicopters for use in offshore oil missions, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Heli Union announced today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aircraft are expected http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9c70871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 The first BLACK HAWK helicopter cabins to be delivered from PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s affiliate in Poland, are scheduled for later this year as the company moves toward the introduction of the INTERNATIONAL BLACK HAWK helicopter in 2011, Sikorsky announced today from the Farnborough International http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=06da871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has been selected by Heli Malongo to provide three S-76C++™ aircraft for its new Search and Rescue (SAR) service in Angola, Sikorsky announced today from the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX ). The agreement marks http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4911871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), a provider of helicopter charter and maintenance services based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), today announced the signing of delivery position agreements for four S-76D helicopters with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for VIP/Corporate transport. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=93be871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-15 00:00:00.0 The H-92 SUPERHAWK® helicopter will visit at least nine countries throughout Europe over the next several weeks to demonstrate its mission capabilities, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today from the Farnborough International Air Show, where the aircraft is on static display. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4f9f871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has sold two S-92® helicopters to the International Handling Company Limited (IHC), Sikorsky announced today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The aircraft will be used for IHC’s offshore oil operations. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1f1f871a8104b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-15 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, July 15, 2008 – Sikorsky Aircraft’s Search-and-Rescue (SAR)-configured S-92® helicopter has logged more than 150 rescues in the challenging topography of the North Sea and North Atlantic since being introduced into service by the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=334c368c17b1b110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has sold an S-92® VIP helicopter to Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), the state-owned airline of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sikorsky announced today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The S-92 aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a70ba9cc1d7ea110VgnVCM1000000a01000aRCRD 2008-07-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced TLC will air a new episode of American Chopper on July 10 at 9 p.m. and again at 11 p.m. Eastern time featuring the design and production of the Sikorsky Aircraft Tribute Motorcycle. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=652ee82b7a09a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2008-06-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today unveiled a motorcycle custom-designed and built by Orange County Choppers (OCC), of The Learning Channel's hit cable TV series "American Chopper," as a tribute to Sikorsky's culture of innovation, dynamic workforce, and support of community organizations and charities. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=29be82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2008-06-11 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today delivered the 30th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army for the 4-101 Assault Battalion, making it the First Unit Equipped (FUE) with the aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new aircraft provide the Army with many http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8e95c7a72bc6a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2008-05-27 00:00:00.0 May 27, 2008 – Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the newly re-branded aftermarket organization for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., will open a regional spare parts stocking facility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 1. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The facility, operated http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8dc19c910522a110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-05-22 00:00:00.0 The S-76® helicopter fleet has topped the 5 million flight hour milestone, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The milestone follows two other highlights for the S-76 helicopter in 2008: the 30th anniversary of the first delivery http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2b309c910522a110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-05-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. achieved a major milestone on its X2 TECHNOLOGY Demonstrator program by successfully ground testing the aircraft with rotor blades installed and spinning for the first time. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The initial blades-on ground test was http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5dde9c910522a110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-05-20 00:00:00.0 May 20, 2008 - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced an agreement with the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate to develop a new, integrated solution for enhanced helicopter rotor durability and capability. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Under the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cf5da8d245dd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-04-15 00:00:00.0 April 15, 2008 Keystone Helicopter Corp., a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., announced today it has won approval to act on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in certifying modifications performed on certain fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=164da8d245dd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-04-09 00:00:00.0 United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) Board of Directors today elected Louis R. Chnevert the corporation's Chief Executive Officer, succeeding George David, 66, who will continue as Chairman. Chnevert, 50, will retain the title of UTC President and continue as a director. This transition has been a http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ba3da8d245dd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-04-02 00:00:00.0 FIDAE AIR SHOW, April 2, 2008 – Market projections show that demand for the Sikorsky S-76® helicopter continues to grow in Latin America. Currently more than 70 are in service in the region. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). To date, more than 700 S-76 helicopters http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d11da8d245dd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 FIDAE AIR SHOW, April 1, 2008 - BLACK HAWK helicopters have been instrumental in rescue operations during Bolivia's recent floods, continuing more than two decades of service in Latin America. The BLACK HAWK helicopter is produced by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=56bf9e5c86cd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-03-31 00:00:00.0 FIDAE AIR SHOW, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has begun establishing the supply chain for the S-70i International BLACK HAWK™ Helicopter program, and is developing plans for the aircraft’s final assembly and hangar operations at the company’s PZL Mielec facility. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9ddca8d245dd9110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-03-31 00:00:00.0 FIDAE AIR SHOW, The X2 Technology Demonstrator, a research and development aircraft built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., could transform the aviation industry by demonstrating technologies that, if brought to production, potentially bring significant improvements in productivity across a wide variety of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9192a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI) today announced that it has entered into a new distribution arrangement with Robertson Aviation L.L.C. for Robertson's extended-range aircraft fuel tanks. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Under the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2092a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 Norrlandsflyg AB and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in a ceremony at Heli-Expo today announced that the Swedish helicopter operator has agreed to delivery position agreements for six S-76D  helicopters, the next generation model of the Sikorsky S-76® helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3382a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-25 00:00:00.0 In an event at Heli-Expo today, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. recognized the Los Angeles County Fire Department for its exemplary efforts in fighting the Southern California wildfires with the use of the Sikorsky FIREHAWK® helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=be82a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and customer PHI, Inc. celebrated the execution of options for 12 additional aircraft for the PHI fleet, and the milestone achievement of 20,000 fleet hours with the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter, at a ceremony today at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a482a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Norsk Helikopter today at Heli-Expo announced that Norsk reached the 5,000 fleet hour milestone with its Sikorsky S-92® helicopter (aircraft serial #11). Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) The aircraft achieved the milestone http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4d82a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-25 00:00:00.0 At Heli-Expo today, CHC Helicopter Corp. and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. marked the milestone of 20,000 fleet hours with the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) CHC previously announced signing a contract for 12 S-92 aircraft. The company http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0e5fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that it has completed the transformation of its Internet Web site, www.sikorsky.com, during an unveiling at the Heli-Expo. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) The site uses rich media in a number of areas to elevate the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9c5fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 In a ceremony today at Heli-Expo, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and VIH Aviation Group Ltd. celebrated the recent signing of contracts to provide four additional S-92® helicopters to support offshore oil operations. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), of Hartford, Conn., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c182a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and its subsidiary, Schweizer Aircraft Corp., at Heli-Expo today announced the launch of their new S-434 helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Now in development, the aircraft is the next iteration of the Schweizer model 333, incorporating http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=45eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 Evergreen Helicopters, Inc., a subsidiary of Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. has signed contracts for four S-76C++  helicopters, the model of the proven S-76® workhorse currently in production. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The helicopters will serve in http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b6eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today unveiled its X2 Technology Demonstrator at the George R. Brown Convention Center at Heli-Expo 2008. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) The X2 Technology Demonstrator is designed to demonstrate a helicopter can cruise comfortably http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5082a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched a comprehensive solution for customer support with the introduction of Sikorsky Aerospace Services at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Formerly known as Sikorsky's Worldwide Customer Service, the rebranded http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d3eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-18 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the possibility of teaming up with Tata Group to manufacture S-92® helicopter cabins in India. