The cause of the crash of a US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate-owned Boeing A160T Hummingbird in July is unknown pending the outcome of the investigation, says Boeing.
"It went into autorotation," says Boeing Military Aircraft director of unmanned airborne systems Vic Sweberg. "It was pretty much a complete loss."
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters has been contracted by joint venture SkyAlyne to provide 19 H135 trainers to the Royal Canadian Air Force as part of Ottawa’s Future Aircrew Training programme.
The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node is based on Bombardier’s Global 6000 business jet, with mission-systems integration and sustainment work performed by Northrop Grumman.
UK defence officials hope by next April to have awarded a pair of contracts to Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin to carry out risk-reduction studies as part of a project to enable the Royal Navy’s AW101 Merlin helicopters to fly on until 2040.
