AINonline - Operating helicopters in Russia has become significantly easier in recent years and there is rising demand from the country’s fast-growing energy and utilities industries.

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Telephonics Corporation announces the successful flight test of the AN/ZPY-4(V) Maritime Surveillance Radar upgraded with a Ground Moving Target Indicator mode. This is an enhanced version of the radar designed and built for the US Navy's MQ-8 Fire Scout rotary-wing UAS.

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Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Timothy Geithner is pressing the Financial Stability Oversight Council to address risks to the financial system from money market mutual funds.

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Rotorhub - The Royal Navy's new upgraded Merlin Mk2 anti-submarine warfare helicopter has conducted its first shipborne operations.

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American Eurocopter will feature its AS350 B2 from the Ontario (CA) Police Department Air Support Unit at this year's International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 3 in San Diego.

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The FAA has selected a handful of universities to lead an Air Transportation Center for Excellence, focused on general aviation issues such as safety and airport technology.

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Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. has received a contract from AgustaWestland to supply rugged flight recorders for use on the new AW169 rotorcraft.

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West Covina, Calif. (sgvtribune.com) - A West Covina police officer, Officer Mike Weathermon, received the Burn Institute's 2012 Inland Empire Spirit of Courage Award last weekend for pulling an injured pilot and passenger from the burning wreckage of an airplane crash in Corona. Weathermom was the observer in an El Monte police helicopter at the time.

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Bankrupt LightSquared Inc. is seeking to share airwaves with federal government users. In return, the company would give up the right to some operations in airwaves near those used by GPS.

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Flying magazine - A Syrian Arab Airlines flight traveling from Damascus to Latakia, Syria, last week landed safely after an Mi-8 military helicopter collided with the airliner, lopping off a large section of its tail.

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