All Helicopters articles – Page 116

  • C-130 thumb - USAF
    News

    USAF eyes prop, comm's upgrades for firefighting C-130s

    2016-06-30T16:02:48Z

    ​An eight-bladed propeller and a satellite communications upgrade are being considered for a small subset of the Air Force Reserve fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130H airlifters used for firefighting.

  • News

    Farnborough International Airshow renews media partnership with FlightGlobal

    2016-06-30T10:50:52Z

    ​Farnborough International Airshow will once again enter a media partnership with leading aviation data and insight company, FlightGlobal. The deal will see Farnborough being granted Official Airshow Partner status by FlightGlobal, while FlightGlobal has become an Official Media Partner of the Airshow.

  • X-51 thumb
    News

    DARPA revives turbine-ramjet concept for hypersonics

    2016-06-27T19:56:07Z

    A turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) propulsion system to enable routine hypersonic flight by a vehicle that can take-off and land from a runway is back on the agenda at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) after a five-year hiatus.

  • Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. Sikorsky Image
    News

    ​Sikorsky completes heavy payload test on King Stallion

    2016-06-24T19:14:49Z

    Sikorsky flew its CH-53K King Stallion 100ft above the ground with a 12,250kg (27,000lb) payload, meeting a key requirement for the US Marine Corps helicopter, the company announced on 23 June.

  • Sea Lion - Craig Hoyle Flightglobal
    News

    First German Sea Lion to fly in fourth quarter

    2016-06-23T09:33:15Z

    ​The German navy’s first NH Industries NTH90 Sea Lion rotorcraft is on schedule to make its flight debut in the fourth quarter of this year, as Airbus Helicopters prepares to bid the same type for another requirement for the operator.

  • F-35
    News

    US pursuing smaller, hybrid block buy for F-35

    2016-06-22T22:08:48Z

    Budget austerity and a resistant Congress is reining in a F-35 block buy for the US government that would include lot 12 of low-rate initial production, but the government is examining the potential of a hybrid block buy, the Joint Strike Fighter’s program executive officer said on 22 June.

  • News

    More F-35 orders remain on horizon for Israel

    2016-06-22T21:55:39Z

    ​The Israeli Air Force’s chief of staff has recommended the purchase of an additional 17 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, but that decision is pending authorisation from the Israeli government.

  • MCH-101
    News

    Japan eyeing fresh order of AW101 helicopters

    2016-06-22T15:16:39Z

    ​Leonardo Helicopters is in discussions with the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force for a follow-on order of a dozen AgustaWestland AW101 rotorcraft.

  • UKMFTS H135 - Craig Hoyle/Flightglobal
    News

    PICTURE: UK's first military H135 ready for ground test

    2016-06-22T09:45:07Z

    ​Airbus Helicopters is poised to conduct the first ground run of an H135 manufactured for the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme.

  • News

    ​Tata, Boeing break ground on AH-64 fuselage facility

    2016-06-22T06:11:59Z

    Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing have broken ground on facility in Hyderabad that will produce AH-64 Apache fuselages under a joint venture arrangement between the two companies.

  • CHAMP thumb 200px
    News

    Raytheon pitches CHAMP derivative for air defence

    2016-06-21T15:02:03Z

    ​Raytheon's high powered microwave demonstrator, which disabled electronics on small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) during a 2013 demonstration, has sparked renewed interest among Department of Defense customers.

  • A400M tanker - Airbus Military
    News

    Airbus to test solution for A400M helicopter refuelling

    2016-06-21T13:12:10Z

    Airbus Defence & Space believes it has found a solution to a problem that was late last year revealed as leaving its A400M tactical transport incapable of refuelling helicopters in flight.

  • Armed S-70i - PZL Mielec
    News

    Armed S-70i breaks cover in Poland

    2016-06-20T09:14:36Z

    ​Sikorsky company PZL Mielec used NATO’s multi-national exercise Anakonda to debut an armed version of the S-70i Black Hawk in mid-June. On display in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, the rotorcraft attracted vistiors including Polish defence minister Antoni Macierewicz.

  • HForce firing
    News

    Airbus Helicopters completes first HForce firing tests

    2016-06-15T17:16:02Z

    ​Airbus Helicopters has completed the first round of firing tests of its new HForce generic weapons system using an H225M rotorcraft.

  • Dynetics SGM
    News

    Dynetics unveils new glide bomb with 16kg warhead

    2016-06-14T18:15:33Z

    ​Alabama-based Dynetics has unveiled a design for a 27kg-class guided bomb with a warhead significantly larger than even heavier munitions, such as the 50kg-class Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.

  • Interview

    INTERVIEW: Capt Nicole Stevens, warranted contracting officer with the USAF

    2016-06-14T14:35:49Z

    ​Capt. Nicole Stevens is a warranted contracting officer with the US Air Force. She is stationed with the special projects branch at Wright Patterson air force base

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: US Army seeks rotorcraft renaissance through FVL

    2016-06-13T09:32:28Z

    ​Anyone who has strolled around an army or civil helicopter show in the USA lately cannot help but have noticed some strange rotary-wing birds that promise to morph between troop-carrying assault machines and armed gunships, bristling with cannons and Hellfire missiles. Full-scale mock-ups of the Bell Helicopter V-280 Valor and ...

  • MQ-8C. Northrop Grumman.
    News

    Osprey radar selected for MQ-8C Fire Scout

    2016-06-10T15:25:27Z

    Leonardo’s recently revealed Osprey 30 lightweight active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been selected by the US Navy for integration on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle.

  • X2 - Sikorsky
    News

    Boeing outlines plans for JMR demonstrator

    2016-06-10T13:59:43Z

    Boeing is hopeful that the technology demonstrator (TD) it is building for the US Army’s joint multi-role/future vertical lift (JMR/FVL) programme will continue past the currently planned 2019 timeframe and into further phases of testing.

  • USN P-8 Jacksonville - Beth Stevenson
    News

    UK P-8 decision imminent

    2016-06-10T13:29:04Z

    UK defence officials are likely to approve a planned purchase of nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), with a decision possible over the next seven days.