Helicopter News

Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX], has completed rig testing of a Hub Mounted Vibration Suppression system (HMVS), designed to eliminate vibration and deliver a smoother […]

Textron‘s [TXT] AAI recently said it has completed fee-for-service operations on behalf of the Army by executing numerous missions using its Aerosonde Mark 4.7 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and the […]

Boeing [BA] said it has submitted its response to the Naval Air Systems Command’s request for proposals for cargo unmanned aircraft services to be used by the Marine Corps. “We […]

Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] recently said it would design, build and fly two prototype light tactical helicopters as the follow-on advancement to the X2 TechnologyTM demonstrator aircraft. The X2 demonstrator unofficially […]

Raytheon‘s [RTN] airborne Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) has exceeded one million operational hours, a company official said. “We’re at a million operational hours and we’re at 1,000 systems,” said Andy […]

Bell Helicopter [TXT] recently said the Marines’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra successfully completed Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL). On Sept. 24, the Navy’s Aviation program office (NAVAIR) for H-1 Upgrades […]

The Army has awarded the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) North America a $67 million contract for the supply of Mission Equipment Packages (MEP) on UH- 72A Lakota […]

The Air Force’s top officer recently said the service’s fleet of unmanned aircraft will expand from 250 to 450 airplanes in the coming years. “We have 250 or so remotely […]

The Project Office for Unmanned Aircraft Systems yesterday said it began damage tolerance testing on the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System Oct. 1 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Teaming with […]