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Tata Advanced Systems is a wholly owned http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=62eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-02-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (SSSI) today announced the delivery of the first aircraft to be repaired, upgraded and overhauled at the company's new Field Operations Maintenance Facility in Beeville, Texas. The S-70 helicopter was delivered Jan. 29 to the Colombian Air Force under a contract with http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f0eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2008-01-31 00:00:00.0 AVIC II, through its subsidiaries Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation and Shanghai Xinsheng Aviation Industry Investment and Development Company, today announced it is joining Shanghai Sikorsky as a shareholder. Shanghai Sikorsky is a civil aerospace joint venture company whose other shareholders http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8fdea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-12-21 00:00:00.0 The first H-92® helicopter to feature fly-by-wire technology has completed its first successful flight, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The historic first flight took place on Dec. 20 at 9 a.m. from the Sikorsky Development http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b8dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-12-12 00:00:00.0 The U.S. Government and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today signed a five-year, multi-service contract for 537 H-60 HAWK helicopters to be delivered to the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. The "Multi-Year VII" contract is a multi-service, multi-year contract http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d666b10053e6a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2007-12-10 00:00:00.0 Dec. 11, 2007 - PZL Mielec and Mielec County has signed a cooperation agreement to establish a new training facility to provide skilled labor for the growing aviation industry in Mielec and the surrounding region. PZL Mielec is Poland's largest manufacturer of fixed-wing aircraft and is Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d5dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-12-06 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter has achieved 20,000 fleet hours with the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) Norsk, which in 2006 became the first offshore oil operator in the North Sea to reach 10,000 fleet flight hours with the S-92 helicopter, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f2dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-12-04 00:00:00.0 FlightSafety International announced today that its second Sikorsky S-92® helicopter full flight simulator has received Level D qualification from the United States Federal Aviation Administration and the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c53fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-12-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. customer PHI, Inc. achieved 20,000 fleet hours with the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) Since the 1950s, Louisiana-based PHI has flown Sikorsky helicopters, offering services to the offshore oil and gas, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=543fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-19 00:00:00.0 The Royal Household of the United Kingdom has chosen Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. as the preferred supplier to provide the next helicopter for the Royal Family's transportation. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky provided the S-76C+T helicopter that the Royal Family http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e23fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that China Southern Airlines Company's Zhuhai Helicopter Branch has contracted for additional Sikorsky helicopters to support offshore oil projects in the South China Sea and Bohai Bay in China. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=713fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the Bahrain Defence Forces have purchased another Sikorsky helicopter, selecting the VVIP S-92® helicopter for use by the Royal Bahrain Air Force. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "This latest purchase of a Sikorsky helicopter http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=003fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-13 00:00:00.0 Barbara Johnson, president of the Housatonic Community College Foundation, Inc. has announced that United Way of Eastern Fairfield County has awarded $81,000 over three years to the Housatonic Community College Foundation, Inc. The gift will be used for the Middle College Pilot Program and is part of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9e2fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) have signed a direct commercial sale contract for 10 S-70A BLACK HAWK helicopters to upgrade the fleet used by U.A.E. Armed Forces. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). These helicopters will be used http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2d2fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has completed delivery of eight UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Kingdom of Jordan. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), made the announcement during the Dubai Air Show. The Jordanian Special Operations Aviation Brigade has been using the BLACK http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=bb2fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-11 00:00:00.0 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. have signed contracts for 16 S-92® multi-mission helicopters, 15 S-76® multi-mission helicopters and nine Schweizer 434 training helicopters. The procurement represents a major expansion and modernization of the MOI helicopter fleet. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=672fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-11-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that CHC Helicopter Corp. has signed a contract for 12 S-92® helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The S-92 helicopters will be used primarily to fulfill offshore transportation requirements in all corners http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f52fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-31 00:00:00.0 Keystone Helicopter, a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today celebrated the Federal Aviation Administration's award of a Production Certificate (PC) authorizing Keystone to manufacture S-76® commercial helicopters at its new state of the art HeliplexT facility. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0beea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-30 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today delivered an S-76C++™ helicopter to a major pharmaceutical company, marking the 700th delivery of an S-76® helicopter since the program's inception in 1977. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). A ceremony celebrating the 700th delivery milestone http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4a2fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-26 00:00:00.0 PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's company in Poland, has signed a contract with the Agriculture Bureau of the China's Heilongjiang Province for 15 M18B Dromaderairplanes. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The M18 DROMADER is a medium-sized, highly http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d82fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that it is establishing a customer support center with Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) at the Gimpo Aerospace Industrial Complex in Korea. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The 200,000-square foot state-of-the-art maintenance http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8b3fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-16 00:00:00.0 The Royal Thai Air Force has become the latest head- of-state customer to fly in a Sikorsky S-92® VIP helicopter, as Sikorsky Aircraft today announced the sale of three of the VIP aircraft to transport the Thai royal family. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=373fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. celebrated the delivery of three S-92® helicopters to the Korean Air Force today with a ceremony during the Seoul Air Show. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "With significantly enhanced aircraft survivability, communication and navigation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1a3fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-05 00:00:00.0 With the snip of a ceremonial red ribbon, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., its Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary and a host of New York dignitaries today officially opened the new HAWK WORKS completion center on the west side of Elmira/Corning Regional Airport. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=115fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced at the 2007 Helitech exhibition that it has entered the aircraft delivery business by establishing an Aircraft Delivery Operations group. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a83fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-04 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI), the primary aftermarket service provider to EADS North America Defense Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) Program, announced today at the 2007 Helitech exhibition that Thales will provide critical flight control replacement components for the worldwide program. HSI is a unit http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3e4fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-03 00:00:00.0 Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) a leading provider of helicopter services and production management services to the offshore energy industry, and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced at the 2007 Helitech exhibition that Bristow has exercised http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=af4fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-10-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and MAGE today signed an agreement establishing MAGE as a Customer Support Center for Sikorsky's highly successful S-76® helicopter line. The agreement, signed at the Helitech 2007 exhibition in Duxford, provides enhanced maintenance and spare parts availability for Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cc4fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-09-05 00:00:00.0 PZL Mielec has begun using an environmentally friendly zero-to-low-Volatile Organic Compound paint product for aircraft, marking a first for Europe Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The product, known as Aerodur 5000, was developed by Akzo Nobel Aerospace http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5b4fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-09-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. officials unveiled plans to better incorporate European regions into its business approach and provided an update on efforts to modernize the PZL Mielec facility during a briefing today at the MSPO exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e94fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-08-27 00:00:00.0 The latest Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. BLACK HAWK helicopter will perform an aerial demonstration and be put on static display at the Radom and MSPO air shows in early September. This will be the first time the aircraft has flown in Poland. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Spectators http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=784fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-08-15 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky S-92® helicopter has entered into service on the west coast of Denmark. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The introduction of the S-92 helicopter in Denmark occurred on July 3 when the S-92 helicopter made its first revenue flight for CHC Denmark. From their http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=074fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-08-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky's S-92® helicopter achieved availability rates of more than 90 percent for each major operator in June. The overall fleet average was 93 percent, continuing to prove the S-92 helicopter's reliability and durability for customers worldwide. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=954fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-07-30 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today reported the successful ground testing of new fly-by-wire technology designed to improve significantly the maneuverability, safety and effectiveness of aircraft. It will debut on 28 H-92 helicopters that the Canadian military forces will begin receiving in early 2009. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=244fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-07-23 00:00:00.0 Eastern General Aviation Corp. Expands Fleet for Offshore Oil Operations  Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered the first S-92® helicopter to China. Eastern General Aviation Corporation (EGAC), a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines Group, recently accepted the aircraft along with two S-76 C++ helicopters. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b24fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-07-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the selection of Changhe Aircraft Industries Corp. to supply S-76® helicopter airframes. The agreement is the second to result from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed June 1, 2006, by Sikorsky and China Aviation Industry Corp. II (AVIC II), parent company http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=414fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. displayed an S-76® helicopter and its features today in the first flight demonstration of the aircraft in the Czech Republic, where S-76 airframes are manufactured by AERO Vodochody a.s. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The flight http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=df3fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. was awarded a contract to deliver a new S-76C++ helicopter to Advanced Engineering Inc. in the United Kingdom. Sikorsky was assisted in this sale by Oxford Aviation Services Limited, trading as Lynton Aviation Aircraft Sales, one of Sikorsky's non-exclusive sales representatives http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=94cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. has signed position agreements for ten S-76D helicopters, the next version of the Sikorsky S-76® helicopter, currently in development. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The helicopters will serve in a variety of missions http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6e3fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 Operators of the Sikorsky S-92® helicopter are not only flying one of the most advanced helicopters in the world, but they are also being supported by the industry's most advanced fleet management program, Sikorsky360. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=842fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 PARIS AIR SHOW - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. officials provided a glimpse of a new strategic vision for the company today, unveiling an overview of its plans to incorporate European regions into its business approach. