17th July 2026
The UK advanced its long-delayed New Medium Helicopter programme in March with a £1 billion order for 23 Leonardo AW149s. While the deal could provide a foundation for further UK and European export orders, funding pressures and previous delays continue to cloud the programme’s future.
10th July 2026
B-52 modernisation, Sentinel, MH-139A, T-7A and Air Force One replacement are among the US Air Force programmes the GAO says remain at risk of further schedule slips and cost growth due to acquisition and management challenges.
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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11th April 2013
Bell Helicopter has introduced the V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft as its offering for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) technology demonstrator phase of the US Army’s …
10th April 2013
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense has begun deliveries of the next-generation filtration solution for the US Army’s H-60 Black Hawk helicopter engines. The dry media filtration …
9th April 2013
Reflecting moves by other Western companies in recent years, Boeing plans to increase its footprint in Brazil with a new teaming agreement and the establishment …
9th April 2013
The US Navy is placing fresh emphasis on the sales drive for refurbished SH-60F Seahawks as increasing numbers of the legacy aircraft are withdrawn from …
8th April 2013
The first naval variant NH90 ordered by the Belgian armed forces completed its first flight on 5 April at Eurocopter facility Donauwörth in Germany. NHIndustries …
28th March 2013
Chemring has announced that its US subsidiaries, Alloy Surfaces and Kilgore Flares, have been awarded contracts to supply decoy devices to the US Army and …
28th March 2013
Relations between Eurocopter Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) remain at an all-time low because of restrictions affecting the EC725. Gearbox problems have …
27th March 2013
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has used special effects software from the film industry to complete recent flight trial tests of an integrated defensive …
27th March 2013
The UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Puma helicopter fleet will receive upgraded fuel tanks from GKN Aerospace under a new contract announced on 26 March. …
25th March 2013
Early reports show that the Dutch NH90 Naval Frigate Helicopter (NFH), the first of which is currently deployed in support of the EU Naval Force …
25th March 2013
Helitune has developed a new algorithm to reduce the damaging and potentially harmful blade vibrations in helicopter rotors. The work was conducted in association with …
21st March 2013
Sikorsky has announced that the five new S-70i Black Hawk multi-mission helicopters delivered to the Colombian Army have been formally inducted into the force. The …
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