Helicopter News
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DoD Wants Mix of Predator, Reaper UAS In USAF Fleet
The Air Force will likely maintain a mixed fleet of large drones, despite service documents indicating a plan to eventually replace all of its MQ-1 Predator aircraft with the newer, […]
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Navy, Raytheon Effort Deploys Sub Launched UAV Out With The Trash
The Navy and Raytheon [RTN] last month simulated a submarine launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), not from a torpedo or vertical launch tube, but from the boat’s trash […]
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Northrop Grumman To Deliver More Hunter UAVs To The Army
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has been awarded a $97 million Army contract for Hunter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and associated equipment. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will procure, […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Tests New Sensor System For Army Apache Helicopters
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it recently conducted a series of test flights demonstrating a new cutting-edge, low-light-level sensor system for Army Arrowheadr-equipped AH-64D Apache helicopters. Integrated into the Modernized-Pilot Night […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman To Deliver More Hunter UAVs To The Army
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has been awarded a $97 million Army contract for Hunter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and associated equipment. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will procure, […]
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Change At The Top For Army Aviation
Brig. Gen. William Crosby, deputy program executive officer, Aviation, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., will become program executive officer, the Army announced Oct. 27. Crosby will succeed Paul Bogosian who has […]
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DCNS Automatic System Lands UAV On Underway French Frigate
French naval defense contractor DCNS recently landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard the French navy frigate Montcalm while the vessel was underway in the Mediterranean Sea, DCNS recently […]
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Thales Targets U.S. Market With New Lightweight UAV-Launched Missile
Thales is developing a lightweight multirole missile (LMM) to offer a low-cost precision-strike capability for a variety of air-, land- and sea-based platforms, but particularly for unmanned air vehicles (UAV). […]