All Helicopters articles – Page 245
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Rockwell to upgrade USAF, NATO AWACS
Rockwell Collins has been selected by Boeing to provide an avionics upgrade for 33 US Air Force E-3B/C and 17 NATO E-3A Airborne Warning And Control System...
-
NewsFARNBOROUGH: A400M arrives after first photo-call with RAF peers
Airbus Military's second A400M is at the show, after first visiting its future home at RAF Brize Norton ...
-
NewsFARNBOROUGH: F-35 buoyed by Canadian commitment, but top buyer no-shows
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be one of the key talking points at the show, with Lockheed Martin's poster product having received mixed support in the lead-up to the event
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: India to receive 'international' radar for Boeing P-8Is
The Indian navy will receive an "international version" of the APY-10 radar for the P-8I maritime patrol fleet under a new contract that Boeing has awarded...
-
NewsFARNBOROUGH: Gallois confident of US interest in A400M
EADS says unprecedented levels of interest in the Airbus Military A400M by the US military community here at the show raises the likelihood of a breakthrough deal in the USA.
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Alabama keeps fingers crossed over oil-spill impact
State of Alabama officials are keeping their fingers firmly crossed that the region's aerospace industry will remain unaffected by the BP oil spill, and that EADS will win the US Air Force's KC-X tanker contract and bring much-needed jobs to Mobile.
-
News
US border patrol receives first re-winged P-3 Orion
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first re-winged P-3 Orion to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency, which begins to restore the long-term viability of a surveillance fleet grounded because of safety concerns until two years ago.
-
News
Boeing outsizes rivals in bid to replace HH-60
Boeing has submitted data on the CH-47 and V-22 to the US Air Force as potential replacements for the HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet of combat search and rescue...
-
News
MAA to bring 'cultural as well as organisational change'
UK military aviation will feel a cultural as well as organisational change when the new Military Aviation Authority goes fully operational on 1 April 2011,...
-
NewsUS Senators raise alarms over more C-17 add-ons
Two US Senators are concerned that fellow legislators on the appropriations committee are likely to add funding to buy more Boeing C-17s, despite strong opposition from the Obama administration.
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Saab plots bright future for Gripen programme
Flight-testing of Sweden's next-generation Gripen is on target as Saab looks for orders
-
News
Spirit AeroSystems - from cornfields to A350s
Can Airbus and Spirit help turn a North Carolina town into the next Wichita?
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Hypersonics hype?
HYPERSONIC HYPE? Is the world any closer to witnessing aircraft fly at Mach 5? Or will it always be 10 years away? GAYLE PUTRICH WASHINGTON DC As...
-
NewsBoeing unveils Phantom Eye
Boeing's Phantom Works offered a first glimpse of Phantom Eye, the hydrogen-powered unmanned demonstrator built to stay aloft at 65,000ft (19,800m) for up to four days at a time, on 12 July in St. Louis, Missouri.
-
Opinion
Comment: In this together
Eleven months ago, a flightglobal.com poll asked which would fly first: the A400M, 787, or pigs. The pigs won.
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Cutaway & technical description: Defying convention - Boeing A160 Hummingbird
As the international aerospace community converges on the 47th Farnborough air show, models and mock-ups of Boeing's A160 Hummingbird will be on hand as part of the US aerospace company's massive showing, which includes its own unmanned air vehicle pavilion.
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed eyes strong customer base for Joint Strike Fighter
The US armed services will acquire more than 75% of all F-35s built, under current plans, with their requirements covering a "programme of record" for a combined 2,443 aircraft across the design's three variants.
-
News
FARNBOROUGH: Challenges ahead for Boeing's 787
When the Boeing 787 touches down at Farnborough later this month, the US airframer in one fell swoop will seek to erase the memory of the new composite twin's...
-
News
Qantas Defence renews RAAF C-130H maintenance contract
Qantas Defence Services has renewed a contract to support the Royal Australian Air Force's H-model Hercules ...
-
News
PICTURES: Australia receives second batch of Super Hornets
The Royal Australian Air Force has received its second batch of six Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fighters ...