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fc3fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. was awarded a contract to deliver a new S-76C++  helicopter to Air Harrods Ltd. in the United Kingdom. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., (NYSE:UTX). This S-76C++ contract is the fourth to be executed by a U.K. customer. "We are delighted http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=06cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a Letter of Offer and Acceptance by the government of Colombia to acquire 15 Sikorsky UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters from the U.S. Army. The Foreign Military Sale is valued at approximately $225 million and includes spares, support, and training. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ce1fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) by the Kingdom of Bahrain to procure nine Sikorsky UH-60M helicopters from the U.S. Army through the Foreign Military Sales process. With the sale, valued at $204 million, Bahrain becomes the international http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a12fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has confirmed customer positions for more than 50 S-76D  helicopters, the next production model of the S-76® helicopter, which would result in aircraft deliveries in excess of $500 million if all these are converted to delivery contracts. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7a1fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-18 00:00:00.0 PARIS AIR SHOW - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of three UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Kingdom of Jordan and the scheduled delivery of another five in 2007. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), made the announcement at the Paris Air Show. The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=eb1fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-18 00:00:00.0 PARIS AIR SHOW - Imagine if you could have been there the day Igor Sikorsky flew his first helicopter or watched him chatting about aviation with Charles Lindbergh and Eddie Rickenbacker in your living room. What would it have been like to fly around with Sikorsky, suit and tie, homburg hat plumped http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5d1fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-18 00:00:00.0 PARIS AIR SHOW - The Royal Thai Navy will become the first international customer to take advantage of the advanced technology of the MH-60S helicopter, after signing a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the U.S. Government to purchase two Sikorsky MH-60S aircraft for an estimated program value of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=971fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-06-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today formally dedicated a new technical integration center in Cummings Research Park. The new 30,000-square-foot facility will house Sikorsky employees dedicated to support U.S. Army BLACK HAWK helicopters and other military aviation programs. Sikorsky Aircraft, based http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1edea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has signed an agreement with Flightscape to provide a Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) capability for both its S-76® and S-92® aircraft. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). HFDM is a ground-station http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6bdea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-17 00:00:00.0 Cabair Flying Schools, the UK-based group that has been training pilots for nearly four decades, has taken delivery of its first two 300CBi helicopters from Schweizer Aircraft. The new helicopters join Cabair's fleet of more than 150 aircraft. Schweizer Aircraft is a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f882a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it has selected four subcontractors to design and fabricate the major fuselage sections for its new CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter currently under development for the United States Marine Corps. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky's http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=47dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-08 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, was named sole distributor to provide Elbit Systems' Head Up Display (HUD) units for use in all Sikorsky commercial and international military helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The agreement http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=64dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. was awarded a $10.3 million increment as part of a $16.6 million contract to help solve one of the military's more pressing problems in fighting desert wars: landing helicopters and taking off safely when blinding sandstorms distort the landscape and create "brownout" conditions. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2b5fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-05-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (SSSI) has relocated its Jacksonville, Florida-based Field Operation Center to the former Naval Air Station, Chase Field, in Beeville, Texas. Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., a business http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=485fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-04-25 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has sold four additional S-92® helicopters to the Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE:BRS), which exercised options to purchase the aircraft under an existing sales agreement. With the sale, Bristow increased its firm deliveries from seven to 11 S-92s, and added 10 more optional aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=655fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-04-25 00:00:00.0 S-92® helicopters, which are manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft, have received clearance to use helidecks in the U.K. originally designed for lighter S-61NT aircraft that, among other missions, service the offshore oil industry. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f35fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-04-11 00:00:00.0 Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams today hailed the Sikorsky System Integration Center as a welcome addition to Texas industry as he presided over the formal opening of the new design engineering facility. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=aa0fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-04-10 00:00:00.0 The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority has certified the Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter for operation in falling and blowing snow. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The FAA test requires that the aircraft spend 20 minutes on the ground http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8782a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-04-03 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky S-92® helicopter has successfully demonstrated its capability to discharge a Chaff and Flare Counter Measures Dispensing System, which is designed to ward missiles away from the aircraft. The S-92 helicopter fulfills several missions including Head of State transport and has military derivatives http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8d0fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-20 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), has received certification to support American Eurocopter's AS350, AS355, EC120, and BO105 aircraft line. HSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. based in Stratford, Conn. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). HSI, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c70fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today closed on its acquisition of aircraft maker PZL Mielec from the Polish government. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), of Hartford, Conn., USA. Following the previously announced acquisition agreement signed in December 2006, Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1682a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered the 100th MH-60S SEAHAWK® helicopter to the U.S. Navy. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). "This delivery marks another key milestone in the U.S. Navy's plan to procure more than 250 MH-60S aircraft," http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e40fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky HAWKWORKS @ Schweizer Aircraft will hire more than 100 employees by the end of the year to support BLACK HAWK completions for international military sales. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), of Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The Military Derivatives Completion http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=431fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-02 00:00:00.0 utcFollowing a record revenue year for the company, Sikorsky Aircraft President Jeffery Pino unveiled today at Heli-Expo the company's four pillars for its future: Growth, Excellence in Execution, Defining X2 TECHNOLOGY applications, and Globalization. Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=730fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. launched Sikorsky360, a fleet management program designed to increased aircraft availability and operator profitability, during a presentation at Heli-Expo today. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) Sikorsky360 uses real-time aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=dafea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-02 00:00:00.0 Sergei Sikorsky, son of aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky, today related personal memories of his father during the days when helicopters were considered a revolutionary new technology with a potential that was yet untested, in a presentation at Heli-Expo 2007 entitled, "Recollections of a Pioneer." Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2ffea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-02 00:00:00.0 In a ceremony resembling a movie scene, Sikorsky Aircraft generated fog, the sounds of a storm at sea and flashes of lightning to unveil the first S-92  helicopter by Sikorsky dedicated to Search and Rescue at the world's largest helicopter gathering, Heli-Expo. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=261fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-03-01 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support Inc., a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., unveiled a new Web site that improves support to its customers. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The newly designed Web site, www.hsius.com, was upgraded to help http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=15fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-02-28 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support Inc., Services Division, received a Diamond Award from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in recognition of a new employee training program. HSI is a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c0fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-02-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), responded to the GAO's decision today to recommend the Air Force reconsider its decision in the CSAR-X competition. "We are pleased that the GAO has sustained Sikorsky's protest and are reviewing the GAO's decision to http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=edeea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-02-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Gulf Helicopters of Doha, Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to explore establishing an Aviation Center of Excellence in the Middle East region. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The proposed Aviation Center of Excellence http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7ceea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-01-10 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has agreed to acquire aircraft maker PZL Mielec from the Polish government. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), of Hartford, Connecticut, USA. PZL Mielec will form the foundation of Sikorsky's European operations. Sikorsky and the Polish http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=10dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2007-01-04 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has received a contract to deliver a new S-76C++ helicopter to Trustair Ltd. in the United Kingdom. In addition to the S-76C++, Sikorsky and Lynton Aviation, one of its UK sales representatives, facilitated the simultaneous sale of an S-76B from a third party to Trustair Ltd. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=81dea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-12-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has selected General Electric Aviation to provide the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter's main engines. Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), is developing the CH-53K for the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The three-engine CH-53K will replace http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5acea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-11-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced plans to double the size of its workforce in Troy, Ala. over the next several months. The company will hire about 250 new employees to build major assemblies and sub-assemblies to support U.S. government H-60 Naval Hawk helicopter production. Sikorsky Aircraft, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b1cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-11-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated a milestone by PHI, Inc., as the Louisiana-based company became the first operator in the world to achieve 10,000 fleet hours with the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) Since the 1950s, PHI has http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=132fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-11-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today it has signed an agreement which makes effective a contract with the Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) of the Government of Turkey for 17 new S-70B SEAHAWK® helicopters. First deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009. Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=23cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-11-03 00:00:00.0 Schweizer Aircraft has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Summit Aviation to work toward establishing a new facility at Somerset Pulaski Airport to supply aerospace components for the company's growing homeland security and military aircraft product lines. Schweizer is part of Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=302fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-11-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft will open a new engineering center in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2007 to support the company's growing U.S. government, commercial, and aftermarket business. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new 25,000 square foot http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f7fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-10-30 00:00:00.0 - Schweizer Aircraft has selected Jiangxi Changhe Aircraft Company to supply airframe components and assemblies for the Schweizer 300CBi helicopter. Schweizer Aircraft is a unit of Sikorsky Aircraft, which is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). This contract is the first project completed http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d65fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-10-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft is finishing developmental flight tests of its S-92 helicopter with a search and rescue automatic flight control system (AFCS) that is able to lock in and fly point-in-space approaches, hands-off, and hover for rescues. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=825fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-10-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has signed a contract to provide a new S-76C++ helicopter equipped for critical care transport to Aero Med Spectrum Health of Grand Rapids, Mich., the company announced today at the National Business Aviation Association convention. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=601fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-10-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft signed a contract to provide two S-76C++ helicopters to Wynn Resorts (Macau), S.A., for VIP transport in the Macau and Hong Kong regions, the company announced today at the National Business Aviation Association convention. Sikorsky Aircraft, of Stratford, Connecticut, USA, is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fe0fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-10-15 00:00:00.0 Local 1150 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing hourly employees at Sikorsky Aircraft in Troy, AL, ratified a new three-year labor contract today. The agreement covers 176 employees in Troy, AL. Laurie Havanec, Vice President, Human Resources said, "We are pleased that Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1c0fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-09-20 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the aircraft maker PZL Mielec to negotiate agreements that would establish the company as the assembly center for International BLACK HAWK helicopters and key helicopter components, the Polish Ministry of Treasury announced http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=69fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-31 00:00:00.0 In a rollout ceremony attended by hundreds of government officials, military personnel, and employees, Sikorsky Aircraft launched a new era today with delivery of the U.S. Army's first production UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. With a new airframe, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=86fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft celebrated the 100th delivery of an S-76® airframe from AERO Vodochody during a ceremony today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., USA, is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The milestone comes just after five http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=390fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-18 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW - Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter continues to perform at an impressive operational tempo with the fleet recently passing 20,000 total flight hours. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., USA, is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=560fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-17 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW - Sikorsky Aircraft today announced plans to develop two new BLACK HAWK helicopter offerings for global market that will provide additional firepower and mission flexibility while building upon the combat-proven heritage of the world's most successful medium lift utility http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=900fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-17 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (SSSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide support services and maintenance for 382 U.S. Navy fixed wing training aircraft. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=020fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-07-17 00:00:00.0 FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW - With a robust order book and busy production lines, Sikorsky Aircraft continues to invest in numerous development programs to pave the way for future growth, Sikorsky President Jeffrey Pino said today at the Farnborough International Air Show. Sikorsky, based in http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=bdfea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-30 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation will provide contractor logistics support (CLS) for the UH-145 team selected today as the winning entrant in the U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) competition. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d11fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a contract to build three S-76C++ helicopters for Malaysian Helicopter Service for use in the offshore oil market by Exxon Mobil. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The contract, which includes a complete http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4cfea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the avionics management system (AMS) for the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter under development for the United States Marine Corps. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky selected http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b41fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-14 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today an agreement for S-92 helicopters, including options, for Bristow Group (NYSE:BRS). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The multi-year commitment for the sale of S-92s complements recent orders with Bristow for new http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a3fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today the first deliveries of a new ergonomically enhanced crew seat for the S-92 helicopter that improves pilot comfort without compromising crash protection. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new design http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=32fea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced plans today to open a 100,000-square-foot Rapid Prototyping and Military Derivatives Completion Center (RPMDCC) at its Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in a new building adjacent to the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5feea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-06-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft and China Aviation Industry Corporation II (AVIC II) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration on the development and manufacture of civil helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Under the MOU, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=99eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-05-11 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky Aircraft employees who developed the S-92A  helicopter's Rotor Ice Protection System, a Sikorsky senior avionics system engineer, and the group of dedicated Sikorsky retirees and volunteers who maintain the company's archives were honored for their contributions to the industry at today's http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=28eea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-05-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that it has signed position assignment agreements with Premier Aviation Services Ltd. of Ireland for two S-76D helicopters. This represents the first European customer for the S-76D, and both aircraft will be used for VIP and executive transport missions. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=aecea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today announced a nationwide campaign to recruit more than 300 engineers to meet growing demand for the company's military and civil helicopter product lines and related services. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Over the next few months, Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e06fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft marked the recent signing of a new $3 billion contract and start of development for the new CH-53K heavy-lift replacement helicopter with a ceremony today before hundreds of employees, elected officials, government and military representatives.     On April 6 Sikorsky was awarded http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3dcea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-12 00:00:00.0 The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the Sikorsky built S-92  helicopter this week for flight into known icing conditions. The S-92 has now received icing certifications from all three of the world's preeminent civil certification authorities, as both the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7f5fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-10 00:00:00.0 U.S.Helicopter, the only certified schedule helicopter in the United States, is off and flying, with regular flights on S-76Bs between JFK International Airport (JFK) and Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB), at Wall Street.   U.S.Helicopter inaugurated the service on March 27 with its first flights from http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cbcea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it was awarded a $3.0 billion System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract for the United States Marine Corps CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. ( NYSE:UTX ). Under the terms of the SDD contract, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e8cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-04 00:00:00.0 Starting Wednesday April 5, 2006, employees represented by Teamsters 1150 will begin to return to work. All employees will return to work no later than Friday April 7, 2006. Prior to reporting to your work area, you will first be required to participate in a general reorientation session lasting approximately http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=603ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that Local 1150 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing hourly employees in four company facilities in Conn. and one in Fla., have ratified a new three-year labor contract. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fe2ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-04-01 00:00:00.0 This Sunday the union will be presenting you with the company's contract offer - an offer that provides for the future for you and your families and helps our Connecticut company remain globally competitive. Please participate in the contract ratification vote on Sunday, April 2, 2006. Please refer http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8d2ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary Keystone Helicopter will seek a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) production certificate to manufacture S-76® and S-92 civil helicopters at its Coatesville, Pa., facility. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky currently produces http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1c2ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft, a unit of United Technologies Corp (NYSE:UTX), at the recommendation of the federal mediator, yesterday presented its third contract offer to the union. The Teamsters Union Local 1150 leadership again rejected the company's offer without allowing the union membership to vote. Following http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=77cea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today issued the following statement regarding the strike by workers represented by Teamsters Union Local 1150. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). "Sikorsky Aircraft is disappointed that the union has not accepted http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3d7ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-13 00:00:00.0 Keystone Helicopter, a leader in the rotorcraft industry for more than 50 years, is preparing to move into the newest addition to The HELIPLEX. Keystone recently received its certificate of occupancy from Sadsbury Township, for the second phase of the The Heliplex. "It is so exciting to finally open http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b97ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that Xavier Enterprises has signed deposit agreements for two S-76® helicopters scheduled for delivery in 2009. Xavier Enterprises is based in Palm Springs Calif., and, through its relationship with Aircraft Services Group (ASG) based in Ramsey, N.J., provides http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2b7ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft negotiators met today with the federal mediator and presented a revised proposal to end the current strike by Teamster Union members. The company is hopeful that the union leadership will present its new offer to the membership for approval. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d67ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-09 00:00:00.0 Stephen Finger Taking the Helm as President of Pratt & Whitney; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today announced the appointment of Jeffrey P. Pino as president. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Mr. Pino replaces Stephen N. Finger, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=657ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it will team with a third party engineering services provider to open an engineering design center in Bozeman, Mont. The design center will support Sikorsky's aftermarket, commercial, and U.S. government business. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=44a2a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-03 00:00:00.0 Union leadership says it wants to trade wage increases to pay for health care. Sikorsky's offer gives you a choice. Take a look Increased Compensation vs. Increased Contributions The health care package provides five medical and three prescription drug plan options that allow you to choose the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f37ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-03-02 00:00:00.0 Schweizer Aircraft, a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, announced today it had received 37 helicopter orders at this year's Heli-Expo trade show in Dallas, Texas. The orders are the most ever received by the company at the trade show. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a0eb82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2006-03-01 00:00:00.0 Keystone Helicopter Corporation has been honored for exceptional customer service by Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce presented Keystone with its Customer Satisfaction Award during a Feb. 24 award ceremony. The Customer Satisfaction Award is given to an Authorized Maintenance Center (AMC) for superior satisfaction http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=007ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-27 00:00:00.0 Heli-Expo - Helicopter Support Inc. (HSI), a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, has signed an agreement with American Eurocopter LLC. to become a Service Center for Eurocopter helicopter models including the BO105, EC120, AS350 and the AS355. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d2a2a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-27 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that it has been selected to provide U.S. Helicopter Corporation with four new S-76C++ helicopters for a new airline service operating between Manhattan and New York City area airports. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=61a2a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a contract to sell a S-76C++ helicopter to LG International for VIP transport. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).   Pete Saloomey, Sikorsky Regional Sales Executive - Asia, C. H. Yoon, General Manager Aviation Business Unit, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=487ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-23 00:00:00.0 The rising cost of health care affects every American. In 2005, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey, the average U.S. worker paid $2,713 in contributions for family health care coverage, which represents approximately 25 percent of the total cost of the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=091fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today announced that Local 1150 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing hourly employees at the company's Connecticut and Florida facilities failed to ratify a new three-year labor contract. The agreement covers 3600 employees in Stratford, Bridgeport, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9e6ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy - Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) to provide logistics support for H-53E heavy-lift and minesweeping helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft is subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The $97.59 million award runs through Sept. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2d6ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-09 00:00:00.0 Petroleum Helicopters Inc. (PHI) achieved another industry milestone this month by surpassing 1,000 flight hours with its second S-92 helicopter. This achievement comes just one month after PHI reached 1,000 flight hours on its first S-92. Both aircraft were made by Sikorsky, a United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5bcc82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2006-02-02 00:00:00.0 Feb. 2, 2006 - Sikorsky Aircraft has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Rockwell Collins, Inc., to be the training solutions provider for its bid in the U.S. Air Force-s CSAR-X competition. Sikorsky's offering, the HH-92™ http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=bb6ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-02-02 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aerospace Integration Corporation (AIC) for their bid in the U.S. Air Force's CSAR-X competition. Sikorsky's offering, the HH-92 weapons system, a military variant of the S-92 helicopter, offers the best combination of survivability, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=282ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-01-24 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today the expansion of its existing Huntsville offices to provide a technical integration center in support of U.S. Army BLACK HAWK helicopters and other military aviation programs. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b62ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-01-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for its S-76C++ helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Since being certified, two C++ aircraft have already been delivered. The inaugural C++ aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ff92a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2006-01-03 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI) has signed an agreement to remain the exclusive worldwide distributor for all Honeywell Aerospace Defense & Space products used on Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation commercial and international military helicopters. HSI is a subsidiary of Sikorsky. Sikorsky is a subsidiary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=452ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-12-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Keystone Ranger Holdings, Inc., which specializes in full-service engineering, completion and technical support for commercial helicopters, and air medical flight operations. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d32ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-12-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a contract to provide four S-92 helicopters to CHC Helicopter Corporation to perform commercial search-and-rescue (SAR) missions for the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) beginning July 1, 2007. Sikorsky is part of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=622ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-12-07 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today the signing of a contract with Thales to jointly develop a new cockpit for the S-76D helicopter planned for delivery at the end of 2008. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX). Sikorsky's teaming agreement with Thales was first announced http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=db1e82aee487a110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2005-12-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft opened the company's new MH-92 helicopter fly-by-wire system integration lab with a ribbon cutting ceremony here today. Sikorsky is part of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The new lab will develop, integrate and test the fly-by-wire and avionic systems for the MH-92, a military http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8e92a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-12-06 00:00:00.0 Welcome to Sikorsky Frontlines, a newsletter for our military customers around the world. Sikorsky Aircraft is on an extraordinary path of transformation- new aircraft models have been launched, higher efficiency services have been initiated, and cutting-edge technology programs that promise to change http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3d0ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-11-01 00:00:00.0 Extends Helicopter Completion & Customization Capabilities and Expands Technical Support Services. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced an agreement to acquire Keystone Ranger Holdings, Inc., a privately owned U.S. company. Keystone specializes http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cb0ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-10-31 00:00:00.0 Transport Canada has certified Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter, equipped with a new Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS), for flight into known icing conditions. Transport Canada's certification comes on the heels of the Federal Aviation Administration's precedent-setting certification earlier this http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5a0ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-10-27 00:00:00.0 J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd., a global leader in construction equipment, added to its fleet of Sikorsky S-76 helicopters with a recent contract signing for an S-76C++. Delivery is scheduled for September 2006. This transaction marks the first planned delivery of an S-76C++ into the European market http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e80ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-10-26 00:00:00.0 The Federal Aviation Administration has certified Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter, equipped with a new Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS), for flight in known icing conditions. It becomes the first helicopter directly certified by the agency to the newest and most stringent all-weather flight safety http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=770ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-10-17 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter has achieved another industry milestone by becoming the first S-92 operator in the world to reach 1,000 fleet hours on both their S-92 helicopters. The aircraft was made by Sikorsky, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. As recently as this past June, Norsk celebrated the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=060ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-10-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft will provide contractor logistic support (CLS) for the UH-145 as part of EADS North America bid for the U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) mission. The companies announced the teaming arrangement today at a press conference held at the annual meeting of the Association of the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=940ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-30 00:00:00.0 350 Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts Pitching Camp at Sikorsky Aircraft This weekend, (September 30 - October 2), more than 350 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from across the United States are participating in the fourth-annual "Camp Sikorsky," sponsored by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. The Scouts began arriving http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=230ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft is pleased to announce its selection of Thales to jointly develop a new cockpit for the S-76D helicopter planned for delivery at the end of 2008. Thales is a leading global electronics company that serves the Aerospace, Defense, and Security & Services markets worldwide. This cockpit http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b10ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-21 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded two U.S.government contracts to perform conceptual, preliminary design for two X2 Technology heavy-lift coaxial rotorcraft. The Concept Design and Analysis (CDA) awards from the U.S. Army's Applied Aviation Technology Directorate (AATD) are in direct support of evaluating http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7e1ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft is pleased to announce the delivery of the 26th BLACK HAWK Recap aircraft which was delivered to the Army two weeks ahead of schedule on August 26, 2005. The Recap or A to A program, is recapitalization of the UH-60A model aircraft to a like new A model condition. A commemoration ceremony http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=400ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-19 00:00:00.0 The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $43 million contract to continue risk reduction work in support of the U.S. Marine Corps Heavy Lift Replacement (HLR) program. This contract will fund engineering trade studies, configuration definition, and related program planning activities. It is a follow-on http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0d1ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-19 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has contracted to buy three S-92 helicopters for offshore oil service With this contract, BSP becomes the first oil company in Asia to select the S-92 for fleet operations. BSP and Sikorsky announced the deal in a signing ceremony today http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ae0ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-09-19 00:00:00.0 Eastern General Aviation Corporation (EGAC) has agreed to purchase one Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to serve offshore oil support missions in the Bohai Bay area. Delivery is anticipated in late 2006. EGAC, a subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company, signed the agreement today with Sikorsky. This http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9b1ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-08-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today announced the appointment of Carey Bond to the newly created position of vice president of corporate strategy. Carey comes to Sikorsky with more than 25 years of helicopter and aviation industry experience. His diverse and extensive background make him well suited to lead Sikorsky's http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1f62a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-08-04 00:00:00.0 The first new production MH-60R took to the skies July 28 at the Sikorsky Aircraft facility in Stratford, CT. The aircraft flew a total of 1.5 hours and performed the entire flight acceptance profile, which included flight control checks, vibration measurements and engine power checks, without incident. