Helicopters – Page 183
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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.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rising spenders balance Western military cuts
Global military spending fell in 2013 for the second year running as Western countries continue to cut back, but rising expenditure in the rest of the world is increasingly making up the difference.
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NewsBoeing, Bombardier and Gulfstream attend JSTARS industry day
Airframe suppliers Boeing, Bombardier and Gulfstream were among companies to attend an industry day for businesses interested in the US Air Force’s next-generation joint surveillance target attack radar system (JSTARS) project.
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NewsUS Navy releases draft of UCLASS RFP
The US Navy has released a draft request for proposal (RFP) for its unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) programme, the service announces in a media statement.
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NewsF-35B set to make international debut at RIAT, Farnborough
Thirteen years after full-scale development began, the Lockheed Martin F-35 will make its international debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough air show in July, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced on 16 April.
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NewsUS military aviation programmes face $14.2B hit in long-term budget
Aircraft and aerial munition suppliers face a $14.2 billion hit over the next five years if the US Congress does not repeal mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, warns a new report issued on 15 April by the Department of Defense (DOD).
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NewsSikorsky clears CH-53K structures for first flight
Sikorsky has cleared the structural integrity of the CH-53K heavylift helicopter meets standards for first flight later this year.
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NewsX-47B conducts night flight, named Collier Trophy winner
A Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) completed its first night flight on 10 April, the same day that the X-47B development team won the Robert J. Collier Trophy from the National Aeronautic Association.
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NewsSeahawk cancellations threaten multi-year deal, Sikorsky warns
Sikorsky says cancelling a multi-year contract would raise broad concerns about the surety of other contractors’ multi-year military agreements and affect orders for UH-60 Black Hawks from the US Army and some foreign partners.