All Helicopters articles – Page 62
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US Marine Corps confident of tiltrotor performance for FLRAA
US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Steven Rudder, deputy commandant for aviation, is confident that a tiltrotor can meet the service’s minimum cruise speed goal of 270kt (500km/h) for its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).
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USAF Research Laboratory shoots down multiple missiles with laser
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) successfully used a laser weapon to shoot down multiple air-launched missiles in flight.
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HAL to pitch for Indian naval utility helicopter deal
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is making a pitch for an Indian Navy requirement for 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH).
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IDEF: Turkey's T70 rotorcraft heading for 2020 certification
Turkish industry is on track for the certification of its locally-assembled Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk, known as the T70, by early next year as part of the country’s Turkish Utility Helicopter Programme (TUHP).
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NewsIDEF: Turkish Aerospace builds its rotorcraft ambitions
Turkish Aerospace expects to fly the second prototype of its T625 Gokbey twin-engined helicopter within the next month, with the company using the IDEF exhibition in Istanbul to highlight the type's potential as a Bell UH-1 replacement for the Turkish armed forces.
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Lockheed Martin expects most Indago sales to include tether power
Lockheed Martin expects up to 80% of future Indago quadrotor sales to include purchases of the drone’s tethered power option.
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Northrop Grumman aims to outsource much of Firebird production
Northrop Grumman designed its optionally-piloted Firebird surveillance aircraft so that parts of its production could be readily outsourced to developing nations that demand local manufacturing involvement.
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Vanilla Unmanned working on long-endurance VTOL UAV
Vanilla Unmanned plans to develop a VTOL variant of its Vanilla 001 long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for US Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
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UAV industry purging hobbyist-grade components from supply chain
The implementation of aerospace industry standards has helped the unmanned air vehicle (UAV) industry significantly improve the quality of components available compared to 15 years ago when it relied on hobbyist-grade parts and systems.
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F-35 full mission capability rate only 27% due to parts shortages
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s performance is far lower than desired by the US Department of Defense (DoD), largely due to spare parts shortages, as well as difficulty managing and moving parts around the world.
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Poland orders four AW101 helicopters for navy
Poland has signed for four Leonardo Helicopters AW101s to be operated by its navy for anti-submarine warfare and combat search and rescue missions.
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F-35 work boosts Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems' revenue
Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems business segment saw first quarter 2019 revenue increase 7% year on year to about $3.5 billion, partly due to higher volume of F-35 work.
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Boeing Defense backlog hits $67bn on surveillance aircraft orders
Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s revenue in the first quarter of 2019 increase 2% to $6.6 billion year on year due to higher sales volume of satellites, weapons and surveillance aircraft.
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US Army awards five FARA prototype contracts
The US Army awarded five competitors contracts to design, build and test Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototypes.
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Missiles and F-35 drive Lockheed Martin’s sales higher
Sales of various types of missiles and the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter pushed up Lockheed Martin’s revenue in the first quarter of 2019 about 23% year on year to $14.3 billion.
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Lockheed tries reducing F-35 costs with new supplier contracts
Lockheed Martin is trying to improve its parts inventory and reduce the cost to sustain the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter with more long-term Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contracts and Master Repair Agreements (MRA) with its suppliers.
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USA and Japan confident China won’t find missing F-35A wreckage
The defence chiefs of the USA and Japan are confident that despite being unable to find much of the wreckage of the Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed off the coast of Japan on 9 April, China won’t be able to recover pieces of the jet.
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Bell promises to build 407GXi in USA if selected by US Navy
Bell has confirmed that if selected for US Navy’s TH-XX trainer contest, its 407GXi will be assembled at a facility in Ozark, Alabama.
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Bell to use 525 helicopter technology for US Army FARA bid
Bell broke its silence on the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition on 17 April when it said in an earnings conference call it would offer a helicopter proposal, not a tiltrotor as some had expected.
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Airbus Helicopters gets Australian Tiger support extension
Airbus Helicopters has received a contract extension related to the Tiger attack helicopters operated by the Australian army.