The US Department of Defense intends to sell Turkey 30 Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missiles, plus related equipment worth about $43 million. Greece is being offered 160 AGM-114KBF and 88 AGM-114K1 Hellfire II anti-tank missiles worth $24 million, while South Korea is to pay around $19 million for 500 Raytheon TOW 2A anti-tank missiles which are planned to be used on Bell Helicopter Cobra gunships.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters and partner PHI Aviation will shortly begin route-proving trials with the former’s H160 medium-twin in the Gulf of Mexico.
Piasecki Aircraft has secured new work for its ‘Heliplex’ facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, signing a collaboration agreement with Columbia Helicopters to upgrade Model 107 tandem-rotor helicopters to a new more fuel-efficient standard.
MD Helicopters has promoted Ryan Weeks to the role of president, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the rotorcraft manufacturer.
