Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 130
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Global Hawk readies for new payload tests
Northrop Grumman has scheduled flight tests of three new payloads for the RQ-4B Global Hawk fleet next year.
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Japanese navy takes its last H135 training helicopters
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force has taken delivery of its final Airbus Helicopters H135 training helicopters.
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USN begins F/A-18 flight certification of new anti-ship missile
The US Navy’s newest and most sophisticated anti-ship cruise missile is a step closer to being carried as standard on the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet after the first “captive-carry” flight with a weight and form-representative payload over Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
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Boeing still backing stalled CHAMP and UAV projects
Despite all the hype surrounding the high-power microwave energy weapon known as CHAMP, interest in the computer-frying device assembled and tested by Boeing Phantom Works and the US Air Force Research Laboratory appears stalled.
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Boeing Phantom Works keeping T-X and F-X plans under wraps
Boeing Phantom Works president Darryl Davis is refusing to take Northrop’s bait by disclosing new information about the advanced research and design unit’s secretive “T-X” and future fighter projects.
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JSTARS programme forges ahead with Pentagon tick
An air force programme to recapitalise the timeworn Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or JSTARS, is moving forward with the Pentagon’s blessing after receiving “Milestone A” approval from the US military’s top weapons buyer last week.
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Northrop: Beating heat leads sixth-generation fighter challenges
Thermal management will be a critical factor in a brewing competition to replace hundreds of Lockheed Martin F-22s and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, says a top Northrop Grumman executive.
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Flying wing tailsitter emerges as last proposal for DARPA Tern contract
Northrop Grumman revealed a flying-wing tailsitter design as the company’s offering for an experimental unmanned air system that can bring Predator-sized payload and endurance to naval ships smaller than aircraft carriers.
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Northrop Grumman offers sneak-peek of full T-X concept
A private unveiling of a “slightly” outdated Northrop Grumman’s T-X advanced trainer model reveals an unmistakeable likeness with the T-38 Talon and a strategic focus on cost control to win the hotly-contested US Air Force competition.
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Final new-build Chinook HC6s delivered to UK RAF
Boeing has delivered the last of 14 new-build CH-47 Chinook HC6 helicopters to the UK's Royal Air Force, taking the service’s total inventory of the heavy-lift type to 60..
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USN moves to modify Super Hornet for Blue Angels role
The US Navy has started a process to replace the Blue Angels demonstration team’s aircraft with a squadron of Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets.
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US Army grounds 1,100 helicopters for five days for safety review
The US Army has grounded about 1,100 helicopters for five days to refocus on safety procedures following a rash of fatal accidents in November.
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Airbus Helicopters promises to clarify offset offer for Poland
Airbus Helicopters has attempted to defuse an increasingly tense situation in Poland, with the selection of its H225M Caracal for a 50-unit order potentially at stake.
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Indonesian president rejects AW101 purchase
AgustaWestland’s hopes of selling three VVIP-configured AW101 helicopters to Indonesia appear to have been dashed after the country’s leader Joko Widodo rejected an air force plan for their acquisition.
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Spain receives second NH90 helicopter
NHIndustries (NHI) has delivered the second of an eventual 22 NH90 troop transport helicopters to the Spanish army.
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Helibras continues Exocet integration on H225M
Helibras has completed the first stage of laboratory work aimed at integrating the MBDA AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile onto the Airbus Helicopters H225M rotorcraft it is building for the Brazilian navy.
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ANALYSIS: RNLAF urges for rapid defence development
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is in a phase of modernisation, accepting new rotorcraft and preparing for a new fighter and unmanned air vehicle.
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Major powers: Our Top 10 of military aviation strength
To coincide with the release of our world air forces directory for 2016, our Top 10 feature lists the world’s leading military fleets by operator nation. With more aircraft in its active inventory than the next six-ranked nations combined, the USA tops the chart, which draws on data originally derived ...
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ANALYSIS: World air forces face another year of conflict
With conflicts raging in several nations – notably Iraq, Syria and Yemen – and with terrorist activity having targeted Western civilians in Egypt, France and Tunisia, 2015 has been marked by crises and instability.