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Defence Helicopter
Huey IIs arrive in Lebanon
19th December 2012
The US Army Project Office for Non-Standard Rotary Wing Aircraft has confirmed the delivery of six Bell Huey II helicopters to the Lebanese Air Force …
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing and MDHI on collision course over AAS contenders
27th November 2012
Boeing is in dispute with MD Helicopters (MDHI) over the latter’s development of the MD 540F as a militarised aircraft, it has emerged. A Boeing …
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Defence Helicopter
DoD increases contracted helicopter services in Afghanistan
5th November 2012
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has renewed 12-month contract options with six companies for helicopter services in Afghanistan, at a significantly greater cost than …
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Defence Helicopter
USMC awards Bell Boeing V-22 training contract
29th October 2012
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Bell Boeing a $74 million contract to provide seven of its V-22 Osprey ground-based trainers, the Containerized Flight …
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Defence Helicopter
AUSA 2012: US Army takes delivery of first OH-58F
24th October 2012
The US Army has taken delivery of the first of two prototype OH-58F Kiowa Warriors as part of that aircraft's Cockpit and Sensor Upgrade Program …
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Defence Helicopter
AUSA 2012: Bell begins voluntary flight trials for Armed Aerial Scout
24th October 2012
Bell has begun its US Army Voluntary Flight Demonstrations for the Armed Aerial Scout project using a hybrid Kiowa Warrior. Bell's VFDs began on 22 …
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Digital Battlespace
Silvus Technologies wins DARPA wireless communications prototype contract
10th October 2012
Silvus Technologies has announced that it has been awarded a DARPA contract for prototype development for Phase I of the Fixed Wireless at a Distance …
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Defence Helicopter
AAD 2012: Bell looks to Africa for 407AH
21st September 2012
Through the South African aviation platform and service provider National Airways Corporation (NAC), Bell Helicopter has presented its 407AH to an African market for the …
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Defence Helicopter
PZL-Swidnik reveals optionally piloted version of the SW-4
4th September 2012
PZL-Świdnik has taken the covers off an optionally piloted version (OPV) of its SW-4 light helicopter at the MSPO event in Kielce, Poland on 3 …
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Defence Helicopter
Thailand orders four EC725s for SAR duties
31st August 2012
The Government of Thailand has reportedly ordered four EC725 helicopters for SAR duties, it has emerged. According to reports in the French media, the €100 …
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Defence Helicopter
FBHeliservices to provide helicopter flight training to Albanian MoD
31st July 2012
FBHeliservices has won a two-year contract to provide helicopter flight training to the Albanian Ministry of Defence, it has emerged. FBH's instructors will provide multi-engine …
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Defence Helicopter
Farnborough 2012: AgustaWestland pushes AW169 for scout requirement
11th July 2012
After demonstrating the capabilities of its common set of new helicopters to the US Army, AgustaWestland is confident the AW169 will meet the cost and …
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Defence Helicopter
RBAF support helicopter achieves new milestones
3rd July 2012
The S-70i Black Hawk helicopter being delivered to the Brunei Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has reached a number of important programme milestones, following the successful …
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Defence Helicopter
AFSOC defends CV-22
22nd June 2012
The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has defended the ‘agile and versatile’ V-22 tiltrotor, following the loss of a CV-22 last week. To …
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Defence Helicopter
Upgraded OH-58D Kiowa Warrior delivered
11th June 2012
The US Army has delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior upgraded under the Wartime Replacement Aircraft (WRA) programme at a ceremony at Corpus Christi Army …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412EPI add-on [Indonesia]
Programme Background The Indonesian Aerospace PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) was assembling Bell helicopters in its factory in Bandung. The first Bell 412EPI was delivered to the ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505 (South Korea - Army)
Programme Background Requirement South Korea operates an ageing fleet of Bell UH-1s and MD 500s for training purposes. The country has already replaced a part of ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505 (South Korea - Navy)
Programme Background Requirement South Korea operates an ageing fleet of Bell UH-1s and MD 500s for training purposes. The country has already replaced a part of ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Bell 407GX [Iraq]
Programme Background Between 2009 and 2015 Iraq was supplied with at 26 Bell 407s as part of the reconstruction of the Iraqi Air Force. The ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Bell 412EPI-Indonesia
Programme Background PTDI is assembling Bell helicopters in its factory in Bandung. The first Bell 412EPI was delivered to Indonesian Army on 29 December 2020 ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412EP [Zambia]
