Latest Defence Helicopters news – Page 93
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New $329 million charge deepens Boeing's KC-46 losses
Boeing reported a $329 million reach-forward loss on the KC-46 tanker programme to cover the costs of incorporating multiple design changes into the first lot of production aircraft.
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France gearing up for HIL helicopter development
France is likely to issue a preliminary development contract for its hélicoptère interarmées léger (HIL) programme by the end of the year, to allow manufacturer Airbus Helicopters to begin initial risk-reduction activities.
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Israel lifts remaining Apache flight restrictions
Israel has returned its air force's fleet of Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to full operational status following a fatal crash earlier this year.
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Airspacex pitches military variant of MOBi air taxi
Airspacex is taking its MOBi, a modular electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed to relieve urban congestion, and tweaking the concept to meet a military missions such as medical evacuation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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Boeing broadens bet on autonomous tech with new partnership
Building off its recent Aurora Flight Sciences acquisition, Boeing is investing in Near Earth Autonomy, a Pennsylvania-based company focusing on autonomous flight.
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ADEX: Boeing, KAL eye Korean Chinook upgrade opportunity
Boeing and Korean Air have entered a memorandum of understanding related to Seoul's plan to upgrade its aging fleet of CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters.
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ADEX: KAI unveils medevac version of Surion
The medical evacuation version of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion helicopter made its public debut at this year's Seoul ADEX show.
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ADEX: Sikorsky upbeat on MH-60R in South Korean competition
Sikorsky believes a more complicated security environment bodes well for its MH-60R helicopter in South Korea's second Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH) competition.
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ADEX: Bell eyes Korean training, attack helo requirements
Bell Helicopter expects a decision to come soon in a South Korean competition for 41 training helicopters.
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Boeing taps Aurora exec to lead Phantom Works
Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) has appointed a top executive from newly-acquired Aurora Flight Sciences to lead the compnay’s elite technology development and rapid prototyping unit called the Phantom Works.
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ADEX: KAI vows recovery as it eyes FA-50 deals
Despite troubles at home, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is as committed as ever to international sales, and expects an order for up to 12 FA-50s in the first half of 2018.
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Russia eyes new military variants of Mi-38 helicopter
Russia may develop medevac and electronic warfare (EW) variants of the Mil Mi-38 helicopter, but has so far ruled out an armed model.
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Israel steps back from V-22 purchase
The Israeli air force has frozen its evaluation of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, with a senior defence source indicating that the tiltrotor is unable to perform some missions currently conducted using its Sikorsky CH-53 transport helicopters.
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Second Raider prototype to fly by early 2018
Sikorsky will fly its second S-97 prototype early next year, following the crash of the first Raider helicopter in August.
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US Army all in for FVL
US Army chief of staff Gen Mark Milley and acting Secretary Ryan McCarthy confirmed the service is pushing the Future Vertical Lift programme over incremental block upgrades during this week’s annual AUSA conference in Washington, DC.
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US Army eyes laser addition for rotorcraft fleet
The US Army is pursuing a high-energy laser (HEL) capability for its rotorcraft and fixed-wing assets, following a successful test on a Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Fire and fury, the next Korean air war
A second Korean conflict has never been far from the minds of American and South Korean defence planners. The conflict of 1950-1953, which claimed over 1 million lives, never actually ended: an armistice stopped the fighting, but technically Seoul and Pyongyang are still at war, pending a "final peaceful settlement". ...
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Bell pushes Valor’s first flight past September
Bell Helicopter did not reach first flight with its V-280 Valor on 30 September as originally announced and instead projects the tiltrotor aircraft will meet that milestone in the November timeframe, V-280’s programme manager tells FlightGlobal this week.
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Navy trainers resume flying with oxygen monitoring upgrades
Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR) has installed instruments on its T-45 Goshawk trainers that measure oxygen and pressure, but its pilots are still struggling with the same type of physiological episodes that grounded the fleet last spring.
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NewsPICTURE: Afghan air force welcomes first Black Hawks
A lead cadre of Afghan air force pilots is poised to commence training on the service's first two Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk utility helicopters, following their delivery on 18 September.