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Buoyed by double-digit first-quarter revenues and a busy commercial and defense orderbook, GE Aerospace reported an operating profit of $1.5 billion.

Acquisitions of new helicopters and airborne early warning aircraft are funded, while other capabilities will be “explored.”

Specialists are adding new services, growing their global footprint and signing new customers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The first Bell 525 order was one of several placed by the offshore helicopter industry at this year’s Heli-Expo.

Columbia Helicopters and Erickson are producing new-build S-64s and Model 234 Commercial Chinooks for the first time in decades.

Bell has secured its first-ever order for its fly-by-wire 525 super-medium helicopter from a Norwegian energy company.

With pandemic delays, production halts and divestitures over, the Schweizer 300C/CBi will “start growing.”

Sikorsky has unveiled the configuration of the Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully autonomous prototype to be developed with GE Aerospace, at Heli-Expo.

Sikorsky says it aims to overcome the supply chain issues that have bedeviled the S-92 fleet by the end of 2024.

Erickson Incorporated has selected Milwaukee-based Astronautics for a long-planned upgrade of a subfleet of Sikorsky S-64 heavy lift helicopters.

Offshore helicopter industry leaders tell Aviation Week about the challenges they face as growth returns after a prolonged downturn.

Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.

U.S. startup Skyryse has begun taking reservations for the first production helicopter equipped with its automated flight control system.

After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

Rescue crews were searching for five missing U.S. Marines after locating the wreckage of a downed Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Feb. 7.

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A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.

As the U.S. Army prepares for high-speed rotorcraft, the commercial helicopter industry continues its wait for advanced new technologies.

The S-70M aircraft, built by PZL-Mielec in Poland, will be used for maritime and land search and rescue, firefighting, transport and medical emergency support.

Some 30 Sikorsky S-92s serving the oil and gas industry are grounded worldwide while they await replacement of main gearboxes.

Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group says supply chain issues are impacting the industry’s operation of the Sikorsky S-92.

Competitors for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have started the certification and installation process of the engine.