Firefighting Rotorcraft Shortfall Prompts Bell’s 214ST Reboot

Tony Osborne March 13, 2025
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Bell 214ST 

Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week
DALLAS—Bell’s 214ST is set to become the latest legacy helicopter to go back into production to address global shortfalls in rotary-wing firefighting capability. Australia’s McDermott Aviation, which owns the type certificate to the twin-engine, 8-metric-ton helicopter, is planning to produce new...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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