All Helicopters articles – Page 270
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NewsPiasecki to flight test air-launched, maritime UAV
Piasecki Aircraft will soon stage a test flight for a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator designed to reduce airframe fatigue levels for the US...
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NewsUS Army aviation faces possible budget squeeze
The new chief of US Army aviation acquisition has warned that he has few options to respond to a potential round of budget cuts after more than five years...
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Joint Strike Fighter purchase tops Australian defence priorities
Australia's long-awaited defence White Paper has committed the country to a massive modernisation programme. This includes the purchase of Lockheed Martin's...
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NewsPICTURES & VIDEO: RAF C-17 fleet reaches 50,000h milestone
PICTURES & VIDEO: RAF C-17 fleet reaches 50,000h milestone
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NewsSOCOM reveals plan to buy 20 improved and renamed A160T Hummingbirds
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has confirmed plans to acquire 20 Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopters to serve as a strike and surveillance...
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US Army launches for review to shake up aviation programmes
The US Army has launched the first major review of its aviation needs since the previous study led to canceling the Sikorsky/Boeing RAH-66 Comanche.
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NewsEADS, Lockheed Martin team up for Army helicopter
EADS North America (NA) today announced signing Lockheed Martin as the weapons systems integrator for a newly-revealed Armed Scout 645 helicopter, a new contender for a major US Army contract.
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Lockheed to build high-altitude airship
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator featuring radar technology powerful enough to detect a car...
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Mission system checks loom after P-8A passes first flight
The first flight of the US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on...
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Joint Heavy Lift programme faces two-year, up to $70 million funding gap
The US Army Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) programme needs $60 million to $70 million to survive for two more years until a possible demonstration programme begins in Fiscal 2012.
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Boeing ponders “variably” manned aircraft
Boeing has filed for a US patent on an aircraft control system that could be configured for two, one or zero pilots.
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NewsNorthrop buys Swift's KillerBee UAS family
Northrop Grumman has acquired a line of small unmanned air systems (UAS) invented by Swift Engineering and formerly known as KillerBee. The acquisition...
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Australia to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
Australia plans to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks from the US government, with the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) saying in a notice...
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NewsLockheed wins ISIS airship contract from DARPA
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator with radar technology so powerful it could spot a car hidden under a canopy of trees more than 300 km away.
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NewsPICTURES: First Boeing P-8A gets airborne
Boeing confirms that a US Navy P-8A Posiedon test aircraft achieved first flight early on Saturday, flying from its factory Renton, Washington.
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Boeing's double squeeze
Civil aviation crisis and Obama's defence budget are pressing both sides of the business
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Australia's Wedgetail begins make or break exercise
Australia's Boeing 737-based Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft is undergoing an operational evaluation as part of the Royal Australian...
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Taiwan tries to expedite Black Hawk purchase
Taiwan's defence ministry has set aside an initial $230 million from its latest budget to purchase 60 Sikorsky...