Helicopter News
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Boeing, Dutch Partner Open Chinook CH-47 Maintenance Training Center
Boeing [BA] and its Dutch partner the Rotary Wing Training Center (RWTC) recently officially opened a state-of-the-art CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintenance training facility near Royal Netherlands Air Force base Gilze-Rijen. […]
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Army Takes Another Step Toward A New Armed Aerial Scout, Issues RFI
The Army Armed Scout Helicopter (ASH) Program Management Office (PMO) seeks industry information on state-of-the-art technologies that could be used to support the potential acquisition of an Armed Aerial Scout […]
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Afghan Deployment Of Unmanned Cargo Helicopters Extended
The Marine Corps deployment of the K-MAX unmanned helicopter for carrying cargo in Afghanistan will be extended by a few months through the end of the fiscal year, Naval Air […]
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Navy Initiates Larger, More Capable Version Of Fire Scout
The Navy has begun work on the next version of Fire Scout, the MQ-8C, based on a larger airframe and intended to fly and remain on station longer for intelligence, […]
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Demos Shadow Hawk Launch From Shadow UAS
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct hit […]
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Schwartz: Need For Blend Of Manned, Unmanned Systems For ‘At Least This Generation’
The Air Force will rely on a blend of manned and unmanned tactical aviation for “at least this generation” because of the need for planes that can survive contested airspace, […]
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White Paper Says Block 30 Cancellation Based On Questionable Numbers
Pentagon and congressional stakeholders should re-evaluate the Air Force’s decision to cancel the Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aerial system (UAS) in favor of the legacy U-2 spy plane because […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing, Dutch Partner Open CH-47 Chinook Maintenance Training Center
Boeing [BA] and its Dutch partner the Rotary Wing Training Center (RWTC) this week officially opened a state-of-the-art CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintenance training facility near Royal Netherlands Air Force base […]
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ArmyArmy Takes Another Step Toward A New Armed Aerial Scout, Issues RFI
The Army Armed Scout Helicopter (ASH) Program Management Office (PMO) seeks industry information on state-of-the-art technologies that could be used to support the potential acquisition of an Armed Aerial Scout […]