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2a1ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft continues to expand the S-92 flight envelope with new flight manual procedures for European offshore operations that allow the aircraft to either land safely on the helideck or continue flight if an engine is lost during takeoff or landing. Sikorsky added JAR-OPS 3 (Joint Aviation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b81ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter has quickly become a workhorse among customers in the off-shore oil industry, closing in on 2,000 fleet hours since the first production aircraft was delivered in November 2004. Four companies currently operate the S-92 from off-shore oil platforms in some of the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d51ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-14 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today that they have reached a preliminary agreement with Boeing Air Force Systems to provide mission systems integration for its proposed HH-92 personnel recovery system for the U.S. Air Force. Boeing is a world leader in designing, developing and integrating http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c36560ba040ca110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2005-06-14 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter achieved an industry milestone June 9 when it became the first S-92 operator in the world to reach 1,000 fleet hours, transporting more than 20,000 passengers to and from North Sea oil fields in the process. Norsk's two S-92s began revenue service in February and April, 2005. Through http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f21ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-14 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter AS has agreed to purchase three new S-92 helicopters to fulfill two recently awarded contracts for North Sea offshore oil transport services. Sikorsky and Norsk celebrated the agreement with a signing ceremony today at the Paris Air Show. With the three additional aircraft, Norsk http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=471ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-14 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today announced a contract to deliver 35 new S-76 helicopters to Offshore Logistics, Inc., the world's largest provider of helicopter transportation services to the oil and gas industry. The contract, one of the largest single civil helicopter orders in Sikorsky's history, includes http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=811ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-10 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Turkey for 12 new S-70B SEAHAWK helicopters plus an option for five additional helicopters. First deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2008. Sikorsky previously delivered eight S-70B SEAHAWK helicopters http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ad62a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-06-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today announced plans to build and test a demonstrator for a new class of coaxial X2 Technology helicopters that maintain or improve on all the vertical flight capabilities of rotorcraft and whose high speed configuration will cruise at 250 knots.   The X2 demonstrator http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3c62a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 In a ceremony held today at Sikorsky Aircraft, the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Department of Xunta de Galicia in Spain celebrated their purchase of two S-76C+ helicopters. Delivery of both aircraft is scheduled for this June.   One of the two new S-76C++ helicopters that the Xunta de Galicia http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=defda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-05-24 00:00:00.0 Cougar Helicopters Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the VIH Aviation Group, took delivery of their first Sikorsky S-92 helicopter this month in support of their contract to provide offshore helicopter services to PetroCanada. The new S-92 will be used to transport workers and freight to the Terra http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ca62a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-05-23 00:00:00.0 CHC Helikopter Service's first S-92 entered revenue service today under contract with Norsk Hydro, one of Norway's major oil companies. Prior to entering into service, the aircraft underwent modifications including the installment of passenger entertainment systems as well as additional communications http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5962a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-05-18 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter AS and Sikorsky Aircraft commemorated the first Norsk S-76C+ helicopter to achieve 10,000 flight hours in a ceremony held last Thursday. This is the first offshore S-76C+ helicopter to reach this significant milestone. A Sikorsky team consisting of Chris Eggert from WCS, Kevin Henderson http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6dfda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-05-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that the Republic of Korea has chosen the S-92 helicopter for its presidential mission. Sikorsky will deliver three S-92 helicopters in a VIP configuration beginning in 2007. "We are delighted that the Korean government has selected the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter for http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fbfda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-04-21 00:00:00.0 In the presence of the Honourable Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, L-3 Communications MAS, a member of the Sikorsky-led Maritime Helicopter Team, today launched the construction of a new $45-million Maritime Helicopter Training Centre for the Canadian Forces in Shearwater, Nova Scotia. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e762a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-04-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Canadian government officials today formally inaugurated a new Canadian Maritime Helicopter Project (MHP) office located here in the company's main manufacturing facility. The newly renovated 25,000 square-foot space includes a 5,000 square-foot secure area to accommodate http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8afda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-04-11 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky's Avionic Systems Integration Team has successfully achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 4, an internationally recognized measure of an organization's system engineering process maturity. The CMMI appraisal lasted almost nine days and included the review of more than http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=19fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-04-06 00:00:00.0 Norsk Helikopter's second S-92 has entered service this month, operating from Bergen, Norway. Prior to operation, the aircraft underwent final modifications at Norsk's maintenance facility in Stavanger, Norway. The aircraft is operated by Norsk Helikopter and is being used by Statoil for crew change http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a7fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-04-05 00:00:00.0 The United States Coast Guard will upgrade and modernize its current Sikorsky HH-60J JAYHAWK helicopter fleet to meet its expanded Homeland Defense responsibilities, according to the revised Deepwater Implementation Plan recently presented to Congress. Deepwater outlines the USCG's long-range acquisition http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=be1660ba040ca110VgnVCM1000001081000aRCRD 2005-04-04 00:00:00.0 The Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) has authorized the Army's UH-60M BLACK HAWK program to proceed with Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of 22 new UH-60M's with authorization to build up to 40 new helicopters through fiscal year 2006. LRIP is the last phase in a defense procurement program http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c4fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-25 00:00:00.0 LA County FIREHAWK Crews Rescue 40 Flood Victims Severe flooding caused by 15 inches of rain over a three day period in January pummeled southern California and tested the mettle of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's S-70 FIREHAWK helicopter and crew. LA County Fire Department personnel responded http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=53fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-23 00:00:00.0 Sunrise in Norway brought with it another milestone for Sikorsky's S-92 helicopter, as the aircraft entered into revenue service in the North Sea for the first time earlier this week. The aircraft is operated by Norsk Helikopter and is being used by Statoil for crew change missions throughout the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b95fa96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-10 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced that Era Aviation, Inc. a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) has selected the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter as one of its crew change aircraft for use in the Gulf of Mexico. Sikorsky announced the agreement at a signing ceremony at the Heli-Expo 2005 http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a14ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's S-92 medium-lift helicopter was awarded its Canadian type certification by Transport Canada in a ceremony at the Heli-Expo 2005 trade show. Alan Stewart, the Senior Rotorcraft Project Manager for the Aircraft Certification Branch of Transport Canada presented the certification http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0feda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft and Norsk Helikopter celebrated the recent delivery of the first S-92 helicopter scheduled for offshore service in the North Sea. The S-92 was delivered to Norsk last week at the Sikorsky facility in Stratford, Conn. This new S-92 helicopter is currently undergoing final preparations http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=101ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation unveiled its new, more comfortable and luxurious S-76C++ VIP interior at the opening of Heli-Expo 2005 trade show this week. A mockup of the new interior is on display at the Sikorsky booth No. 3069 in Hall B. Sikorsky partnered with both Keystone Helicopter Corporation, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=70fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation enjoyed a strong sales year in 2004, racking up contracts for 52 S-92 helicopters and 29 S-76 helicopters from a variety of off-shore oil, foreign government, corporate, EMS, and VIP customers across the world. The S-92 order book included 28 H-92 helicopters, the military http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e1fda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-09 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced a series of engine, air vehicle, interior and avionics upgrades available for order immediately on the new S-76C++ helicopter and a set of additional product improvements that will lead to the launch of the new S-76D model in 2008. The extensive product upgrades, outlined http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4bbda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Navy's presidential helicopter contract decision. On February 3, the U.S. Navy debriefed Sikorsky on the factors that determined the outcome of the Marine One competition. Throughout that meeting, the Navy was complimentary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=bcbda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-02-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation enjoyed a strong sales year in 2004, racking up contracts for 52 S-92 helicopters and 29 S-76 helicopters from a variety of off-shore oil, foreign government, corporate, EMS, and VIP customers across the world. The S-92 order book included 28 H-92 helicopters, the military http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d9bda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-01-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation received word today that its H-92 helicopter was not selected as the next Marine One helicopter. The company anticipates a full debrief on the Navy's evaluation and analysis. "Sikorsky and our All-American supplier team are disappointed with this outcome. We're honored http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=68bda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-01-25 00:00:00.0 Gulf Helicopters of Doha, Qatar has signed a contract to purchase an S-92 aircraft to serve VVIP missions. Delivery is scheduled for 2006. "We are excited to add Gulf Helicopters to the growing list of S-92 customers across the world," said Joseph Gigantelli, Regional Vice President for Sikorsky. Previously, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9fbda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-01-21 00:00:00.0 The Singapore Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of the United States to acquire six new Sikorsky S-70B naval helicopters which will operate off the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) new frigates. The acquisition