Helicopter News

Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has cut B-52 flying hours by 10 percent in preparation for sequestration, which could cause a total drop of up to 20 percent in […]

Federal legislation calling for the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into national airspace in the next several years brings with it a “host” of complicated legal issues that will […]

The Army continues to move ahead fielding its largest unmanned aerial system (UAS), the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and refining its doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and training, officials said. […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received the first protective cage the will be used to house the avionics for the next generation of the Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Navy […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it was awarded a $9.3 million firm-fixed-price contract by Naval Air Systems Command to provide Gen II mission computers for the H-1 Upgrade helicopter program. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it received a $90.6 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the Army for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor […]

There’s a vital need to continue and increase industry/government dialogue on Army aviation, industry leaders said at a recent conference in Washington, while a top Sikorsky [UTX] executive said it’s […]

The Navy in July awarded BAE Systems a $28 million full-rate production (FRP) contract for the company’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS). A FRP contract option for $41 million […]