New Phoenix Link slot game a follow-up to international hit Dragon Link

Aristocrat Gaming is turning up the heat with the release of the new Phoenix Link slot machine.

The company says the all-new slot game perfectly complements the company’s landmark player-favorite Dragon Link. The game brings new twists and turns that provide players with more features, entertainment, and ways to win.

Phoenix Link will premiere in the Aristocrat Gaming booth at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas next month. The game will first hit casino floors in North America.

“Phoenix Link and Dragon Link are the ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ to each other,” said Victor Duarte, executive vice president of Gaming Product for Aristocrat Gaming. “While they come from the same family, the Phoenix has its own, fiery personality that brings together game features we know players love, and some new ones we’re excited for them to discover. This game is brought to life in a way that only Aristocrat Gaming can, with industry-leading game design, mathematics, art, sound, and software functionality.”

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Phoenix Link players will enjoy the game’s additional denominations, configurations, and jackpots on each of the launch game theme titles. All four games share two exciting features, the first is Hold & Spin, where classic Hold & Spin gameplay meets the chance for multiple bonus prizes or Major Jackpots on a single symbol. The second is the Phoenix Mystery feature, where all Phoenix symbols landed increment towards a counter with a chance to trigger a free Hold & Spin. The ultimate prize of a Grand progressive scales with higher denominations.

When it comes to exciting Free Games, two game themes feature twin spins for chances at great line wins and increased chances to win the Hold & Spin. Additionally, the remaining two game themes feature wild 2x multipliers for chances at dynamic line wins.

Navy awards contract for flight demonstration of Soviet-era Mi-2 helicopter

The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to the University of Iowa to acquire flight demonstrations of a vintage Soviet-era Mi-2 helicopter for their test pilot school. The Naval Air Warfare Center- Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River, Md., announced its intention to procure the flight training in August.

“The contractor shall provide up to 35 demonstration flight hours in an MI-2 aircraft to the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School (USNTPS) student and instructor pilots to support the QE exercise,” the Navy said in contract documents. The flights will begin Sept. 30 and run through Oct. 11. The flight demonstrations will take place at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School which will require the contractor to ferry the aircraft to NAS Patuxent River, Md.

The flight demonstrations will support the USNTPS and HX-21 student and instructor personnel of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Qualitative Evaluation Program. The Qualitative Evaluation (QE) Program institutionalized within the USNTPS is a major facet of the curriculum that provides a wide variety of aircraft with differing flying qualities and performance characteristics to the students.

The Mil Mi-2, also known as Hoplite, is a small, three-rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant in the early 1960s. Nearly 5,500 were made by the time production stopped in 1999. A few Hoplites remain in service today.

The Univeristy of Iowa's Operator Performance Lab operates two Mi-2 helicopters as flight-proven airborne testbeds for a variety of sensor and instrumentation packages, configurable for vertical lift flight test needs.

The total value of the Navy flight demonstration contract is $126,645.00, according to contract documents.