Helicopter News

The Navy anticipates launching the X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle from an aircraft carrier sometime next year, but the timing will depend on the operational deployments of the ships, Capt. Jaime […]

General Dynamics [GD] Global Imaging Technologies recently said it has delivered the 1,000th precision-machined beryllium sensor housing to Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies that integrates the sensor housings into the Mast Mounted […]

The Navy has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) for the next presidential helicopter in the latest effort to replace the aging fleet of aircraft known under the call […]

General Dynamics [GD] Global Imaging Technologies yesterday said it has delivered the 1,000th precision-machined beryllium sensor housing to Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies that integrates the sensor housings into the Mast Mounted […]

SEATTLE—Boeing [BA] is close to announcing a partnership with other firms to offer a medium-sized maritime surveillance aircraft to the global market in part by leveraging systems it is already […]

The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) North America recently said the Army awarded a $181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 more UH-72A Lakota helicopters, raising the total […]

BAE Systems successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the Air Force, according to a company statement. Once the F-4s are converted into […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it has acquired Chandler/May, Inc., a small firm that develops and supplies small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and ground control systems for UAS, in a […]