Helicopter News

Canadian Forces will receive six U.S. Chinook helicopters, an essential capability supporting their Afghanistan operations, while the U.S. Army supports a coalition partner and interoperability under a Letter of Offer […]

By Ann Roosevelt New UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters (LUH) fielding to the Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida National Guard units are mission ready, according to officials. Mississippi and Lousiana each […]

The Air Force expects to spend over $1 billion in its effort to rebid the combat-search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) replacement helicopter contract, according to a top acquisition official for the service. “There […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense announced Team Stellar is the winner of the teams competing in the Grand Challenge, the major competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats […]

AeroVironment Inc.(AVAV) recently announced it received $4.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing “hover/perch and stare” […]

The Navy is moving closer to conducting Technical Evaluation with its Northrop Grumman [NOC]-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV)., the company reported. Fire […]

Although the Navy’s efforts to develop the AH-1Z helicopter are now facing a two-year schedule slip, service officials point out that the UH-1Y just achieved its initial operational capability (IOC) […]

Issues with the Navy’s MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) system has led to a two-year delay in the program and landed the effort on the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) […]

Boeing [BA] received a five-year, $4.3 billion Army contract for 181 CH-48F Chinook helicopters and 10 more Chinooks under fiscal year 2008 supplemental funding. The award contains options for an […]