All Helicopters articles – Page 127

  • News

    ​Australia to replace Tigers in mid-2020s

    2016-02-25T06:31:51Z

    Australia will replace its fleet of 22 Airbus Helicopters Tiger armed reconnaissance rotorcraft in the mid-2020s with a mix of manned and unmanned assets.

  • News

    ​Australia defence whitepaper stresses fixed-wing ISR

    2016-02-25T06:24:58Z

    Australia’s 2016 defence whitepaper has shed light on the airpower capabilities Canberra plans to acquire over the next 15 years.

  • News

    Boeing taps Caret as new head of defence business

    2016-02-25T02:07:00Z

    Boeing’s board has named Leanne Caret to succeed Chris Chadwick as the head of its Defense, Space & Security business.

  • News

    Boeing racing clock to deliver 18 KC-46 tankers by next August

    2016-02-24T20:52:41Z

    The narrow window for Boeing to delivery 18 operational KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the US Air Force by August 2017 includes little to no room for error and a series of things must to go right between now and then to achieve that significant contractual milestone.

  • F-35
    News

    Trial F-35A deployment smooths path for first combat squadron

    2016-02-23T22:26:43Z

    Six F-35A of 31st Test Evaluation Squadron have deployed to Mountain Home AFB in Idaho this month for an “operational deployment test” that will clear the way for 10 operational jets from the first combat-coded squadron, which will follow this summer.

  • News

    Boeing seeks to recapture prime USAF C-17 training spot

    2016-02-23T19:37:32Z

    Boeing’s defence business is mounting a campaign to recapture the US Air Force C-17 aircrew and maintenance training contract that it conceded to L-3 Link Simulation and Training in 2010.

  • S-97 Raider 640
    News

    US Army begins industry survey for Future Vertical Lift

    2016-02-23T17:05:35Z

    The US Army has provided the clearest details yet about what in needs in a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform after releasing two requests for information for next-generation rotorcraft technologies and concepts in the lightly armed reconnaissance and mid-size utility/attack roles.

  • T-100
    News

    Raytheon offers American-made T-100 for T-X

    2016-02-22T21:00:51Z

    ​Raytheon has officially jumped into the US Air Force's T-X race, offering the Italian Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi M-346-based T-100 with twin Honeywell F124 turbofan engines and training supported from CAE.

  • News

    SINGAPORE: Airbus Helicopters targets Asian sales expansion

    2016-02-22T10:47:38Z

    ​Airbus Helicopters is eyeing military and parapublic sales opportunities across Asia which could lead to it greatly expanding its industrial presence in the region.

  • KC-46A
    News

    Boeing KC-46 receives fuel from KC-10

    2016-02-20T00:08:30Z

    The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus has now exercised each of its major fuel systems after being topped up by another US Air Force KC-10 tanker on February 13 over Washington state.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Sikorsky seeks next leap in rotorcraft technology

    2016-02-19T18:00:11Z

    Sikorsky officials have hinted at potential commercial derivatives of the company’s military S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrators, which are being developed for US Army missions. Powered by rigid, counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher propeller with fly-by-wire controls and active vibration dampeners, the S-97 and SB-1 advance the ...

  • HH-60W
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Pave Hawk replacement finally beckons for US Air Force

    2016-02-19T17:23:28Z

    Ten years ago, the US Air Force was charging full speed towards the procurement of 141 Boeing HH-47s to replace the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk for the personnel recovery mission. That combat search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) Chinook derivative would have entered service with 10 combat-coded examples in 2012. But fast-forward to today ...

  • CH-47 Chinook
    News

    Chinook Block II gathers pace as Boeing seeks development deal

    2016-02-19T16:13:12Z

    Boeing is pressing forward with advanced Chinook rotor blade (ACRB) construction at its Philadelphia-based composites plant as it prepares for prototype flight demonstrations on a tethered CH-47 later this year.

  • Opinion

    OPINION: Why territorial concerns dominated Singapore show

    2016-02-19T12:47:56Z

    ​The sun-dappled waters next to the site of last week’s Singapore air show pulled more than a few longing glances from sweaty delegates, but it was a patch of ocean just a few hours by air to the northeast that was preoccupying military delegations at the show.

  • News

    ​SINGAPORE: Boeing eyes AEW&C, F-15, MSA opportunities

    2016-02-19T08:56:37Z

    Boeing’s defence unit continues to hunt down a range of opportunities in Asia-Pacific, including the sale of more airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft to South Korea, F-15 upgrades, and sales of maritime patrol aircraft.

  • B-52
    News

    Boeing B-52H gets new radar under $500M modernisation plan

    2016-02-18T20:28:55Z

    The US Air Force wants to spend more than $500 million replacing the outdated Northrop Grumman AN/APQ-166 mechanically scanned array radar on its 53-year-old Boeing B-52H fleet.

  • UH-1N
    News

    USAF ditches Black Hawk revival in search for Huey replacement

    2016-02-18T18:54:03Z

    The US Air Force needs $2.5 billion to replace its 62 outdated Bell UH-1N Twin Hueys and is now considering whether to sole-source a portion of that 72-aircraft requirement for security operations around its 450 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

  • F-22
    News

    F-22 Raptors in South Korea as warning to 'provocative' North

    2016-02-18T15:33:50Z

    American F-22 Raptors have joined locally based F-16s and F-15K Slam Eagles in South Korea for a show of force following “provocative actions” by the North.

  • SB-1 Defiant 640
    News

    Sikorsky-Boeing wrap up SB-1 design review as Defiant takes form

    2016-02-17T23:03:57Z

    Sikorsky and Boeing are weeks away from completing the final design review of their jointly developed high-speed SB-1 Defiant prototype as Swift Engineering works toward delivery of the core airframe this summer.

  • MQ-9
    News

    General Atomics receives contract for Spanish MQ-9s

    2016-02-17T18:47:14Z

    Spain has moved forward with its procurement of unarmed MQ-9 Reapers after putting California-based remotely piloted aircraft manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems on contract for four aircraft and two Block 30 ground control stations.