Helicopter News

Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland said July 15 it successfully completed the demonstration of its Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter (RUAS/OPH) to the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD). The trials […]

Kongsberg Defense Systems  and Finmeccanica- AgustaWestland recently signed a protocol to extend and increase cooperation relating to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of dynamic components, including various gear boxes, for […]

AgustaWestland’s U.K. unit will integrate, test and install highly advanced anti-ship missiles for Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters under an approximately $90 million contract, in the first new collaborative equipment project […]

Raytheon [RTN] has taken its sniper detection system Boomerang to the air, testing it on UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, as it evolves the technology from systems used […]

The Defense Department Office of Inspector General found that the Defense Logistics Agency has been paying Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter millions of dollars more than it ought to in a […]

RIDLEY PARK, Pa.–The success of the Ch-147F Canadian Chinook helicopter program could point the way toward future acquisition successes, a Canadian Royal Air Force acquisition official said during ceremonies marking the […]

Boeing’s [BA] top defense executive believes that less demand coupled with the possible return of sequestration could force some consolidation in the military helicopter business. “If, depending on how the next […]

The Air Force recently formally awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Sikorsky for the initial engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the long-anticipated Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, according […]