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IDEX 2019: UAE's 407 MRH sees continued success (video)
Thirty 407MRH light attack helicopters are currently in operation with the UAE. Lyle Becka, VP of operations at NorthStar Aviation runs through the capabilities and ...
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USAF flies HH-60W for the first time
A HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter has been flown by the US Air Force for the first time at Sikorsky’s Flight Center in West Palm Beach.The ...
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AAR to support RNLAF Chinooks
AAR will support the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) CH-47 Chinook fleet under a contract announced on 9 July.The contract will see AAR perform maintenance, ...
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CH-53E logs one million flight hours
The US Marine Corps’ CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter fleet has achieved a major milestone, logging more than one million flight hours since it entered service ...
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Boeing receives contract modification
Boeing has received a $96 million modification to its United Arab Emirates foreign military sales contract, the US Department of Defense announced on 12 July. ...
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IDEX 2019: Middle Eastern nations strengthen air advantage (video)
The order of 16 F-16 Block 70s aircraft and delivery of the first five MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters in 2018 strengthened the respective air ...
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Bell Helicopter receives contract modification
17th July 2019
Bell Helicopter has received a contract modification from the US Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for UH-1N and TH-1H helicopter assemblies, the US Department of Defense ...
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Greece seeks MH-60R helicopters
15th July 2019
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale of MH-60R helicopters to Greece. In a deal worth $600 million, ...
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Lack of IFR certification not scaring contenders for US naval trainer
11th July 2019
Despite instrument flight rules (IFR)-capable operations being a key requirement in the US Navy’s TH-XX trainer helicopter programme, two of the main contenders have yet ...
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Australia kicks off Tiger replacement effort
10th July 2019
The Australian Army has begun its search for a successor to the troubled Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), with an RfI issued by the Capability ...
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British Chinooks' Mali deployment extended
10th July 2019
Three British armed forces Chinook helicopters have had their operational deployment to Northern Mali extended by a minimum of six months, the UK Ministry of ...
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South Korean LAH takes off for first time
6th July 2019
The Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) took to the air for the first time during a flight that lasted 20 minutes, this milestone being announced on ...
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China aims to fill gaps with a naval Z-20
5th July 2019
An image that appeared on the Chinese Internet last week depicted a full-sized mock-up of a Z-20 helicopter sitting on the stern of a People’s ...
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Sikorsky contracted for CH-53K parts
4th July 2019
Sikorsky has been awarded a $21.7 million delivery order for data transfer units and defensive electronic countermeasure system replacement units for the CH-53K rotorcraft. These ...
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Safran extends engine support commitments in Thailand
3rd July 2019
Safran Helicopter Engines and Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) have signed an agreement to extend their support for helicopter engines used by the Royal Thai Armed ...
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Northrop to provide technical computer refresh for US, Bahrain helos
3rd July 2019
Northrop Grumman has received a $104 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract award to provide a technical refresh of UH-1Y, AH-1Z and UH-60V rotorcraft ...
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Russian MoD to get Hips on steriods
3rd July 2019
The Russian military is set to get ten new Mi-8AMTSh-VN Hips between 2019-2020 and they will be built at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant. These heavily-armed ...
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High hopes for Hughes BLOS technology
27th June 2019
Based on a unique through-the-rotor waveform that enables full motion video transmission, Hughes has recently demonstrated BLoS technology on-board Spanish NH90 TTH aircraft, with a collection of ...
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Serbia receives first H145M
27th June 2019
Airbus Helicopters has announced that following the delivery of the first H145M helicopter to Serbia in 2018, a local maintenance plant for SA 341/342 Gazelle helicopters ...
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USN tests potential EW upgrade for MH-60R
26th June 2019
The US Navy’s Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Collaboration, Experimentation, Integration Team has prototyped and field-tested a hardware and software capability that could be provided as a ...
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S-97's speed remains in testing
26th June 2019
The co-axial S-97 Raider programme has managed to successfully overcome software-based problems that caused a past hard landing incident. A new process of qualification has ...
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GKN delivers thermoplastic parts for V-280 Valor
25th June 2019
GKN Aerospace has delivered thermoplastic parts to Bell Helicopter for integration into the V-280 Valor tiltrotor. The parts include a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded ...
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Paris Air Show: Bell hints at bad timing for export sales
25th June 2019
The September 2020 deadline imposed by V-22 Osprey manufacturers Bell and Boeing, for international customers to place orders or letters of agreement for the tiltrotor, ...
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Russian MoD to order 98 Mi-28NMs
21st June 2019
The Russian MoD is set to place a large-scale order for no fewer than 98 Mi-28NM new-generation attack helicopters. According to the Russian RIA Novosti ...
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MASE-equipped NH90s ready for operation
20th June 2019
Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) NH90 helicopters equipped with Terma's Modular Aircraft Survivability Equipment (MASE) system are now ready for operational use, the company announced ...
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