The MD 500 series is a family of 4-6-seat, single-engine, single-rotor military and commercial utility helicopters. The series comprises three models: the 500E, 530F and 520N.

A new airworthiness directive for the MD Helicopters MD500N, MD600N and MD900 requires determining the cure date for each Notar fan blade tension-torsion strap (T-T strap). The light at the end of ...

A new glass cockpit option for the MD Helicopters 500 single-engined turbine is nearing US Federal Aviation Administration certification, expected by the end of this month, following first flight ...

MD Helicopters (MDH) has relaunched its MD 530F rotorcraft as the TH530 and AH530 for the military trainer and light attack markets respectively, a company spokesperson confirmed to Janes .

MD Helicopters (MDH) is to consolidate the different platforms it had previously marketed to military customers, focusing instead on upgraded MD 500 and new-build MD 530 airframes only.

Suppliers including Kaman, which manufactured fuselages for the MD 500/600 and rotor systems for the MD 900, had stopped work after MDHI failed to make payments, and operators have complained of a ...

Kenya asked to purchase 12 units of MD 530F helicopters, M260 rocket launchers, M151 rockets, heavy-machine gun pods, M274 smoke-signature warhead rockets and .50 caliber rounds, the Defense ...

MD Helicopters keeps American manufacturing jobs in MesaIts fleet includes the twin-engine MD 902 Explorer, and single engine versions of the MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 500E, MD 530F and MD 530G. The ...

MD Helicopters has about 240 employees in Mesa, where all of its aircraft are built and tested. The 530G Scout Attack Helicopter is smaller than other Army choppers.

MD won interim approval for its bankruptcy loan, allowing it to borrow $12.5 million from Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP and MB Global Partners LLC, which also invested in the Zohar funds, the ...

The MD 500 series is a family of 4-6-seat, single-engine military and commercial utility helicopters. Past militarized models have included the multirole 500MD Defender, armed Scout Defender, anti ...