Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 156
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NewsUSMC F-35B lands on USS Wasp for operational testing
Six US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on board the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship on 18 May, where they will begin the first phase of shipboard operational testing for the force’s Joint Strike Fighters.
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NewsFrance meets IOC milestone with second upgraded E-3 AWACS
The French Air Force has completed test and evaluation of its second modernized E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) jet, declaring initial operational capability on its Boeing-lead mid-life upgrade programme earlier this week.
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NewsUS Air Force X-37B returns to orbit on Atlas V
The US Air Force has announced the successful launch of its Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard an Atlas V rocket today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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NewsBoeing discussing international A-10 Warthog sales
Boeing has floated the idea of selling refurbished A-10 Warthogs to other nations as the US Air Force seeks to retire the venerable attack airplane.
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NewsBoeing doesn't see business case yet for RD-180 replacement
Boeing’s president of network and space systems says he’s yet to see the business case for developing an alternative rocket engine to the Russian-built RD-180 that powers the Atlas V rocket, even as lawmakers press the US military to develop an American-made alternative by 2019.
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NewsUS Army CIRCM downselection expected in July
Downselection from the US Army for the engineering, manufacture and design phase of its future Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) programme is expected to be made in July, and could include low rate initial production (LRIP) of the aircraft protection system.
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Iranian nuclear deal could strengthen Israeli equipment plans
Preliminary negotiations between Washington and Jerusalem may produce new contracts for two types of aircraft for the Israeli air force.
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NewsUS air force considering new 2,000lb rocket-propelled penetrating weapon
The US Air Force’s chief scientist says the high velocity penetrating weapon its research laboratory has designed for internal carriage on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is ready to transfer to a development and production programme.
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NewsHungarian Gripen crashes in Czech Republic
A Saab JAS 39D Gripen has crashed at Čáslav AFB in the Czech Republic, as it landed during its participation in the multinational Exercise Lion Share 2015 Gripen exercise.
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NewsBoeing, Pentagon discussing space-based hyperspectral sensor options
Boeing says it is in discussions with the US government about deploying a space-based hyperspectral imaging sensor several years after the air force started flying Raytheon’s Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System-Hyperspectral, or ACES-Hy, system tactically on an MQ-1 Predator UAV.
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NewsUS approves $1.9bn munitions sale to Israel
The US State Department has approved a massive arms sale to Israel for a variety of munitions including the joint direct attack munition, laser-guided paveway, small diameter bomb, hellfire missile and advanced medium-range air-to-air missile in a potential deal worth an estimated $1.9 billion to domestic arms suppliers.
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NewsBritish SMEs develop system to counter UAVs
A consortium of three British companies has developed a counter-unmanned air vehicle defence system to tackle what is considers to be the “growing threat of malicious UAVs”.
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NewsBoeing encouraged by possible US Navy, Kuwait Super Hornet deals
The head of Boeing’s defence business says 12 more Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet orders in fiscal 2016 plus a near-term sale to Kuwait would keep the combat jet’s production line in St Louis, Missouri, open through 2018.
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NewsBoeing expects more Massive Ordnance Penetrator orders
Boeing’s weapons business expects to see additional orders of its Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) “in the near term” as the US Air Force continues to modify and evolve the 30,000-pound bunker munition to destroy fortified and deeply buried targets.
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NewsEDA and ESA kick off DESIRE II UAV project
The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have begun the second round of a programme that seeks to test using satellite communications (SATCOM) to allow for safe integration of unmanned air vehicles into European airspace.
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NewsPhantom Works exploring laser-carrying stratospheric UAVs
The president of Boeing Phantom Works sees a future for the group's stratospheric Phantom Eye UAV in carrying solid-state lasers for high-altitude sensing and communications missions and then possibly missile defence some time in the next 20 years.
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NewsEurope's MALE 2020 two-year definition phase kicks off
The French, German and Italian governments have signed a declaration of intent (DoI) to carry out a definition study on a future European medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle.
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NewsMV-22 crash kills 1 in Hawaii
A Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey crashed during “routine sustainment training” in Hawaii on 17 May, killing one Marine and injuring 20 others and one Navy corpsman, service officials say in a news release.
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NewsPoland begins evaluation tests of H225M Caracal
Poland has commenced performance verification tests of the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal as part of its effort to acquire a total of 50 new rotorcraft for all three branches of its armed forces.
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NewsLost USMC Huey wreckage found in Nepal
The wreckage of a US Marine Corps Bell Helicopter UH-1Y Huey rotorcraft that went missing after a second earthquake hit Nepal on 12 May has been found 12km (8 miles) north of Charikot, Nepal, the Department of Defense has confirmed.