The US Marine Corps is testing a redesigned input quill assembly and plans to transition its MV-22B fleet to improved gearboxes by January 2033 as it prepares to operate the tiltrotor through 2055.
Sweden is an outlier as a smaller nation with its own indigenous fighter aircraft and airborne early warning platform and is now looking at how local company Saab Aerospace can meet the plans for a collaborative combat aircraft.
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
The first Dutch AH-64D Apache upgraded to Block II standard was accepted by the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) at Mesa, Arizona on 14 November. …
Despite bribery allegations lingering over the contract to supply 12 AW101 VVIP helicopters to the Indian Air Force, AgustaWestland has been cleared to establish assembly …
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is contributing to a project set up by The Technical Cooperation Panel (TTCP) to investigate erosion-resistant coatings …
The Italian navy has taken delivery of the first NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) Step B from NHIndustries. The helicopter, delivered on 8 November, will …
The planned withdraw of NATO forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 will leave Afghan special forces without adequate helicopter support, a Pentagon report …
Norway has decided to commence ‘final negotiations’ with AgustaWestland for the delivery of new SAR helicopters to replace its fleet of ageing Sea Kings, it …
Poland’s Ministry of Defence is considering the purchase of Ukrainian-built anti-tank and missile defence systems for its fleet of Mil Mi-24 combat helicopters, it has …
The US has extended three civilian contracts for helicopter air transportation in Afghanistan worth $272.9 million, it has emerged. On 1 November, the US Department …
AgustaWestland will supply eight AW109 Power light twin-engine helicopters to the Philippine Air Force under a contract announced on 6 November. The aircraft will be …
Rockwell Collins will develop the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for the US Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) helicopters. The company was awarded …
Sikorsky will supply two S-70B helicopters to Brazil as part of a foreign military sale (FMS) between the US and Brazilian governments. Sikorsky was awarded …