Helicopter News

The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]

As the Defense Department’s Future Vertical Lift concept works its way towards becoming an official program of record, the Joint Staff is trying to determine if it can shorten the […]

MD Helicopters Inc. says Aug. 20 it successfully completed Live Fire Qualification exercises at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., with its new MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopter. The MD530G was configured […]

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system recently completed another round of Army testing–completing the government-designed test plan–by demonstrating its capabilities on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. The flight […]

Researchers from the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Aug. 28 it conducted a series of flight tests of a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard the […]

The Air Force this summer showed the adaptability of its Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) as it proved its ability to operate […]

Romania and Airbus Helicopters Sept. 3 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at government headquarters, paving the way for the company to expand and further develop production capabilities for the […]

Saint-Gobain Seals’ OmniSeal spring-energized seals have been qualified as a sealing solution in various rotorhead sections of military helicopters, the company said Aug. 19. Within this rotorhead application, four seals […]