Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 115
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News
Tata, Boeing break ground on AH-64 fuselage facility
Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing have broken ground on facility in Hyderabad that will produce AH-64 Apache fuselages under a joint venture arrangement between the two companies.
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NewsRaytheon pitches CHAMP derivative for air defence
Raytheon's high powered microwave demonstrator, which disabled electronics on small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) during a 2013 demonstration, has sparked renewed interest among Department of Defense customers.
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NewsAirbus to test solution for A400M helicopter refuelling
Airbus Defence & Space believes it has found a solution to a problem that was late last year revealed as leaving its A400M tactical transport incapable of refuelling helicopters in flight.
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NewsArmed S-70i breaks cover in Poland
Sikorsky company PZL Mielec used NATO’s multi-national exercise Anakonda to debut an armed version of the S-70i Black Hawk in mid-June. On display in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, the rotorcraft attracted vistiors including Polish defence minister Antoni Macierewicz.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters completes first HForce firing tests
Airbus Helicopters has completed the first round of firing tests of its new HForce generic weapons system using an H225M rotorcraft.
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NewsDynetics unveils new glide bomb with 16kg warhead
Alabama-based Dynetics has unveiled a design for a 27kg-class guided bomb with a warhead significantly larger than even heavier munitions, such as the 50kg-class Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Capt Nicole Stevens, warranted contracting officer with the USAF
Capt. Nicole Stevens is a warranted contracting officer with the US Air Force. She is stationed with the special projects branch at Wright Patterson air force base
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: US Army seeks rotorcraft renaissance through FVL
Anyone who has strolled around an army or civil helicopter show in the USA lately cannot help but have noticed some strange rotary-wing birds that promise to morph between troop-carrying assault machines and armed gunships, bristling with cannons and Hellfire missiles. Full-scale mock-ups of the Bell Helicopter V-280 Valor and ...
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NewsOsprey radar selected for MQ-8C Fire Scout
Leonardo’s recently revealed Osprey 30 lightweight active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has been selected by the US Navy for integration on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle.
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NewsBoeing outlines plans for JMR demonstrator
Boeing is hopeful that the technology demonstrator (TD) it is building for the US Army’s joint multi-role/future vertical lift (JMR/FVL) programme will continue past the currently planned 2019 timeframe and into further phases of testing.
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NewsUK P-8 decision imminent
UK defence officials are likely to approve a planned purchase of nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), with a decision possible over the next seven days.
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NewsTurkey signs deal for local Black Hawk production
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has finally signed a long-awaited $3.5 billion deal with Sikorsky to begin production of 109 T-70 rotorcraft – a locally assembled variant of the S-70i export Black Hawk – destined for a number of the country's armed services and government agencies.
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NewsBoeing targets October test for improved Chinook rotorblades
Boeing is targeting an October test of new CH-47F Chinook rotorblades to increase its maximum take-off weight by 907kg (2,000lb), despite the upgrade not yet being fully funded by the US Department of Defense.
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NewsAPKWS deployed on USAF F-16
BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) has been deployed on the US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-16 – the first time the service has used the weapon on a fixed-wing aircraft.
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NewsQatar signs deal for 24 AH-64E Apaches
Boeing and the US government have signed a contract for the provision of 24 AH-64E Apache rotorcraft to Qatar.
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Denmark receives first three MH-60R Seahawks
Denmark has received the first three of an eventual nine Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine warfare helicopters to replace its fleet of ageing Westland Lynx 90s.
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NewsJAGM beats Hellfire capability in early live-fire test
The US Army has proven in a recent live-fire test that a MQ-1 Gray Eagle with a Lockheed Martin joint air to ground missile (JAGM) can beat the capability offered today by the AGM-114 Hellfire against moving targets.
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NewsLockheed flies first T-50A in hunt for USAF trainer bid
Lockheed Martin staged the first flight of an updated version of the T-50 trainer co-developed with Korean Aerospace Industries to compete for the US Air Force T-X contract on 2 June in Sacheon, South Korea, the company says.
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NewsAW101 roll-out advances Norwegian SAR renewal
Norway’s first two AgustaWestland AW101s have been rolled out at the Leonardo-Finmeccanica company’s Yeovil assembly site in the UK, with the search and rescue (SAR) assets part of an at-least 16-unit production order for Oslo.
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NewsUSAF calls for a "penetrating counterair" study in 2017
The US military will lose air superiority by 2030 unless a host of new capabilities and sweeping changes to acquisition processes can be adopted and fielded within the next 14 years, including a new penetrating counter-air system, the US Air Force says in a newly-released strategy document.