of naval helicopters, equipped with advanced http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7662a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-01-17 00:00:00.0 On January 10, a Sikorsky Fire Hawk owned and operated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department rescued 34 victims in the midst of the series of storms that have drenched California in the past week. The record rainfall has caused deadly flooding and mudslides. The venerable Fire Hawk flew a total http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ee72a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2005-01-05 00:00:00.0 As they have for 60 years, Sikorsky helicopters are leading the way in easing human suffering in the aftermath of catastrophe, living up to vertical lift's highest calling as envisioned by Igor I. Sikorsky. U.S. Navy personnel carry an injured Tsunami victim from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2ebda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-12-22 00:00:00.0 The Turkish government has signed a contract for a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to serve head-of-state missions. Turkey joins Turkmenistan in selecting the S-92 as its head-of-state helicopter. Turkmenistan is buying two aircraft. To date, Sikorsky has orders, including options, for more than 60 S-92 http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=fdcda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-12-17 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft announced that more than 225 aerospace suppliers across 41 states are ready and qualified to manufacture parts today in support of the company's bid to build the next presidential helicopter fleet. All 225-plus companies are currently providing parts to Sikorsky's S-92 helicopter production http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7d72a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-12-08 00:00:00.0 FACILITY PREPARED FOR MANUFACTURING NEW PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER Touting its mission readiness to build the next Marine One fleet, Sikorsky Aircraft today unveiled its new Executive Transport Center, which will serve exclusively as the final assembly facility for the new presidential helicopter should http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8ccda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-12-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky is committed to a fair and transparent bidding process for Republic of Korea's acquisition of fleet of three new presidential helicopters. Recent reports in the media regarding attempts to influence the competition through political channels are false. Neither the company nor its business partners http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0c72a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-12-03 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft's state-of-the-art facility to ensure world class Earned Value capability formally opened at the company's headquarters here. Attendees are flanked by multiple large screens in a 270-degree field of view. Data can be directed onto laptops, desktops and the web. Inspired by a benchmarking http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1bcda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-11-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. delivered two S-70 BLACK HAWKs to the Royal Thai Army at a ceremony here today. His Excellency Mr. Kasit Piromya, Royal Thai Ambassador to the United States, accepted the aircraft logbooks as part of the ceremonial transfer of title. With the delivery, the Royal Thai Army http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=79dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-11-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. delivered two S-70 BLACK HAWKs to the Royal Thai Army at a ceremony here today. His Excellency Mr. Kasit Piromya, Royal Thai Ambassador to the United States, accepted the aircraft logbooks as part of the ceremonial transfer of title. With the delivery, the Royal Thai Army now http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9deda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-11-23 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has signed contracts worth C$5-billion with the Government of Canada to provide and maintain 28 Sikorsky H-92 maritime helicopters. The new H-92s will replace Sea King aircraft currently in service with the Canadian Forces and deliveries are scheduled to begin http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2ceda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-11-11 00:00:00.0 Throughout the 81-year history of our company, Sikorsky employees have been called to serve our country in the Armed Forces. This patriotism has earned these colleagues the gratitude of not only our company, but of our community and country. On this annual Veterans Day observance, we celebrate and honor http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=baeda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-10-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has appointed Harrods Aviation Ltd. as a non-exclusive sales representative in the United Kingdom and Ireland to assist in commercial sales of S-76 and S-92 civil helicopters. Harrods Aviation is a full-service fixed base operator with facilities in the U. K. at London Stanstead, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=49eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-10-12 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky's new "QUIETZONE" gearbox for the S-76C+ helicopter has made its operational debut and drawn rave reviews from corporate passengers. The new gearbox provides a significant noise reduction in the aircraft's cabin and cockpit, opening a new dimension in business comfort. Attendees at this http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=08dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-09-27 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation today announced that the acquisition of Schweizer Aircraft Corporation is complete. Schweizer, based in Elmira, N.Y, is a U.S. company specializing in the light helicopter, reconnaissance aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) markets. Effective immediately, Schweizer http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=9a72a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-09-23 00:00:00.0 Latest Generation Helicopter to Fly the Gulf for PHI. The first production Sikorsky S-92 helicopter is expected this weekend at its new home base in Lafayette, La., where it will open up a new age of offshore service on the Gulf of Mexico with Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI). "The S-92 is a revolutionary http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=96dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-09-17 00:00:00.0 Contrary to some news media reports, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is not setting up a helicopter plant in South Korea. Under a memorandum of understanding signed this week in Korea, Sikorsky will explore the potential of non-financial assistance to Washington Times Aviation in its effort to establish http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=25dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-09-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft recognized Keystone Helicopter Corporation today for its superior achievement on the delivery of the 50th S-76C+ helicopter. The milestone was marked with a presentation ceremony at Keystone's new Coatesville, Pennsylvania facility. Keystone is the principal completion center for http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=2972a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-31 00:00:00.0  FlightSafety International Simulation Systems Division employees and local dignitaries welcomed Sikorsky's VH-92 demonstrator to the Tulsa region August 25 as part of a multi-state tour to showcase the advanced capabilities and safety features of what could be the next fleet of Marine One helicopters http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=42dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-31 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today it has been awarded $56.5 million from the United States Navy to fund engineering, program planning and other services associated with the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program (VXX) competition. In 2003 the Navy issued a Request for Proposal for the http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d0dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-26 00:00:00.0 Extends Reach into Light Helicopter, Reconnaissance and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Markets. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced an agreement to acquire Schweizer Aircraft Corp., a privately owned U.S. company specializing in the light helicopter, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b772a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-23 00:00:00.0 VH-92 Demonstrator Receives a Presidential Welcome! Please click here to view the VH-92 Presidential Tour Stop at L3 Communications, Waco. WACO, Texas,- Sikorsky's VH-92 presidential demonstrator aircraft whirled into Waco today, touching down at L-3 Communications' facility for the seventh stop on http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=4672a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-13 00:00:00.0 Another Big Texas Turnout for Sikorsky's Presidential Demonstrator Please click here to view the VH-92 Presidential Tour stop at L-3 Communications. GREENVILLE, Tex., -- Continuing its swing through the Lone Star state, the VH-92 presidential demonstrator helicopter flew to the headquarters of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d472a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-11 00:00:00.0 All-American Tour Visits Dallas-Based Vought Aircraft Industries. Please click here to view the VH-92 Presidential tour stop at Vought Aircraft Industries. The VH-92 All-American Tour touched down in the heart of Texas today and received an enthusiastic welcome from more than 1,000 employees http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6fcda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-06 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft's UH-60M BLACK HAWK program continues to advance, securing more than 325 hours of flight time and moving rapidly toward a Milestone C decision in 2005. The aircraft is designed to replace the UH-60L as the standard configuration for all new U.S. Army BLACK HAWK production. Flight http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=6372a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-05 00:00:00.0 SIKORSKY ALL-AMERICAN TOUR MAKES SECOND MIDWEST STOP IN THREE DAYS CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 5, 2004 - More than 500 Rockwell Collins employees and local dignitaries gave the presidential demonstrator helicopter a rousing welcome today at the latest stop on the VH-92 All-American Tour. Congressman http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f172a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-03 00:00:00.0 SIKORSKY'S VH-92 DEMONSTRATOR MAKES SWING THROUGH MIDWEST Northbrook, Ill., - The VH-92 All-American Tour flew to the nation's heartland today for an employee rally and flight demonstration near the headquarters of Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division in suburban Chicago.   Cong. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=8072a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-08-01 00:00:00.0 Shanghai Sikorsky recently completed the first factory certified maintenance class for their aircraft in China. In cooperation with Schwiezer Aircraft Corp. a two week intensive training course was given at Shanghai Sikorsky's facilites in Gaodong, Pudong New District of Shanghai. Schweizer's Chief http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=1d92a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-29 00:00:00.0 Dave Galuska VP of Production Operations addresses the crowd. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the grand opening of its new Commercial Aircraft Center, where all S-76 and S-92 civil helicopters will now be assembled. The new 14,000 sq. ft. assembly center http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ab92a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky's VH-92 Helicopter Demonstrator on Nationwide Circuit The VH-92 All-American tour made its first partner visit on July 27 when Sikorsky Aircraft's presidential demonstrator helicopter flew to the West Palm Beach, Florida headquarters of FlightSafety International (FSI), the world's largest http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3a92a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-26 00:00:00.0 Ground was broken last month for Shanghai's first helicopter factory. Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft Company's new facility has started to take shape. Located in Gaodong, Pudong New District, this modern facility will become the base of operations for the new helicopter company. Designed to house both offices http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c892a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-23 00:00:00.0 The Government of Canada today announced the selection of the Sikorsky Aircraft-led Maritime Helicopter Team to replace Sea King helicopters currently in service with the Canadian Forces. The selection was made as part of Canada's $3-billion Maritime Helicopter Project (MHP) for the acquisition of http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=3fdda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-20 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft and the U.S. Government have signed an agreement to build eight UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters for the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), bringing to 13 the number of BLACK HAWKs with the RJAF. Scheduled to enter into service in 2006, the aircraft will support the RJAF in providing http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5cdda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-18 00:00:00.0 The Fisheries and Maritime Matters Department of the Xunta de Galicia in Spain has purchased two S-76C++ helicopters equipped for search and rescue (SAR). Aircraft deliveries are planned for spring 2005. The Xunta de Galicia's SAR branch provides coastguard coverage off northwest Spain. The service http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=eadda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-18 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that it has sold two S-92 helicopters to Turkmenistan for presidential transport. The helicopters will be delivered in the 2005-2006 timeframe. Upon inking the $53M deal in Ashgabat on June 28, Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov noted the reliability http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=cddda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-18 00:00:00.0 Finland-based passenger carrier Copterline has exceeded 10,000 hours of Sikorsky S-76C+ operation. This is quite an achievement for a helicopter airline where each flight sector is only 18-minutes, served by two S-76C+ aircraft. In a striking display of reliability, Copterline's two S-76C+ aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d7eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. launched the VH-92 All-American Tour to showcase its award-winning aircraft and the U.S.