PARIS (June 17, 2013) - At the Paris Air Show today, Rockwell Collins launched HeliSure^TM, a family of products that will provide helicopter pilots with unprecedented situational awareness to help them meet the challenges of flying in increasingly congested and hazard-filled airspace.

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Dallas, Texas - June 17, 2013 - Dallas Airmotive’s Regional Turbine Center (RTC) based at Singapore’s Seletar Airport has completed its first Major Periodic Inspection (MPI) on a Honeywell TFE731 engine. The Singapore RTC is the only such approved facility in the region.

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Columbia Helicopters is responding to the sudden surge in fires across the western United States with four heavy-lift helicopters deployed to fires. This includes two aircraft assigned to the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, CO.

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Bell Helicopter announced on Monday at the Paris Air Show that it will re-enter the short light single market, and that Safran Group's Turbomeca will power the new helicopter with its Arrius 2R engine.

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PARIS, FRANCE (June 17, 2013) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced updates to the Bell 525 Relentless™ program today at the 2013 Paris Air Show. The updated technical specifications and design features reveal improved speed, range and payload capabilities, as well as a higher maximum gross weight and optimized flight performance.

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Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has awarded Curtiss-Wright Controls with a contract to supply its Rotor Ice Protection (RIPS), Windshield and Engine Anti Ice Controllers technology for use on the Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH).  Additionally, Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics (CWC-AE) has received a contract to supply rugged flight data recorders for use on a new multirole helicopter from a leading helicopter manufacturer.

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resident Obama has reportedly said at recent private fundraising events that he aims to unveil a comprehensive energy policy next month. Obama, who has faced pressure from environmental activists to oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, has provided no specifics, though green groups expect it to include new EPA regulations on carbon emissions.

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Cedar Hill, Texas (nbcdfw.com) - Two Cedar Hill schools are getting renovations buildings. The first phase of bond work started at High Pointe Elementary and Permenter Middle School June 11. The method of using a helicopter to swap out the air conditioners is about efficiency. A crane would have taken about a week while the helicopter completed it in a day.

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Talihina, Okla. (AP) - One person has been killed and three others injured in a medical helicopter crash at the Choctaw Nation Health Care Center hospital in Talihina near the LeFlore and Latimer County lines in southeastern Oklahoma.

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