Helicopter News

HUDSON, N.H. –International and commercial markets are expected to be the growth areas–to as much as 50 percent–as U.S. defense budgets tighten, officials at BAE Systems’ [BAE] Electronic Systems sectors […]

The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] conducted the fourth flight test of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle on Aug. 14, reaching half the number of tests planned for the early stages […]

An Ohio congressman who chairs a defense panel is keeping close tabs on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to allow civil unmanned aircraft in a select few areas of the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aug. 5 said it would offer a universal, highly adaptable and affordable mission equipment package (MEP) to meet requirements for the Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) rotary […]

A key House panel recommends the Air Force add eight MQ-9 Reapers to its fiscal year 2014 budget request as the panel is not happy with the service’s plan for […]

Bell Helicopter [TXT] said Aug. 9 it has delivered the first Bell 407GX to be operated in Poland at the Konstancin airfield near Warsaw.  “We are very pleased that interest […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have been working toward improving capabilities of the K-MAX unmanned helicopters, two of which have been operating for more than 18 months in Afghanistan […]

AeroVironment [AVAV] has flown a version of its Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicle that uses solar energy to power the system, the company said Aug. 12. The small, hand-launched UAV […]

Australia will be receiving its MH-60R helicopters ahead of schedule as Sikorsky, a division of United Technologies [UTX], delivers the first MH-60R Seahawk  to the U.S. Navy, the initial step […]