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Advanced Avionics (sponsored)
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
Air Warfare
DSEI 2023: Leonardo UK bolsters Yeovil site in preparation for New Medium Helicopter programme
'For us, it’s building helicopters, not just assembling. It’s not only about NMH but about enduring social value in terms of exports from the UK,' Leonardo UK told Shephard at DSEI 2023.
Air Warfare
Ukraine lessons: is bringing an attack helicopter to a missile fight too dangerous?
According to multiple OSINT sources, Russian forces have lost possibly as many as 200 rotary-wing aircraft since February 2022. Some of these occurred in early high-profile operations, but most have been attrition casualties during the ongoing fighting. Shephard analyses the nature of these losses, and what lessons NATO attack helicopter operators should draw.
Uncrewed Vehicles
Leonardo and UK MoD unveil rotary-wing UAS at DSEI 2023
The design selected for the Rotary Wing Uncrewed Autonomous System is best suited for maritime operations.
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DSEI 2023: Lockheed to produce about 40% of Black Hawks on UK soil if it wins NMH contest
Lockheed Martin promises a boost to the British job market and export opportunities, while strengthening ties with Poland and positioning the UK for a future in rotorcraft technology in the event of a New Medium Helicopter competition triumph.
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DSEI 2023: Controp unveils Smart Vision AI software for EO/IR payloads
Controp Precision Technologies unveiled its Smart Vision AI software for enhancing the level of autonomy and automation for a variety of surveillance and reconnaissance missions at DSEI 2023.
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Babcock and Cosworth to test hybrid propulsion in militarised Land Cruiser 70
Babcock has signed an MoU with propulsion experts Cosworth to investigate the use of hybrid power systems in military vehicles and will begin with integrating a Catalytic Generator (Cat Gen) into a 70 Series Toyota Land Cruiser.
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Boeing A160T Unmanned Rotorcraft Shifts Gears in Flight, Passes 100 Flight-Hours
19th December 2008
Boeing has announced that its A160 Turbine (A160T) Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft has achieved two key milestones: using its two-speed transmission to change gears in flight, …
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Meggitt wins Future Lynx brake control system
18th December 2008
Meggitt PLC, a leading international company employing over 8,000 people specialising in aerospace equipment, sensing and defence systems, today announces that Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems …
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Sikorsky awarded $619M contract for MH-60R and MH-60S work
18th December 2008
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Ct., was awarded on Dec. 15, 2008 a, $619,903,014 firm fixed price contract for funding of second program year of multi-year …
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Lockheed Martin awarded $37M contract for MH-60R and MH-60S cockpits
18th December 2008
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $37,513,573 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 18 MH-60S Common …
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Bell awarded $102M contract to support UH-1Y and AH-1Z
18th December 2008
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a three year cost type requirements contract in the amount of $102,372,611 for repair of items …
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Australian Aerospace delivers first locally assembled NH-90
18th December 2008
Australia's Project AIR 9000 achieved another significant milestone today when the Australian Defence Force (ADF) formally accepted from leading regional defence contractor, Eurocopter subsidiary Australian …
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Tiger engines to be serviced in Germany and France
18th December 2008
From now on, the two engine specialists MTU Aero Engines in Munich, Germany and Atelier d'Industriel Aeronautic (AIA) in Bordeaux, France will be in charge …
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Elbit Systems To Perform Airborne Upgrade Projects in Europe Valued at $80 Million
18th December 2008
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) announced that it was recently awarded several airborne upgrade contracts at a total value of approximately $80 million. Signed with European …
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StreamServe Persuasion Helps Eurocopter to Streamline Customer Communications and Boost Its Brand
18th December 2008
StreamServe, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Document Presentment (EDP) solutions for business communications, announced today that the Eurocopter Group in France is using StreamServe …
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Elbit Systems' Skylark I LE selected by Israeli Ministry of Defense as Battalion Level Mini UAV
17th December 2008
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was selected by the Israeli Defense Ministry to answer the battalion-level IDF tender, calling for a wide procurement of …
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American Eurocopter Flight Simulator is Operational
17th December 2008
American Eurocopter announced today that the first full motion EC135/EC145 flight training device (FTD) is operational at the company's training facility in Grand Prairie, TX. …
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EADS North America hand over 50th and 51st UH-72A Lakotas
17th December 2008
EADS North America today delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. This delivery marks another on-time milestone in the acquisition …
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Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orders A Third AW139
17th December 2008
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that on December 4th the Government of Estonia gave approval for the Ministry of the Interior of …
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RAF Museum gets an early Christmas present - a MH-53 Pave Low
16th December 2008
Christmas spirits will be flying high at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford tomorrow, when it takes delivery of an extra special Christmas gift from …
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UK: East Anglian Air Ambulance has sufficient funds to allow second helicopter to fly 7 days a week
16th December 2008
Thanks to the commitment of its supporters, the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), operator of Anglia Two, the air ambulance serving Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, has …
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Eurocopter to hand over 50th UH-72A Lakota to US Army today
16th December 2008
What: EADS North America is hosting a ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. The …
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Iraq requests 26 Bell 407s and associated equipment through US FMS program
16th December 2008
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 26 Bell Armed 407 Helicopters, 26 Rolls Royce …
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Heli-One to Upgrade Super Pumas for Swedish Armed Forces
16th December 2008
Heli-One, an operating division of the CHC Group, announced today it has been awarded a new contract by FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) to …
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UK MoD Confirms Future Lynx Programme
12th December 2008
It has been confirmed in a statement today, made by Defence Secretary John Hutton, that the Future Lynx contract signed in June 2006 by the …
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Ukraine lessons: is bringing an attack helicopter to a missile fight too dangerous?
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![Leonardo and UK MoD unveil rotary-wing UAS at DSEI 2023]()
Leonardo and UK MoD unveil rotary-wing UAS at DSEI 2023
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![DSEI 2023: Leonardo UK bolsters Yeovil site in preparation for New Medium Helicopter programme]()
DSEI 2023: Leonardo UK bolsters Yeovil site in preparation for New Medium Helicopter programme
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![DSEI 2023: Lockheed to produce about 40% of Black Hawks on UK soil if it wins NMH contest]()
DSEI 2023: Lockheed to produce about 40% of Black Hawks on UK soil if it wins NMH contest
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![DSEI 2023: Leonardo UK bolsters Yeovil site in preparation for New Medium Helicopter programme]()
DSEI 2023: Leonardo UK bolsters Yeovil site in preparation for New Medium Helicopter programme
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![Ukraine lessons: is bringing an attack helicopter to a missile fight too dangerous?]()
Ukraine lessons: is bringing an attack helicopter to a missile fight too dangerous?
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![Leonardo and UK MoD unveil rotary-wing UAS at DSEI 2023]()
Leonardo and UK MoD unveil rotary-wing UAS at DSEI 2023
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![How Brazil will invest over $10 billion in new defence programmes]()
How Brazil will invest over $10 billion in new defence programmes
