Helicopter News
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Boeing Defence UK Completes First Test Flight of Chinook Mk3
Boeing [BA] Defence UK Ltd. this week announced that a U.K. Chinook Mk3 helicopter successfully completed its first test flight June 6 during the flight testing and evaluation phase of […]
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AeroVironment Marks Technical First: Flapping Wings Hold Hover Flight
AeroVironment (AV) [AVAV] this week said it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries […]
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Northrop Grumman Land-Based MQ-8B Prepares For Busy Summer/Fall
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] land based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., paving the way for a […]
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UCAS OA Efforts Reaping Early Cost Savings
As personnel at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) are finding that even in the early introduction of Open Architecture (OA) into the Unmanned Combat Air Systems (UCAS) program, they are […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Delivers First Production TSS To Marine Corps
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered the first production Target Sight System, designed to improve the Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra helicopter’s ability to identify, track and engage targets at […]
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Air ForceAeroVironment Marks Technical First: Flapping Wings Hold Hover Flight
AeroVironment (AV) [AVAV] yesterday said it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries its […]
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ArmyBoeing Demonstrates Apache Block III Level IV UAS Connectivity
Boeing [BA] yesterday announced a successful demonstration of AH-64D Apache Block III prototype helicopter Level IV unmanned aircraft system (UAS) connectivity June 8 during a flight test over the Arizona […]