Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 221
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NewsPICTURES: US Navy tests Integrator
Boeing/Insitu has delivered the first RQ-21 Integrator to the US Navy for testing and evaluation. The aircraft, flying at Twentynine Palms, MCB, in California,...
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NewsUS Army’s logistics agency launches autonomous cargo aircraft study
The US Army has expanded its early search for a future unmanned cargo aircraft to include concepts offering twice the speed of conventional helicopters.
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NewsIndia sizes up V-22 Osprey
India has shown interest in the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, although it has not stated a formal requirement for the tiltrotor aircraft.
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Manila looks abroad for used C-130H
The Philippines Air force plans to obtain a single Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft on the international market, as it awaits the return of two C-130Hs that...
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Boeing envisions third parallel line for 737 Max
Boeing may assemble the re-engined 737 Max in the same facility as it builds the 737 NG family of aircraft in Renton, Washington.
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NewsAurora to build component for Boeing's Vulture
Aurora Flight Sciences announced an award to construct major components of the Boeing Solar Eagle, a 400ft (122m) wingspan solar-powered demonstration project...
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NewsIN FOCUS: A400M partnership a decade ago would have set Portuguese industry on very different path
Had a political decision gone another way almost 10 years ago, the infant Portuguese aerospace industry might have taken a very different path.
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NewsFirst Air 737 crash now ruled a controlled flight into terrain
Investigators said on 6 January the crash of a Boeing 737-210C operated by First Air has now been classified as a controlled flight into terrain accident...
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NewsLockheed reveals bold technology plans with 6th-gen fighter concept
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division has revealed a conceptual next-generation fighter design that offers the first hints of an ambitious, long-term technology...
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NewsRuag offers Do228 engine, propeller upgrade to India
Swiss aerospace firm Ruag is offering Hindustan Aeronautics the opportunity to perform engine and propeller upgrades for India's Do228 aircraft. India...
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NewsSaudi Arabia signs agreement to order up to 84 new F-15SAs, upgrades for 70 F-15Ss
Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement that could lead to the purchase of up to 84 Boeing F-15SA fighters, upgrades for 70 F-15S fighters in a package worth...
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Possible Australia C-27J deal valued at $950 million
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified congress of the possible sale of ten Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan aircraft to Australia for $950...
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NewsUnmanned K-max operational in Afghanistan
The Lockheed Martin/Kaman unmanned K-Max has made its first operational flights in Afghanistan, resupplying US Marine Corps troops with cargo ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Painful decisions on US defence spending delayed in 2011 will come back to haunt industry next year
Budgetary crises, instability, and conflict were the dominant defence sector topics in 2011, and the coming year is unlikely to provide a deviation from these key themes.
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NewsJapan swoops for F-35, shoots down Typhoon, F/A-18E/F
Japan has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A joint strike fighter (JSF) for its F-X contract, which purchases 42 aircraft to replace an ageing fleet of McDonnell...
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Boeing to upgrade Saudi AWACS fleet
Boeing has secured a contract worth $50 million to modernise the Royal Saudi Air Force's E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet.
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NewsIN FOCUS: F-35 concurrency reaches turning point
What started as a seemingly isolated and quickly resolved issue - a single bulkhead that buckled during fatigue testing in November 2010 - has mushroomed into a suddenly public crisis of confidence within the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.
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Australia removes JASSM, UAV from Projects of Concern list
Australia has removed two aerospace programmes from its Projects of Concern list, including the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile...