All Helicopters articles – Page 105

  • News

    ​Commercial helicopters unable to meet Huey recapitalisation requirements

    2017-02-16T21:30:13Z

    The US Air Force has delayed the release of its final request for proposal to recapitalise its fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, after contractors told the service their off-the-shelf solutions would not meet all of the proposed requirements.

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    US Navy revives interest in Super Hornet engine upgrades

    2017-02-15T19:57:20Z

    ​The US Navy has revived interest in studying a major upgrade of the engine that powers the Boeing F/A-18E/F, EA-18G and two foreign fighters, including the possible addition of new technologies.

  • News

    ​AERO INDIA: New Delhi set to sign off on A330 AEW&C platform

    2017-02-14T13:14:35Z

    New Delhi’s Defence Research Development Organisation is awaiting final approvals for its Airbus A330-200 based Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft.

  • News

    UH-60V Black Hawk achieves first flight

    2017-02-13T22:00:36Z

    ​Northrop Grumman and the US Army completed the first flight of the UH-60V engineering and development model last month, bringing the legacy Black Hawk’s analog cockpit into the digital age.

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    ​AERO INDIA: Boeing looks beyond Indian offset work

    2017-02-13T13:51:33Z

    Boeing wants to help improve India’s aerospace industrial capabilities, as it further integrates the country into its supply chain.

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    Lockheed Martin rolls-out first LM-100J

    2017-02-09T20:01:05Z

    ​Lockheed Martin ceremonially rolled out the first LM-100J commercial freighter off the assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, completing a key milestone ahead of a scheduled first flight in the spring.

  • News

    ​Murky AW101 delivery perplexes Indonesian defence officials

    2017-02-09T03:08:36Z

    Jakarta will launch an investigation into the delivery of a Leonardo Helicopters AgustaWestland AW101 VVIP helicopter, part of a deal that was apparently cancelled.

  • News

    F-35 cost target impossible without block buy, Lockheed says

    2017-02-09T01:13:35Z

    ​A hand-shake agreement with US government negotiators slashes the cost of each F-35A ordered in the latest annual lot to $94.6 million, but the Lockheed Martin programme’s goal to drop the price to $85 million in three years is in jeopardy unless the Defense department invokes a package of special ...

  • News

    Leonardo returns to T-X competition alone

    2017-02-08T17:26:04Z

    ​Leonardo has decided to compete for the US Air Force’s $16 billion T-X trainer contract despite the withdrawal last month of Raytheon as the company’s US partner and prime contractor.

  • News

    Australian navy details manned/unmanned teaming plan

    2017-02-08T13:05:45Z

    The Royal Australian Navy will introduce its new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle capability on 29 April, after selecting the Scheibel S-100 Camcopter. The service is to buy one system, with an option for another, to support test and evaluation activities ahead of a potential operational acquisition.

  • Mi-17 - Elbit Systems
    News

    Elbit wins Mi-17 upgrade deal in Asia-Pacific

    2017-02-08T10:42:37Z

    Elbit Systems' efforts to secure more business in the helicopter upgrade market has led to a roughly $110 million contract to modernise and maintain the Mil Mi-17 transports operated by an undisclosed country in the Asia-Pacific region. "The project will be performed over a five-year period," the company says, adding ...

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: The future of nuclear weapons will be networked

    2017-02-08T09:46:40Z

    When the US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber talks to the long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, it will mark the first time a nuclear cruise missile communicates digitally with its delivery aircraft.

  • News

    Taiwan launches indigenous advanced jet trainer project

    2017-02-07T18:16:27Z

    ​The Taiwanese government on 7 February committed to support local industry to design and fly a prototype advanced jet trainer by 2020 and deliver 66 production aircraft to replace the air force’s aging fleet of AIDC AT-3 and Northrop F-5F trainers.

  • News

    Italian army details rotary transition plan

    2017-02-07T13:28:26Z

    The Italian army’s aviation inventory is to rationalise its fleet of nine helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft types today to just four, including a new attack platform to be developed by Leonardo.

  • News

    US Marines set 2019 target for Osprey tanker fit

    2017-02-07T13:13:43Z

    The US Marine Corps expects to declare initial operational capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Aerial Refuelling System (VARS) in late 2019, with the milestone to represent the availability of an initial four mission-equipped aircraft.

  • News

    ​F-35 to make Australian debut at Avalon

    2017-02-07T06:51:36Z

    The Lockheed Martin F-35 will make its Asia-Pacific air show debut at Air Show Australia at Avalon in late February.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Raytheon hits milestone for missile that changed air warfare

    2017-02-06T09:30:05Z

    Raytheon will deliver the 20,000thcopy of the missile that three decades ago changed air-to-air combat in a 31 January ceremony inside the company’s factory in the desert on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: India sets sights on rotorcraft upgrade

    2017-02-03T11:19:00Z

    ​A massive revamp of India’s military rotorcraft fleet is under way

  • News

    Northrop, BAE withdrawal cuts T-X bidders to two

    2017-02-01T14:50:48Z

    ​Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems have decided not to submit a bid for a $16 billion US Air Force contract for 300-350 advanced jet trainers, narrowing a once diverse field to as little as two competitors.

  • News

    ​MV-22 crash lands during SEAL raid in Yemen

    2017-01-31T17:40:55Z

    A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey crash landed during a 29 January raid on al-Qa’ida compound in Yemen this week, injuring three service members.