Helicopter News

BAE Systems Friday said one of its teams has developed a much-needed front line capability for launching small, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) from a compact mortar-based launcher. “We identified that […]

QinetiQ‘s Zephyr, a solar-powered plane funded jointly by the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Pentagon, recently set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned […]

Watching current theaters of operation, Raytheon [RTN] has been looking into modifying the current Stinger missile by adding a proximity fuse to be able to take on the unmanned aerial […]

The Navy intends to issue a new draft request for proposal (RFP) for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS)/Tier II system development and demonstration (SDD) phase. STUAS will fill […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Nov. 12 announced its flight team successfully completed the first flight of its fully integrated Pathfinder advanced pilotage system, marking the beginning of the developmental test phase […]

Britain’s GKN Aerospace said it delivered the first complete, state-of-the-art, Future Lynx helicopter airframe on schedule to Finmeccanica‘s AgustaWestland, the design authority for the program. “Our goal has been to […]

Boeing [BA] Nov. 18 announced its CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. […]

By Ann Roosevelt Watching current theaters of operation, Raytheon [RTN] has been looking into modifying the current Stinger missile by adding a proximity fuse to be able to take on […]