Helicopter News

The Pentagon has submitted reports to Congress outlining cost changes to major acquisition programs while noting that it was the first time in recent history that no programs reached a […]

 The State Grid General Aviation Company (SGGAC), China’s largest helicopter operators, has purchased Eurocopter’s EC 225 and two AS350 B3e helicopters to support the country’s growing electrical grid.  SGGAC will […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company have said they remained committed to Germany’s Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle despite reports out of Berlin that the program will be […]

The Navy plans to continue testing on Triton in the coming months following the first flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and intends deployment of the first of the aircraft […]

FLIR Systems Inc. (FLIR) said the Army awarded it a two-year, $81 million blanket purchase agreement to support the Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) program. The blanket purchase agreement is for the […]

The Navy’s MQ-4 Triton, a variant of the Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk, is scheduled to make its first flight in the “very near future” following the resolution of some […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has not been formally notified by the German government of plans to scrap its version of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, a top executive said recently, […]

The Navy made aviation history when the service conducted the first ever aircraft carrier-based catapult launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle.  The X-47B aircraft lifted off the deck of the […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has proposed a plan to the Air Force for upgrading the imagery resolution capability on the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles by using powerful cameras currently deployed […]