Helicopter News

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter off the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), marking the unmanned system’s first at-sea flight […]

The Navy plans to launch a competition early next year for a radar system that will deploy on the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, the service’s program manager said Wednesday. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] selected L-3 [LLL] to provide its MICRO Secure Digital Data Link (MICRO SDDL) as the secure command & control and ISR communications backbone for the U.K. Ministry […]

Airbus Helicopters Japan delivered three TH-135 training helicopters to the Japan maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the company said. The aircraft were delivered between October and December and are the JMSDF’s […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the Navy and the first ship-based flight tests are scheduled to begin this winter, the contractor […]

The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) accepted the first SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), Kaman said on Dec. 1. The MoD accepted the […]

The V-22 Osprey has shown it can fire missiles in rockets forward, a capability that will allow the tilt-rotor aircraft to deploy faster without needing the protection of other armed […]

General Dynamics [GD] was awarded a contract by Finmeccanica‘s AgustaWestland to provide mission system equipment for the U.K. AW101 Merlin Mk4/4a helicopter, GD said on Dec. 8. The contract is […]