Chilean Navy upgrades helicopter fleet and equips with Rhotheta Direction Finders The Chilean Navy is upgrading their helicopters to the Airbus H125 platform under the “Gaviota Project”. The H125s are replacing the Bell 206 Jet Ranger (UH-57) platforms in service since the 1970s and will be relied on for search and rescue (SAR), medical evacuation,
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RHOTHETA Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Civil Air Patrol FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 9, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Rhotheta International Inc., a full-service distributor of German-designed radio direction finders (DF), proudly announces the firm’s 20th anniversary of providing DF equipment to the United States Civil Air Patrol (CAP). Radio direction finders are a vital tool for
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Radio Direction Finding for Man Overboard Recovery and Safety When you call 911 from a cell phone on land, the dispatcher can usually determine your location in just a few seconds between your phone’s internal GPS and the location information available from the cellular network. However, this is not necessarily the case when a mariner
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Last month, Metropolitan Nashville (TN) Police Department (MNPD) ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters – equipped with the Rhotheta RT-600-L – to be delivered later this year. Nashville reaches 526 square miles and includes both high-density urban locations and rural areas. Each year, the department’s Aviation Unit responds to more than 2,000 calls, including searches
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AIRBUS will deliver two H125s to Chilean Navy in 2020 – including the RHOTHETA RT-600 El Comando de Aviación Naval de la Armada de Chile recibirá en 2020 los primeros dos de un total de cinco helicópteros livianos monomotor H125 adquiridos al fabricante aeronáutico Airbus Helicopters. Tal como publicó Infodefensa.com, la institución adjudicó en septiembre
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Pima County (AZ) Sheriff’s Department Air Operations Unit has officially introduced one of two new Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft, the first one is already operational while the second one is expected to be completed by the end of 2021, according to Chief Pilot Chris Janes. The new aircraft is a “night and day” difference from
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