All Helicopters articles – Page 124

  • JSTARS
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    Raytheon and Northrop contracted for JSTARS radar battle

    2016-03-25T17:22:54Z

    The US Air Force has locked in Raytheon and Northrop Grumman as its two competing radar vendors for the new-generation Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) programme. Each has been awarded “no-to-exceed” contracts with ceiling values of $60 million and $70 million, respectively, according to a contract announcement ...

  • F-35 Flight Hours 2006-February 2016.
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    Lockheed F-35 service life extended to 2070

    2016-03-25T13:40:20Z

    The projected life of the F-35 Lightning II has been extended by six years to 2070 after the US military services tweaked the number of flight hours their fleets should log before retirement.

  • F-35 USAF Image
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    Pentagon lowers F-35 acquisition cost estimate

    2016-03-24T18:25:33Z

    ​The estimated cost of acquiring 2,457 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs has dropped by $12.1 billion, or 3%, compared to Pentagon estimates one year ago.

  • F-35 and F-22
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    ​F-35 goes on global publicity tour in battle for hearts and minds

    2016-03-24T16:59:01Z

    The F-35 Lightning II might be the most sophisticated combat jet on the market today, but US programme officials and lawmakers worry that the fifth-generation stealth aircraft is losing the battle for hearts and minds.

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    Raytheon's Ktech nabs contract for counter-electronics missile

    2016-03-23T17:08:27Z

    Raytheon’s acquisition of directed energy firm Ktech in 2011 is paying dividends following the US Defense Department’s award of a $4.8 million contract to repackage two air-launched cruise missiles as high-power microwave weapons.

  • AT-802F - Israeli air force
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    ​Israeli "Fire Birds" to be declared fully operational

    2016-03-23T16:34:10Z

    The Israeli air force’s elite aerial firefighting squadron, that operates 14 quick-reaction AT-802F Air Tractors, could be declared fully operational within weeks, according to the group's commander.

  • Sikorsky S-97 Raider. Lockheed Martin
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    US Army weighs first rotorcraft variant for Future Vertical Lift

    2016-03-23T10:16:05Z

    The US Army’s requirement for a next-generation armed scout platform to replace the acclaimed Bell OH-58 Kiowa has been around since the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) programme of the 1980s.

  • CH-53 - Israel Defence Force
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    Israeli know-how keeps aged CH-53s ready for duty

    2016-03-23T09:46:41Z

    The Israeli air force has in recent months re-emphasised its urgent need to acquire a replacement for an ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53 "Yasur" helicopters. The service has expressed its operational need to introduce the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, but budget restrictions have delayed a contract, and sources note the ...

  • News

    Lockheed readies communications upgrade for U-2S fleet

    2016-03-22T00:47:42Z

    In the tit-for-tat battle between US Air Force high-altitude surveillance platforms, Lockheed Martin plans to upgrade the U-2S a new capability that will not be easily matched by its designated unmanned successor.

  • Bell Helicopter Huey II. Bell image
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    ​Lebanon and Kenya to receive Bell Huey IIs

    2016-03-21T19:50:48Z

    Lebanon and Kenya will become the latest nations to procure zero-timed Bell UH-1H-based Huey II helicopters through the US Army.

  • G550 CAEW
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    US Navy purchases CAEW-based Gulfstream 550 for range support

    2016-03-21T17:40:53Z

    The US Navy has ordered a single Gulfstream G550 business jet based on the special-mission Israeli airborne early warning type for adaptation into a long-range, high-speed test range support aircraft.

  • KC-390 SAR
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    FIDAE: KC-390 regains flight-test momentum

    2016-03-21T14:48:00Z

    Four months after the Embraer KC-390’s first flight in February 2015, Embraer finally acknowledged the aircraft had still not attempted a second flight. It seemed a worrying development, not unlike the nine-month pause that followed shortly after first flight of the Bombardier CRJ-1000 regional jet in 2009, as Embraer’s rival ...

  • F-35
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    Skunk Works pushes investment in F-22 and F-35 over new aircraft

    2016-03-18T21:19:11Z

    Lockheed Martin has warned against rushing into a sixth-generation fighter programme without first boosting F-35 Lightning II numbers and implementing a “robust” modernisation programme to keep fifth-generation F-22s and F-35s capable against new counter-air threats.

  • Iraqi F-16IQ. US Air Force
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    Lockheed’s long-running F-16 line in Fort Worth going cold

    2016-03-18T18:01:06Z

    On the 45th anniversary of the F-16 lightweight fighter’s first flight, Lockheed Martin faces the very real prospect of turning off "Fighting Falcon" production as prospective customers like Pakistan struggle to clear the US government’s regulatory and funding processes.

  • Apache Brimstone - Craig Hoyle/MBDA
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    MBDA and Boeing studying Apache Brimstone integration

    2016-03-18T11:34:30Z

    MBDA is carrying out a feasibility study for the UK Ministry of Defence into the possibility of integrating its dual-mode Brimstone air-to-surface missile onto the Boeing AH-64E Guardian attack rotorcraft.

  • UH-60L
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    USAF to begin converting L-model Back Hawks into HH-60Gs

    2016-03-17T16:47:31Z

    The US Air Force expects to begin converting 21 second-hand US Army L-model Black Hawks to the HH-60G Pave Hawk standard for combat rescue missions “later this year”.

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    Kongsberg acquires 49.9% stake in Finland's Patria

    2016-03-17T13:19:37Z

    ​Norwegian company Kongsberg has purchased a 49.9% holding in Finnish company Patria, providing a “significant strengthening” of its Nordic defence industry position.

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    Finmeccanica completes renaissance with return to profit and Leonardo rebrand

    2016-03-16T22:35:57Z

    Italy's aerospace and defence champion has completed the latest stage of its transformation, posting a set of strong full-year results for 2015 as well as unveiling its new proposed identity, with the group from 1 January 2017 to be known as Leonardo.

  • Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk. USAF
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    USAF eyes 41 UH-60Ms for $1.4 billion to recap patrol Hueys

    2016-03-16T22:07:31Z

    The US Air Force says it needs 41 new helicopters to help guard and escort nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, more than 400 of which are on alert at three air force bases in America’s far north.

  • F-35A gun
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    USAF working on new defensive missile for fighters

    2016-03-16T16:07:22Z

    US industry could be competing within three years to develop a new self-defence missile for fighters aimed at countering the latest generation of Russian- and Chinese-made air-to-air weapons, says a top Lockheed Martin executive.