Programme Background In January 2025, the US State Department approved an FMS of Bell 412EP helicopters along with the necessary training and logistical support services ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-X [Japan]
There is no mention of the AH-X in the 2019-2023 Medium Term Defence Plan, so it is possible that the requirement has quietly been postponed. ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505 (Jordan)
Programme Background Requirement The Jordanian Air Force has a requirement for training helicopters that are to be used in the King Hussein Air College. The country ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement In 2018, the US Army initiated the FARA project to develop a replacement for Army attack and scout helicopters, such as the OH-58D Kiowa and AH-64 ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412 Replacement (1-9) [Norway]
Programme Background Although Norway has a long-stated ambition of reducing its helicopter fleet to a single type in order to reduce costs and simplify support ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-1Y [Romania]
Programme Background The Romanian MoD has a long-standing requirement for new rotary platforms, including troop transport, supply and attack configurations. According to the the Romanian Military ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Huey II
The last announced contract, valuing at $19 million, was awarded to Bell by US Army to supply Lebanon Air Force with there furnished Huey IIs ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Kruk / AH-64E Apache [Poland]
Programme Background In May 2019, Wojciech Skurkiewicz, the Polish deputy defence, released some details on the helicopter programme. Part of Poland's broader defence modernisation plan, the tender ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [USA]
Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
AW169M (Austria)
The aircraft was selected ahead of two light twin platforms – the Bell 429 and H145M - as it represented the best option for Vienna ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412EPI
Introduced in 2013, the Bell 412EPI is the latest production standard for Bell's venerable 412 family of utility helicopters. The 412EPI has a fully integrated ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505
The Bell 505 is a light, single-engine helicopter initially designed for the utility, executive/passenger and law enforcement markets produced by Bell Textron. The Montenegrin Air ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412EPX
The Bell 412EPX is a utility helicopter manufactured by Subaru. This platform improves upon the UH-1J/412-series helicopters. It has enhanced safety, performance, visibility, maintainability and ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
525 Relentless
Bell Helicopter announced in February 2012 that it was developing the Model 525 Relentless. The aircraft is designed primarily for the oil and gas industry ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 412EP
The Bell 412EP/CH-146 is a twin-engine, medium support helicopter derived from the Model 212/Twin Huey, produced by Bell in Canada. The 412EP was introduced in 1994. ...
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Helicopter engines
T53
The T53 is a turboshaft engine, designed for use on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. More than 19,000 T53-series engines have been produced to date, powering ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Bell 407/407M
The 407 aircraft, unveiled by Bell Helicopters Textron in 1995, is an outgrowth of the 206L-4 LongRanger design, outfitted with a four-bladed main rotor with a ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 212/UH-1N Twin Huey
The UH-1N Twin Huey is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter developed in 1968-69 from the single-engine Bell 205/UH-1H by Bell and Pratt & Whitney Canada. ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 206L-4 LongRanger
The Bell 206L-4 LongRanger belongs to the LongRanger family, which is derived from the Bell 206B model. The aircraft is primarily a civil helicopter with ...
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Helicopter engines
CT7 Family
GE Aviation's CT7 turboshaft and turboprop engines power 25 types of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, with more than 130 customers in more than 50 countries. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
V-247 Vigilant
The V-247 Vigilant is a tiltrotor UAV from Bell. Officially introduced in 2016, it features an open modular architecture and can host several payloads. These include ...
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Interior equipment
Dart Aerospace designs and manufactures skidtubes (using round I-beam technology), crosstubes, lightweight steps, bearpaws, emergency stretcher kits, shoulder harnesses, aircraft disabling devices, baskets, mirrors, spacedoors, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
HSVTOL
Bell, a subsidiary of Textron, revealed on 2 August 2021 the High-Speed VTOL (HSVTOL) UAS. According to Bell, the developmental UAS combines the hover capability of a ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
407GT
The Bell 407GT is the armed version of the Bell 407GX and is qualified for a range of weapons, from light to advanced laser-guided munitions. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Bell 360 Invictus
The Bell 360 Invictus was the company's prototype for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme. The helicopter features retractable weapon bays, two ...
