17th October 2025
The MV-75, previously V-280, was originally designed as an assault aircraft which would replace some of the Black Hawk helicopters and add speed as a tilt-rotor platform. It is now envisioned to add a greater multirole capability reminiscent of the Black Hawk fleet.
29th September 2025
The follow-on order for CH-53K helicopters is the largest one to date for the type and will see deliveries carried out from 2029 to 2034.
Speaking during SOF Week 2023, the head of PEO Rotary Wing for USSOCOM outlines his current priorities.
The Small Business Programs initiative had a strong presence throughout SOF Week 2023.
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
The Chinook has served in every RAF campaign of the past 40 years. But in Afghanistan, it faced greater pressure than ever before.
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13th May 2015
The Pentagon has announced it will begin deploying its first squadron of Bell Boeing CV-22 Ospreys to Japan in 2017. The specially modified tiltrotor aircraft …
12th May 2015
Russian Helicopters and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) have signed a framework agreement to develop a heavy-lift helicopter called the Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) …
11th May 2015
Russian Helicopters has delivered the first two repaired Ka-31 helicopters from Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise to India, it announced on 6 May. Kumertau Aviation Production …
8th May 2015
The Long-Range Anti-Tank Missile (L-UMTAS) from Roketsan is to be bought by the Turkish Army next year. At the IDEF exhibition in Istanbul, a spokesperson …
7th May 2015
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress on 5 May that it had cleared a sale of 17 Bell Boeing V-22B Osprey …
6th May 2015
The Australian Army commissioned its first pair of Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters at RAAF Base Townsville on 5 May. They will be operated by the …
6th May 2015
TAI has signed two MoUs with Polish defence companies at the IDEF exhibition as it builds up to compete for Poland’s attack helicopter programme – …
5th May 2015
The UK is sending 3 Royal Air Force (RAF) CH-47 Chinook aircraft to Nepal to assist in the British and Nepalese earthquake response, the government …
1st May 2015
The Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Mexicana - FAM) has received its first Bell Helicopter 407GX aircraft, a company spokesperson confirmed to Shephard. It is …
29th April 2015
Rheinmetall is currently upgrading the German armed forces' NH90 Cockpit Trainer with updated simulation technology, the company announced on 27 April. The company won the …
28th April 2015
A new report scrutinising the cost estimates and assumptions behind the US Army’s controversial Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) has found them to be ‘substantially comprehensive’ …
28th April 2015
CAE has received a contract to provide maintenance services for the Lynx helicopter full-mission flight trainer at German Naval Air Station Nordholz in Germany. The …
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