Helicopter News
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Boeing To Increase Australian Army Aviation Training
Boeing [BA] has signed an approximately $40 million change proposal with the Commonwealth of Australia to increase the scope of the Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract. Awarded […]
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Timken Adds To Gearbox Spares For Apache Helicopters
Timken Co.’s [TKR] Aerospace and Defense business has received an order to provide an emergency supply of left-hand engine nose gearboxes for use on the Army’s fleet of AH-64 Apache […]
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Australia Approves Acquisition of Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.–Boeing [BA] will be producing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for Australia in the near future now that Australia’s government has given second pass approval to a project to acquire […]
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AgustaWestland Taps Longbow LLC For U.K. Apache FCR Systems
The Longbow Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], was recently awarded an $86 million contract from Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland to support Longbow Fire […]
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Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Fire Scout Resupply Ability
Northrop Grumman [NOC] announced it successfully demonstrated that its MQ-8B Vertical Unmanned Aerial System (VUAS) can resupply U.S. or coalition troops deployed on a combat mission. The company conducted the […]
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Northrop Grumman Delivers Initial STARLite Radars
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently announced it delivered the first two production AN/ZPY-1 STARLite radars for the Army’s Extended Range / Multi-Purpose (ERMP) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Northrop Grumman is working […]
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KMAX Completes USMC Demo
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman Aerospace [KAMN] have successfully demonstrated the capability of an unmanned version of the K-MAX intermeshing-rotor helicopter to resupply Marines at forward operating bases in Afghanistan, […]