In 2024, Poland agreed to purchase 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache combat helicopters in a deal worth as much as US$12 billion. The deal included 97 AN/ASQ-170 modernised target acquisition and designation sight/AN/AAR-11 modernised pilot night vision sensors (M-TADS/PNVS).
As European countries increase their defence budgets, the Paris Air Show will look to how the aerospace industry’s responds, with programme progression, new technology and industrial partnerships all expected to take centre stage at Le Bourget.
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
George Barton, vice president of business development for Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training talks to Shephard Media about the status of the MH-60R Romeo …
Deliveries of Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters to the Afghan National Army are now complete, with a total of 63 helicopters produced and delivered under the Russian-US …
General Dynamics Canada will upgrade four Peruvian Navy four SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters with an integrated mission system under a contract announced on 27 October. …
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 …
Northrop Grumman will supply its Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for a number of Airbus Helicopters helicopter platforms under an agreement announced on 21 …
CAE will support the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF’s) SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter synthetic training devices under a new contract announced on 21 October. The …
Efforts to speed up development of the Rustom-2 MALE UAV appear to have stalled with neither confirmation on when production will begin nor delivery to the Indian Army, …
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 …
Erickson Incorporated will continue its support of the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) under a contract extension announced on 15 October. The extension will …
The performance of the Apache AH-64E model has exceeded expectations on operations in Afghanistan. Speaking at the AUSA Annual exhibition in Washington DC Colonel Jeff …