Helicopter News

By Ann Roosevelt The Army is in the initial stages of developing a Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS) that will operate more than one unmanned aerial vehicle, a service official […]

Morocco wants to spend an estimated $134 million to buy three Boeing [BA] CH-47D Chinook helicopters and associated parts and support as a Foreign Military Sale, the Defense Security Cooperation […]

VT Group U.S., the U.S. arm of U.K.-based VT Group plc [VTG.L], recently announced it has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $29.1 million over five years […]

Sikorsky Aircraft’s [UTX] X2 TechnologyTM demonstrator achieved a maximum speed of 106 knots in a recent test flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, the company said. The X2 Technology […]

LaBarge Inc. [LB] recently announced it has been awarded a $2.4 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] to continue producing wiring harnesses for the UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopter. LaBarge has […]

QUANTICO, Va.–A competition for a contract to quickly manufacture and field a fleet of unmanned helicopters capable of delivering supplies to Marines deployed in remote locations in Afghanistan will kick […]

The Army’s Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), produced by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), is progressing speedily and well, the program officer said. The LUH is “very successful, […]