Helicopter News

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) yesterday displayed its first new helicopter in 15 years, a single engine turbine armed helicopter, the MD 540F, which could be a candidate for a […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –The Army is awaiting official Pentagon approval for its work on an Armed Aerial Scout (AAS), the program executive officer for aviation said.  An Analysis of Alternatives is about […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) yesterday said it received a $7.6-million Foreign Military Sales contract to provide three MD 500E single engine turbine helicopters to the Salvadorian air force, Fuerza […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Rockwell Collins [COL] officials say a series of successful tests means pilots are one step closer to using synthetic vision for safe navigation of military helicopters during hazardous, low-altitude […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) yesterday revealed the latest version of its Armed Aerial Scout 72X+ (AAS- 72X+). On the first day of the Army Aviation Association […]

Boeing [BA] is shooting for a flight test for its Phantom Eye hydrogen powered, high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle prototype by the end of 2012, according to a company […]

Boeing [BA] subsidiary Insitu said recently it has reached an agreement to provide its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system to the Netherlands for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The Dutch Defense […]

BAE Systems has completed the first stage of Low-Rate Initial Production for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) program and expects to sign a Full-Rate Production contract in May, […]