Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 293
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Australian military names new helicopter training location
The Australian Defence Force will establish a new joint helicopter school at HMAS Albatross at Nowra, New South Wales early next decade...
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US Army picks tiltrotors for further JHL studies
US Army-led Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) concept studies are to focus on tiltrotors, in a move to secure support from other services for a large cargo rotorcraft...
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US Army's Bell ARH-70 armed scout not out of the woods yet
PROCUREMENT graham WARWICK WASHINGTON DC Army's rocky road to RAH-66 replacemenT US Army efforts to put funding freed by its cancellation of...
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US Army looking at three configuration concepts for large cargo rotorcraft
The US Army is to continue refining concepts for the Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) ...
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MTU Aero Engines designs high-speed turbine for P&W's GTF geared turbofan
MTU is applying technology from Europe's CLEAN environmental aero-engine research programme to Pratt...
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Boeing to supply A160T for DARPA gigapixel sensor demo
Boeing is to supply an A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter as a platform for...
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India's NAL seeks industrial partners for Saras transport
India's National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is continuing its search for industrial partners in an effort...
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Call for European air forces to form disaster relief capability groups in advance of futures needs
European air forces should consider establishing co-operative airlift "capability packages" to provide a faster response to major international disasters...
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PICTURE: Israeli air force receives first Lizard guided bombs
The Israeli air force has begun taking delivery of its first Lizard-series laser-guided bomb kits from Elbit Systems, after selecting the design to equip...
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CV-22s may be rushed into service in Iraq
A squadron of tiltrotors for the US Special Operations Command may enter service in Iraq far in advance of its planned in-service date of early fiscal year 2009.
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RAF battles 'worst stretch since Second World War'
The UK Royal Air Force is experiencing its worst period of overstretch since the end of the Second World War, says one of its highest-ranking officers...
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VIDEO: Watch exclusive images from the cockpit of the new Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan as it descends and lands at Rome Ciampino airport
Flight technical reporter Rob Coppinger took the video from the jump seat in Alenia Aeronautica's own C-27J Spartan as it flew into Rome Ciampino airport on 21 September
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Iraq requests C-130 support deal worth $170 million
Iraq has requested a more than $170 million deal to support operations of its three Lockheed Martin C-130E transports...
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USA seeks new gun for tiltrotor
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey may soon be equipped with a gun within the cabin that can fire on targets at all...
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French Mirage fighters to arrive at Afghan airbase
France expects by late September to strengthen its support to NATO's International Security Assistance Force by relocating six of its air force Dassault...