Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 177
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Russia's resurgent United Aircraft
For United Aircraft, Russia’s state-owned aerospace giant, the last 12 months appear to have been a period of consolidation and reinforcement. Its two flagship civil programmes have made solid if unspectacular progress, largely avoiding the calamities of previous years. And on the military side, deliveries of current models have continued ...
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NewsBrazil's F-X2 supply chain takes shape
Six months after the announcement of the Gripen NG as the Brazilian Air Force´s (FAB) future fighter, the local supply chain is taking shape with the signing of updated and more detailed memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
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NewsUSAF launches competition for new bomber
The US Air Force has launched the competitive phase of the classified long range strike bomber by issuing a request for proposals, with Northrop Grumman and a Boeing/Lockheed Martin team poised to compete for a contract to develop and build 80-100 aircraft over the next two decades.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Fighter manufacturers enter dogfight with F-35
With smaller, counter-insurgency types taking business and new types muscling in, Western fighter manufacturers have to fight harder than before to retain market share
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F-35 industry partners invest in cost saving plan
Three F-35 industry partners will invest $170 million over the next three years to lower the price of the $131 million fighter, the US Department of Defense announced today.
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NewsMultiple birdstrike downed Pave Hawk, USAF concludes
A multiple birdstrike caused the 7 January fatal crash of a US Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the UK east coast, accident investigators have determined.
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NewsPoland launches attack helicopter acquisition
Poland is continuing its plan to update its army's rotorcraft fleet with the launch of a procurement process covering the acquisition of as many as 40 attack helicopters.
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NewsIsrael receives first two Lavi trainers
Alenia Aermacchi on 9 July delivered the first two of 30 M-346 training jets to the Israeli Air Force.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: RAF prepares for new air transport era with A400M
The UK Royal Air Force’s first pair of Airbus A400M tactical transports are scheduled to be accepted just over two months from now, with the European type to provide a long-anticipated and much-needed replacement for its already-retired Lockheed Martin C-130Ks.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Redesign transforms KC-390 into all-new market threat
Embraer’s original idea for a “C-390” airlifter once seemed as straightforward as the designation implies. Engineers could borrow the wing and engine of the proven, passenger-carrying E-190, and modify the cabin as a cargo hold with a rear ramp.
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NewsNew engines to transform Brazilian Lynx helicopters
AgustaWestland has won a contract worth more than $160 million to conduct a mid-life upgrade to eight Lynx 21A ship-based helicopters operated by the Brazilian navy.
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NewsBoeing completes Canadian Chinook deliveries
Boeing has delivered its 15th and final CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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NewsEmbraer passes on finalising KC-390 deal at Farnborough
Embraer plans to finalise a contract in the third quarter with the Brazilian air force for 28 KC-390s, passing up an opportunity to stage the event at the Farnborough air show.
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Sierra Nevada fields ARGUS-IS upgrade to Gorgon Stare pod
The US Air Force is now operating a powerful airborne imagery sensor called the Gorgon Stare Increment 2 pod, allowing a single unmanned aircraft to monitor in high-resolution everything that moves over a 100km2 area for several hours at a time.
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NewsCorrosion issue halts Dutch NH90 deliveries
Dutch defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has sent a letter to parliament regarding a decision to postpone the acceptance of the nation's final seven NH Industries (NHI) NH90s in the NFH naval variant, until a suitable solution for the corrosion problems found on its earlier examples and financial compensation for additional ...
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NewsIAI Ghost to be operational next year
The Israel Aerospace Industries Ghost mini hovering unmanned air system will be operational in Israel next year, by which time the design is expected to have a 1h flight endurance.
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NewsVIDEO: How Martin-Baker rises above the rest
Almost 70 years ago, a pioneering British company performed the first test of an innovation which was to transform the cockpit of the jet fighter, and has since saved the lives of thousands of pilots.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What Scottish independence would mean for UK aerospace and defence
If the Scottish electorate votes ‘Yes’ in September’s referendum on whether to seek independence from the United Kingdom, it will not only be aircraft of the Russian Navy that will be emblazoned with a St Andrew’s cross.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Lockheed remains confident in F-35 ahead of international debut
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is finally poised to make its international debut, with an F-35B scheduled to fly in July at the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK
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NewsSikorsky awarded up to $7.9 billion rescue helicopter deal
Sikorsky has been awarded a $1.28 billion contract covering initial development work for the US Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, the first step in a deal that could be worth an eventual $7.9 billion.