#firefighting helicopters

The defence ministry signed an agreement with Slovak company HELI Company s.r.o on Friday to lease four Black Hawk helicopters for the firefighting season. Defence director, Panayiotis Symeou ...

The tender process for the purchase of three firefighting aircraft is currently under way, with one of the aircraft to be financed through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, permanent secretary ...

The police have reportedly proposed indictments against 14 legal entities and individuals over the leasing of firefighting aircraft at the Forestry Department following the completion of investigations into possible corruption and ...

Cyprus has taken delivery of two helicopters to support wildfire response efforts, as part of the defence ministry’s preparations for the summer fire season. The aircraft were received under ...

Cyprus has sent a police helicopter to Israel to assist in efforts to contain a large wildfire near Jerusalem, following an official request for support. The police helicopter Akritas took ...

The forestry department on Wednesday announced that the newly leased helicopters of the Republic are now fully operational and ready to be used to combat wildfires. The two Black Hawk ...

The Agriculture Ministry on Monday decided against extending a current contract leasing firefighting helicopters, instructing the relevant department to launch a new tenders process for the 2024-2025 period. The decision ...

Firefighting helicopters at the disposal of authorities are substandard and may even not be airworthy, legislators heard on Thursday. The matter of the choppers was discussed in parliament, where auditor-general ...

The Greens party expressed their outrage on Thursday over the findings of the auditor general’s report which stated that the forestry department grossly overpaid for firefighting helicopters. The party ...

The forestry department has broken the law in the way in which it acquired firefighting helicopters, the auditor general said in his report on Wednesday. The service called on the ...

Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever it is and regardless of ...