-based team of aerospace companies it has partnered with to produce the next presidential helicopter. A crowd of more than 225 employees, members of Connecticut's congressional delegation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5792a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-14 00:00:00.0 Today two Shen 3A helicopters completed acceptance flights in Shanghai. Tianjin's Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) has completed the acceptance process for two new Shanghai Sikorsky helicopters. The acceptance flights were held at the Shanghai Gaodong Maritime Search and Rescue Heliport, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e592a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-13 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. launched the VH-92 All-American Tour to showcase its award-winning aircraft and the U.S.-based team of aerospace companies it has partnered with to produce the next presidential helicopter.   The VH-92 presidential demonstrator takes flight A crowd of more than 225 http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=66eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-12 00:00:00.0 Good day everyone, and thank you for the introduction Jeff. And again, let me extend a personal welcome to our Congressional delegation and Rocco Calo. We're delighted you could all join us. First off, I would like to acknowledge the hundreds of employees in the audience who are working night and day http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7492a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-07-08 00:00:00.0 On display at the Police Equipment Exhibition in Beijing last month was the newest addition to Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft's growing fleet of helicopters in China. The Shen 4T turbine engine powered, four-seat helicopter was prominently exhibited at this major event for China's police bureaus.   Sharing http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=641ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-06-13 20:00:00.0 PARIS AIR SHOW - Norsk Helikopter achieved an industry milestone June 9 when it became the first S-92 operator in the world to reach 1,000 fleet hours, transporting more than 20,000 passengers to and from North Sea oil fields in the process. Norsk's two S-92s began revenue service in February and April, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=f4eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-06-08 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky's S-92 has become the first helicopter in the world certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency/Joint Aviation Authorities (EASA/JAA) to the latest and most rigorous safety standards. EASA, which is made up of previous and new European Union JAA members, made the formal certificate presentation http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=83eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-05-28 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft established another rotorcraft industry first by standardizing its new S-76 and S-92 helicopter safety baseline to include Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS) in all civil aircraft configurations. The EGPWS helps pilots avoid controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). A Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=12eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-05-05 00:00:00.0 The MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Program for the U.S. Navy has achieved an important milestone by beginning flight test of one of five sensor systems. Flight test, which began April 12 at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, encompasses the airworthiness of the newly designed and developed Carriage, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a0eda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-05-04 00:00:00.0 The U.S. Navy MH-60S fleet combat support helicopter passed a significant milestone recently by eclipsing the 50,000 flight hour mark. "The significance of this event is particularly noteworthy because the program went from the drawing board to fleet introduction in just a few years," said Paul Martin, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=0392a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-04-01 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter has successfully completed the artificial icing portion of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) icing certification program, positioning the aircraft for the final all-weather operations certification phase. Modern digital control of the S-92 rotor ice protection http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a9cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-29 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that Chairman Dean C. Borgman plans to retire on July 1, 2004, bringing to a close a distinguished and rewarding rotorcraft career that stretches back to the 1960s. Borgman has held the position of Chairman since 2003, prior to which he served for nearly five http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=38cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that it has sold more than 20 S-92 aircraft worth in excess of $340 million, making it the most successful new commercial product launch in the company's history. In addition to the confirmed sales, Sikorsky also has 17 options and four deposit agreements for http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=01cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-15 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, has set up shop in a new 180,000 sq. ft. Connecticut facility. The company had maintained six separate leased facilities in Orange, West Haven and Stratford, Conn., totaling approximately 100,000 sq. ft. The new Quarry http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=55cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-15 00:00:00.0 Acquisition of a third Sikorsky S-70 FIREHAWK helicopter has been authorized for the California's Los Angeles County Fire Department. Three Sikorsky S-70 FIREHAWK helicopters are now in service on the U.S. west coast, two with LA County and a third with the U.S. Army National Guard in Oregon. The http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=c6cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-15 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters are rapidly being introduced to service in Brazil. Four of the 10 new helicopters under order have already been delivered this year to Lider Taxi Aereo. They follow the deliveries of four S-76C+ aircraft to Senior Air Taxi. This represents a major milestone in the introduction http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=e3cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-03-10 00:00:00.0 The specially modified Sikorsky H-92 Presidential helicopter demonstrator turned over to U.S. Navy evaluators has successfully completed its government flight tests, the company announced today. "We are very pleased to achieve this latest milestone in the Presidential helicopter competition," said Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=72cda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-23 00:00:00.0 The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 COMANCHE® program today issued the following statement concerning the U.S. Army's announcement it will cease activity on the program: "We are surprised and disappointed by the Army's announcement today to terminate the RAH-66 COMANCHE® program. Five of these advanced technology http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=304ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-23 00:00:00.0 Asian helicopter operators are showing a renewed interest in the Sikorsky S-76 as their helicopter solution to meet the missions of the future in the intermediate weight class.  The aircraft is meeting with continued success in the Republic of Korea and Japan. In 2003, two new S-76C+ aircraft were delivered http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=ce3ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-22 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters are being introduced to service in Brazil, with ten new helicopters being delivered to Lider Taxi Aereo. They follow the deliveries of four S-76C+ aircraft to Senior Taxi Aereo. Lider, Brazil's largest offshore oil operator, signed a contract for the purchase of the 10 S-76C+ http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=5d3ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-16 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft has delivered a specially-modified Sikorsky H-92 helicopter to the U.S. government team evaluating alternatives for the next generation Presidential helicopter, the company announced today. The Sikorsky demonstrator aircraft incorporates many unique features that highlight the H-92's http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=eb3ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-10 00:00:00.0 The first of three new Hellenic Navy S-70B Aegean Hawk helicopters with glass cockpits and various system enhancements made its first flight today at Sikorsky Aircraft's main facility. The new aircraft are Sikorsky SEAHAWK variants that will be delivered this year to the Greek government. The Hellenic http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=7a3ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-09 00:00:00.0 Helicopter Support, Inc. (HSI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft, has set up shop in a new 180,000 sq. ft. facility here. The company had maintained six separate leased facilities in Orange, West Haven and Stratford, Conn., totaling approximately 100,000 sq. ft. The new Quarry Road facility, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=db82a96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-08 19:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation enjoyed a strong sales year in 2004, racking up contracts for 52 S-92 helicopters and 29 S-76 helicopters from a variety of off-shore oil, foreign government, corporate, EMS, and VIP customers across the world. The S-92 order book included 28 H-92 helicopters, the military http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=093ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-05 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is busy staffing up in South Texas to support its contract with Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) to provide technical, engineering, and logistical support services for military BLACK HAWK, PAVE HAWK and SEAHAWK helicopters. At this point, more than 60 persons have been hired. http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=973ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-02-02 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky-led VH-92 Team today submitted to the government its fully-compliant proposal for the next generation presidential helicopter, a major milestone in the company's effort to continue its service to the Commander in Chief. "We believe we have the best value proposal and the safest and most http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b43ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-01-26 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft today launched an interactive Web site entitled Building A Helicopter to educate students, teachers and the community at large about helicopter production. The Web page features graphic animations of an aircraft moving through the production process as well as facts and figures on http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=263ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-01-26 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky-led VH-92 Team today submitted to the government its fully-compliant proposal for the next generation presidential helicopter, a major milestone in the company's effort to continue its service to the Commander in Chief. "We believe we have the best value proposal and the safest and most http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=433ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-01-21 00:00:00.0 The Sikorsky VH-3D helicopters that have flown every American President since Gerald Ford today achieved 100,000 flight hours in Presidential service, a major milestone in Sikorsky's 46-year relationship with the Presidential mission. Sikorsky Chairman Dean Borgman was on hand at HMX-1, the United States http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=d13ea96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-01-08 00:00:00.0 A joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX] has been awarded a $417 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Navy to provide supply support, spares and repairs to in-service H-60 helicopters. Under the contract, http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=b3dda96c2e289110VgnVCM1000001382000aRCRD 2004-01-07 00:00:00.0 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today the formation of the All-American VH-92 Team, an enhanced set of all-American alliances for its bid to win the next generation Presidential helicopter. The members of the All American VH-92 Team include: Sikorsky Aircraft, of Stratford, Connecticut, will lead