Helicopter News

BAE Systems May 27 said it received a $28 million contract for the third-generation (Gen3) configuration of its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) from the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to […]

Airbus Group said this month it delivered the Army’s the service’s 300th UH-72A Lakota helicopter, on time and on schedule.  Army Project Manager for Utility Aircraft Col. Thomas Todd accepted delivery: ”Airbus […]

The selection of Sikorsky as the contractor for the next presidential helicopter was made through a competitive process even though the company was the only one to submit a bid, the Navy […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–The Marine Corps’ new heavy lift CH-53K helicopter was unveiled during a glittery rollout ceremony this month at prime contractor Sikorsky’s plant here, with Marine Commandant Gen. […]

The Army has determined the hardworking UH-60 Black Hawks and 72A Lakota helicopters are an “enduring capability” it wants to retain in the long term, the Utility Helicopter project manager […]

Seeking financial efficiencies and a more effective smaller future force, the Army plans to divest older or obsolete aircraft that would cost too much to keep in the inventory, to […]

Bell Helicopter [TXT] May 5 revealed cooperative agreements with three new partners–Meggitt, Eaton [ETN], and Astronics [ATRO]–for the team developing the V-280 Valor, the company’s offering for the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] May 5 said it received an $80.6 million production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) for the AH-64 Apache helicopter for the […]

Boeing [BA] May 1 said its AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter has flown for the first time in its production configuration, moving the program another step closer to full-scale production while continuing […]