Defence Helicopters news – Page 138
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NewsPease ANGB begins preparations to house Boeing KC-46 in 2018
Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire has begun updating 1950s-era hangars once occupied by Boeing B-47 Stratojets and KC-97 Stratofreighters, of Strategic Air Command, to accommodate the manufacturer’s newest creation, the Boeing KC-46.
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NewsP&W expects influx of F119 overhauls as Raptor unsheathes talons
Pratt & Whitney could soon be prying open boxes of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor engine tooling to support depot overhaul of the thrust-vectoring, supercruise F119 due to increased operational use.
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Scorpion will not be proposed for USAF T-X competition
Textron AirLand’s Scorpion in its current form has been ruled out as a competitor for the US Air Force’s T-X next-generation trainer programme to replace the Northrop T-38, according to the joint venture’s president Bill Anderson.
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NewsNavy interest in Scorpion Jet as Textron seeks USAF certification
Textron AirLand is courting the US Navy in its quest for a Scorpion Jet launch customer, with the seafaring service exploring ways to keep its Boeing F/A-18 pilots mission-ready without having to put all too many extra flight hours on its war-fatigued fighters.
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NewsLockheed unveils Norway’s first F-35A as fighter project expands
Lockheed Martin has unveiled Norway’s first F-35A, marking the start of a 10-year endeavour by the Royal Norwegian Air Force to phase out the Lockheed F-16 and achieve full operating capability with its stealthy, multirole replacement, by 2025.
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NewsIndia proceeds with Apache and Chinook acquisition
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the purchase of 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters worth an estimated $2.2 billion.
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NewsV-280 fuselage delivery highlights focus on cost
Spirit AeroSystems rolled out the first fuselage for the Bell Helicopter V-280 tiltrotor demonstrator on 22 September, revealing much about how the team hopes to make tiltrotor technology affordable for widespread military application.
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NewsUS officials: F-35 will outmatch any aircraft in development
The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer sees no aircraft in development anywhere today that would be “seriously competitive” against the Lockheed Martin F-35 in combat.
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French navy receives 15th NH90 NFH
France’s navy has taken delivery of its 15th of an eventual 27 NH Industries NH90 maritime helicopters, with the latest example also the service’s first in the final radar configuration standard.
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NewsMBDA on board as BAE brings APKWS rocket to Europe
BAE Systems is hoping to propel sales of an aircraft-launched precision-guided rocket after reaching a new marketing agreement with MBDA.
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Russia, Israel to co-ordinate over operations in Syrian airspace
"Hot lines" between Moscow and Tel Aviv aim to ensure the Israeli air force can continue its operations in Syrian airspace, despite the growing Russian military presence in the country, in the air and on the ground.
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NewsUSAF stripping 30 B-52Hs of nuclear weapons capability
As US Air Force Global Strike Command anticipates the introduction of the nuclear-capable Long-Range Strike Bomber in the mid-2020s, the command is de-arming its air-launched cruise missile-carrying Boeing B-52 bombers to comply with New START treaty limits with Russia.
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NewsUSAF could expand ‘Rapid Raptor’ quick-reaction deployments
US Air Combat Command might have too few Lockheed Martin F-22s, but the recently conceived “Rapid Raptor” method for quick-reaction fighter jet deployments is proving so successful that it might be extended to other airframes.
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NewsDSEI: Brimstone goes green for Apache integration
The British Army’s need for a future attack helicopter weapon system has led MBDA to begin promoting a potential candidate derived from its 50kg (110lb) Brimstone air-to-surface missile.
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NewsDARPA replaces helicopter landing skids with robotic legs
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated robotic helicopter legs that promise to soften and stabilise rotorcraft landings for just a “moderate increase” in weight.
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NewsAFSOC developing tactics for '2020' AC-130 gunship laser weapon
The head of US Air Force Special Operations Command has issued a “JFK challenge” to the defence industry to install a high-power electric laser on an AC-130 gunship by the end of the decade.
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NewsAFSOC seeks expendable, small UAV as AC-130 gunship sensor
US Air Force Special Operations Command wants an expendable, tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle for its AC-130 “battleplane” for peering beneath cloud cover to direct gunfire and precision-guided munitions.
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NewsF-15C, F-35 to boost US air-to-air capacity, not more F-22s
The head of US Air Combat Command says it would be his dream to restart production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 air superiority jet as potential adversaries like Russia and China “close the gap” with Western air power.
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NewsDSEI: AW159 South Korea delivery due this year
AgustaWestland is on track to deliver its first batch of AW159 maritime helicopters to South Korea later this year, as its Wildcat continues to gain operational experience with the UK’s armed forces.
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NewsPentagon inspector finds no fault with US Navy’s 70-Triton buy
The US Navy properly justified its requirement for 70 maritime versions of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, the Pentagon’s top auditor says, but the final number depends on the aircraft’s performance after 100,000 flight hours.