All Helicopters articles – Page 103
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HAL posts Rs174 billion in annual revenue
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) generated revenues of Rs174 billion ($2.6 billion) in the financial year ended 31 March 2017, while receiving orders of Rs210 billion.
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MH-60 updates could feed into Future Vertical Lift
A set of mid-life updates to the US Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter will likely appear in the Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft, along with the service’s next MH-XX maritime helicopter, according to the US Navy’s H-60 helicopter programme manager.
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NewsDutch complete Chinook mission in Mali
The Netherlands’ last of three Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters deployed in support of the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali will return to Europe in mid-April.
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ANALYSIS: Navy weighs future of tactical air
US Navy air fleet plans looked set - until tweet from president Donald Trump called into question its assumptions about F-35s and F/A-18s
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Poland evaluates three bids for helicopter acquisition
Poland is reviewing the three submissions it has received for an urgent requirement to acquire new helicopters for anti-submarine warfare and special forces missions.
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Indian navy and coast guard order 32 Dhruv helicopters
Hindustan Aeronautics has secured an INR80 billion ($1.2 billion) order for 32 Dhruv helicopters for use by the Indian navy and coast guard.
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NewsPICTURES: RAF welcomes updated Chinook HC5
The UK Royal Air Force has received the first of its Boeing CH-47 Chinooks upgraded to the HC5 standard.
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RAF Northolt to close in 2018 for runway renovation
RAF Northolt, the fourth-largest airport in the London area for business aviation traffic, is to close temporarily in early 2018 for runway renovation.
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US Navy on track for high-altitude P-8A weapon
A new torpedo upgrade that will fundamentally change the way US Navy airmen hunt submarines is on track to seek approval to begin low-rate initial production later this year, Boeing and Navy officials say on 28 March.
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LIMA: Airod hands over first upgraded S-61 Nuri
Airod has officially handed over the first upgraded Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri transport helicopter, and sees the type remaining in service until 2025.
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Lockheed and NASA move toward design review for supersonic X-plane
Lockheed Martin should complete a preliminary design review of its quiet supersonic X-plane by June and will move onto a critical design review with NASA, a Skunk Works programme lead says.
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Leonardo bullish on defence helicopter market
Leonardo can quickly bring to market “a sort of new Apache” attack helicopter, along with what its chief executive describes as a replacement for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.
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Royal Navy Lynx HMA8 fleet bows out of service
A final flypast of four Royal Navy Westland Lynx HMA8 helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, will take place on 17 March, before the type is officially decommissioned on 23 March.
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Boeing secures $3.4 billion deal for 268 AH-64Es
Boeing has secured a five-year, $3.4 deal to provide 268 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the US Army and an international customer.
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Trump's skinny budget proposes fat defence spending
President Donald Trump is hailing his 2018 budget brief as a boost to national defense, but conservative hawks are skeptical his proposed increase to the US Defense Department is sufficient to rebuilt the military.
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ANALYSIS: USAF looks for autonomy breakthrough
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has changed over its 100 years, but its mission to spearhead defence aviation technology has remained the same
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Canada sends letter of request to US for interim F/A-18s
Canada has taken the next step in its pursuit of an interim fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets with a letter of request to the US government this week.
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Lockheed upgrades Airborne Multi-INT Lab
Lockheed Martin has enhanced Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML) to speed up the sensor system’s ability to turn sensor data into intelligence.
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China’s J-20 set to receive indigenous engine
China is nearing the use of an indigenous powerplant for the Chengdu J-20 fighter aircraft, although mass production of key engine technologies is a challenge.
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ANALYSIS: Lightning Strike powered by Honeywell's electric breakthrough
If hybrid-electric propulsion ever becomes a primary source of aviation thrust, the industry must invent a new kind of highly efficient electric generator small enough for an aircraft yet powerful enough to generate thrust.