The US Department of Defense has requested new contracting authorities from Congress, using the Army's MV-75 Cheyenne programme to demonstrate how competition, digital engineering and closer industry collaboration could accelerate acquisitions.
Bell Flight’s modular open-systems approach for the US Army’s MV-75 Cheyenne could open doors for international allies and suppliers once locked out by closed rotorcraft architectures.
Mark Burnand, Chief Test Pilot at Leonardo Helicopters UK, talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter.
After a two-year delay in funding, the UK’s development of a new helicopter-based early warning radar system is gathering momentum – although critical capability gaps …
The Australian Department of Defence has expressed interest in acquiring 100 MK 54 All-Up-Round Torpedoes from the US government in a possible foreign military sale …
The first MH-60R Seahawk Romeo helicopter in production for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has completed its first test flight at Sikorsky’s Production Facility in …
Russia plans to deliver ten Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopters to Iraq within the next few months, it has been revealed. Speaking to Russian press …
Spirit AeroSystems is to supply Sikorsky with the major structural cockpit and cabin components of four additional CH-53K heavy lift helicopters as part of a …
The first US Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to be permanently based in the UK have arrived at RAF Mildenhall, England. …
Lockheed Martin will provide field and sustainment-level maintenance for US Army helicopters under a new contract awarded by the US Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal. …
The first ICH-47F Chinook built for the Italian Army has successfully accomplished its maiden flight in Vergiate, Italy. AgustaWestland said the 24 June flight saw …
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has conducted a series of trials with a Microflown AVISA prototype acoustic gunshot detection system installed onboard a Eurocopter …
The government of Thailand has expressed interest in acquiring the UH-72A Lakota helicopter from the US government at an estimated cost of $77 million. The …
Aero Sekur has been awarded a contract by AgustaWestland to provide emergency helicopter flotation devices. They will be used on-board AW139, AW169 and AW189 helicopters …