2005 was a great year for Bell Helicopter. Numbers were up for
both commercial and military sales orders and deliveries and
backlog has increased significantly.
Bell/Agusta Aerospace provided ANN with a program update on its
BA609, not only the world's first civil tiltrotor aircraft, but is
reportedly the fastest civilian VTOL on the planet.
Sikorsky Aircraft announced last week LG International will
purchase one S-76C++ helicopter, to be used for VIP transport. The
two companies held a signing ceremony Friday at the Asian Aerospace
2006 trade show.