Helicopter News

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has been selected to supply an additional 44 Small Tactical Radar-Lightweight (STARLite) wide area surveillance radars for the Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft […]

MILLVILLE, N.J.–In a tight budget environment, keeping the Army’s Ch-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter ready and flying leads to new types of contracts and innovative thinking, according to an executive […]

AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] recently said it received $16.4 million in additional Army funding for its RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aerial vehicles under a contract with a total projected value of […]

General Atomics has completed the first flight of an upgraded MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle that features enhanced electrical power capacity, the company said recently. The added power gives the […]

MBDA Inc. said its GBU-44/E Viper Strike munition launched from a Cessna Caravan test aircraft scored direct hits against high speed vehicles in a recent two-day test. During a U.S. […]

The Air Force cited pilot error as the cause of the CV-22B Osprey crash on June 13 at Eglin AFB, Fla. The service said recently in a statement the accident […]

Millville, N.J.–The current budget environment coupled with conflict winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan means platforms–U.S. and internationally–are expected to stay in service longer, which is something fueling more service […]

MILLVILLE, N.J.— The V-22 Osprey Joint Performance Based Logistics (JPBL) program, which is led by the Boeing [BA]-Bell Helicopter [TXT] team developing the aircraft, is preparing to enter Phase II […]

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) [UTX] and PZL Miele, which produce S-70i™ Black Hawk helicopters in Poland, said they signed a Letter of Intent with Poland’s principal maintenance, repair and overhaul […]