Defence Helicopter
Boeing/Thales win Australian HATS programme
Australia has named a Boeing/Thales partnership as the winning tender for a new joint-service helicopter training system for its defence force worth $700 million. In ...
Defence Helicopter
Helitech 2014: BAE Systems targets civil customers for HUD/HMD
BAE Systems has used Helitech International to drum up civil interest in its head-up display (HUD) and helmet-mounted display (HMD) systems. The company’s HUD and ...
Rotorhub
Helitech 2014: Operators push for greater OEM support
Helicopter OEMs need to step up their game when it comes to providing after sales service and through-life support, according to one senior executive. Bristow ...
Rotorhub
Helitech 2014: BLR targets Europe’s Bell medium operators for FastFin
BLR Aerospace is using Helitech International to showcase its FastFin tail rotor enhancement and stability system to European operators of Bell medium helicopters. FastFin is ...
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Defence Helicopter
South Korea purchase 36 AH-64E Apaches
18th April 2013
Boeing will supply 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to South Korea after beating out Turkish Aerospace Industries and Bell for the contract, which is expected ...
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Defence Helicopter
German medevac NH90s sent to Afghanistan
18th April 2013
Germany has delivered the first of four multi-role NH90 utility helicopters to Mazer-e Sharif, Afghanistan to provide emergency air rescue for front-line casualties. The helicopter ...
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Land Warfare
Canada requests new proposals for Integrated Soldier System
4th April 2013
Canada has initiated a fresh round of proposals for an integrated soldier system after cancelling its 2012 solicitation due to a lack of suitable offers. ...
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon awarded German RAM contract
3rd April 2013
Raytheon has secured a $155.6 million contract to produce upgraded Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) for the German navy, the largest single RAM order ever awarded ...
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Naval Warfare
LM wins upgrade contract for USN ‘Slick-32’ EW system
2nd April 2013
Lockheed Martin has announced a new $57 million contract to upgrade Block 2 of the US Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP). Under the ...
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Rotorhub
Japan’s FDMA gets SATCOM ready Eurocopter
28th March 2013
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management agency (FDMA) has taken delivery of an AS365 N3 equipped for high-speed, real-time data transmission, Eurocopter announced on 28 March. ...
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Rotorhub
South African service centre established for Russian helicopters
28th March 2013
Russian Helicopters has partnered with Denel Aviation to launch a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center in South Africa for Russian rotary-wing craft, the company ...
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Defence Helicopter
MoD enlists special effects team for CDAS flight trials
27th March 2013
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has used special effects software from the film industry to complete recent flight trial tests of an integrated defensive ...
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Naval Warfare
BRAHMOS achieves submerged vertical take-off for cruise missile
25th March 2013
A submarine-launched version of the BrahMos Aerospace supersonic cruise missile has been successfully test-fired, the company announced on 20 March. The missile was launched vertically ...
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Defence Helicopter
MBDA: major projects on hold pending white paper release
21st March 2013
Despite a record year for exports, MBDA faces a series of challenges to the development of its domestic and international projects in 2013, chief executive ...
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Defence Helicopter
Hughes achieves distortion free SATCOM on rotary platforms
19th March 2013
Hughes Network Systems has successfully demonstrated the loss-free transmission of high-throughput data and video over SATCOM links from a variety of rotary platforms, the company ...
