Airbus submits bid to support the NYPD’s next-generation fleet with the H175 Airbus Press Release | March 31, 2021
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Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has submitted a bid to the New York Police Department (NYPD)’s request for proposal for two new helicopters to partially replace their aging fleet of rotorcraft. Airbus is prepared to equip the New York Police Department with high-tech, high-performance search and rescue H175 helicopters.
The modern and technically advanced H175 provides the best value, lowest in class sound levels, and premier safety equipment. Airbus Photo
“Airbus is honored to have the opportunity to present the capabilities of the H175 to this iconic customer as they make an informed decision as to the best possible path forward to protect and serve the citizens of New York who count on them,” said Treg Manning, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Airbus Helicopters, Inc. “Not only do they need a helicopt
Upon his retirement at the end of March, Mike Spears (left) of Airbus Helicopters Inc. will hand over the reins to new Vice President of Industry and Civil Programs, Johannes Dienemann. Â In that position, Dienemann will serve as the Site Supervisor of the Columbus, Miss., plant. Â The facility is home to the U.S. Armyâs Lakota program, the Airbus H125 production line and the companyâs Completions Center of Excellence. Â The helicopter pictured is the third of three H135 aircraft being delivered to NASA.
Airbus and Air Methods sign additional HCare support contract for fleet of 80 EC135s Airbus Press Release | February 12, 2021
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Air Methods Corporation has signed another HCare support contract with Airbus Helicopters Inc., this time to cover its fleet of EC135 helicopters – the largest HCare contract signed with any civil customer to date.
With new order, Air Methods becomes the largest HCare-covered single-operator civil helicopter fleet in the world. Air Methods Photo
The order expands the number of Air Methods aircraft covered by Airbus support and services to 111, making Air Methods the largest HCare-covered single-operator civil helicopter fleet in the world.
The Houston Police Department, one of the largest air units in the country, recently took delivery of a new and very special H125 with an FAA registration number honoring one of its own.
Airbus Press Release | January 28, 2021
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Houston police officer Jason Knox once spent months researching the precise color of blue for a vintage police car he was meticulously restoring.
The blue line on the Houston Police Department’s new helicopter is the same color blue that Officer Knox used to restore old police vehicles. Houston Police Department Photo
A longtime car aficionado, Knox dreamt of starting a museum to detail Houston’s police vehicles throughout the decades.
That same color of custom blue now graces a single stripe on Houston PD’s new Airbus H125 helicopter as a poignant tribute. Officer Knox’s end of watch with Houston PD tragically occurred in an accident on May 2, 2020. He was 35 years old.