All Helicopters articles – Page 181
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NewsFire Scout reborn: MQ-8C cutaway and technical description
If parked side by side, no-one would confuse a Bell 407 and a Schweizer 333, yet these vastly different light helicopters now share a numerical designation in the US military’s inventory.
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NewsAVX expects work to continue on its future vertical lift design
Helicopter maker AVX Aircraft Company continues to stress the advantages of its design for a future vertical lift aircraft.
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NewsLockheed completes development of upgraded Apache day sensor
Lockheed Martin has finished developing its modernised day sensor assembly (M-DSA) carried in the Arrowhead system on Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
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Sikorsky sets internal first flight goal for S-97
Sikorsky has set an internal goal to fly the S-97 high-speed helicopter by 1 December to kick-off a demonstration aimed at securing a military customer for the self-funded project.
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NewsCH-53K gets official name, but hardest challenges lie ahead
Sikorsky and the US Marine Corps on 5 May formally unveiled and christened the CH-53K as the King Stallion, a clean-sheet replacement in nearly all but name for the CH-53E Super Stallion.
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NewsBell receives stop work order for Kiowa upgrades
Bell Helicopter has received an order to stop work on cockpit and sensor upgrades for the Army’s Bell OH-58F Kiowa Warrior, the company says.
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NewsIndonesian navy stalks AS565 Panther deal
The Indonesian navy is in negotiations with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for the acquisition of between 11 and 16 Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther anti-submarine warfare (ASW) rotorcraft.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters promotes cost savings of Lakota trainer as competitors line up
As competitors surface, Airbus Helicopters continues to stress the merits of the US Army’s plan to use UH-72A Lakota utility helicopters as the service’s trainer aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK aircraft carrier nears programme milestone
Two months from now, the UK Royal Navy’s largest ever warship will be named, before being floated out of its dry dock in Rosyth, Scotland, as the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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NewsBoeing continues efforts to keep Chinook, V-22 production humming
Boeing continues to search for new buyers of its CH-47 Chinook tandem-rotor helicopter as it seeks to keep production at its factory near Philadelphia active beyond the end of this decade.
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NewsFive firms invited to bid for Falklands SAR work
Five helicopter operators have qualified to participate in the UK Ministry of Defence’s tender for the provision of search and rescue and support helicopter services in the Falkland Islands.
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NewsUK investigates Lynx crash in Afghanistan
The UK Ministry of Defence is investigating what caused a British Army AgustaWestland Lynx AH9A utility helicopter to crash in Afghanistan on 26 April, killing five of its personnel.
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NewsCrash destroys Taiwanese AH-64E Apache
The crew of a Taiwanese army Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter were seriously injured when their aircraft crashed during a training flight on 25 April.
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NewsNavy orders two more CH-53K demonstration test aircraft
The US Navy is buying two additional Sikorsky CH-53K test aircraft that will be used to demonstrate the maturity of the manufacturing process.
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NewsHelibras enters double figures with EC725 deliveries
Helibras has delivered the tenth and eleventh EC725 helicopters to Brazil’s armed forces under its 2008 tri-service contract for 50 units.
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NewsNavy would pay termination fees for breaking Army helicopter contract
The US Navy confirms it will pay termination fees that would result from breaking the terms of a helicopter contract between the US Army and Sikorsky.
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NewsGrounding A-10s will save $4.2 billion, decision ‘clear’: USAF general
For months, US Air Force officials have used the adjective “hard” to describe their decision to ground entire fleets of aircraft in respond to budget cuts.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: General Atomics targets overseas customers amid declining US military orders
The steady hum of a propeller breaks the silence of the hot Mojave Desert as a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator B unmanned air vehicle (UAV) accelerates and climbs into the air.
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NewsSikorsky achieves first flight of manned/unmanned Black Hawk
Sikorsky conducted the first flight demonstration of an “optionally piloted” UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at its development flight test centre near West Palm Beach, Florida.
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NewsSikorsky losses grow on CH-148 contract
United Technologies (UTC) has warned that Canadian Maritime Helicopter (CMH) programme will face another in a long series of cost overruns and schedule delays.