Helicopter News

Bell Helicopter [TXT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said they held a successful test of Fire-X, a new vertical unmanned system. Development and demonstration of Fire-X is funded by Northrop […]

Raytheon‘s [RTN] Solipsys subsidiary recently said it was awarded a $9 million contract to deliver and install its Zeus situational awareness and collaboration system for Air Force remotely piloted aircraft […]

AeroVironment Inc. (AV) [AVAV] recently said it received an order valued at $4.8 million under a contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO). The order comprises new Ravenr small […]

Nine months after first announcing the project, EADS North America said it has flown the second of three company-funded Armed Aerial Scout 72X Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA). The 40-minute flight […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it delivered the first production Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor to Edwards AFB, Calif., for integration on the first Air Force Block 40 […]

The Air Force’s top officer confirmed that the service is considering a sole-source arrangement with the Army to buy approximately 90 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to patrol the nation’s […]

An RQ-4 Global Hawk completed a 32-hour flight test using an alternative fuel mixture last week, according to the Air Force. A Block 20 Global Hawk took off from Edwards […]

The Army is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources to make and deliver the XM1216 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV). On behalf of the Program Executive Office for […]

The Navy recently said it awarded two fixed-price contracts–$29.9 million to Boeing [BA]- Frontier Systems and $45.8 million Lockheed Martin [LMT]–for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) services. “We are trying […]