Also: Avidyne iPad APP, Aero-Calendar, Fly Safe Campaign, TSA Admin Nominee, NTSB Safety Alert, ATSB, Gulfstream Expands Long Beach Site

Kaman Corporation has resumed production of the commercial K-MAX heavy-lift utility helicopters. The aircraft will be manufactured at Kaman’s Jacksonville, Florida and Bloomfield, Connecticut facilities and production and hiring for the program has already begun.

The first new helicopter is expected to be delivered in early-2017. This report confirms again that our southern border is a war zone, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter operating in U.S. airspace near Laredo, Texas was fired on from the Mexican side of the border, forcing the pilot to initiate an emergency landing. The aircraft was flying in support of a mission to intercept drugs coming across the border from Mexico, according to authorities. Airbus Defense and Space is getting into the reusable rocket booster business with a five-year plan to design a first stage for its Ariane rocket that can be recovered on a normal runway. Called Adeline, which is short for ‘Advanced Expendable Launcher with Innovative engine Economy’, the design resolves some of the issues that have caused SpaceX to lose the boosters it has tried to recover on its floating platform. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 06.09.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Tuesday, June 9th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• Kaman Resumes Commercial K-MAX Helicopter Production
• Customs Helicopter Hit By Fire From Mexico
• Airbus Shows Reusable Booster Concept
• Avidyne iPad Demo App For IFD540 & IFD440 Released
• Aero-Calendar 06.09.15
• Senate Commerce Committee Approves Nomination Of TSA Administrator
• FAA And GA Community Launch Fly Safe Campaign
• NTSB Safety Alert… Look Out!
• ATSB Calls On FAA, EASA To Act On Reducing Helicopter Fires
• Gulfstream To Expand Long Beach Site, Add Jobs

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