Helicopter News

A downsized two week-long Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise kicked off on Aug. 17 off the coast of Hawaii, limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recorded opening […]

NASHVILLE–An air-to-air refueling capability for a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform will be “increasingly important” for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, as the command seeks to sustain its operational […]

As the FY 2020 budget season gets underway, the U.S. Army may face the issue of whether to push Congress for more funding for Boeing [BA] CH-47F, Block II upgrades […]

Will the U.S. Army’s planned 10 percent reduction in the service’s buy of Boeing [BA] CH-47 Block II upgrades result in a Nunn-McCurdy breach–a unit cost increase of 15 percent […]

U.S. Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy said on Wednesday that the Army will buy 10 percent fewer Boeing [BA] CH-47F Block II upgrades than planned to fund top modernization priorities, such […]

The German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, has ordered seven Airbus H145M search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters to replace its “obsolete” SAR fleet of Bell [TXT] UH-1Ds, which entered service in the 1970s, […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered software to the U.S. Army for the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter to enter limited user testing (LUT) ― a critical milestone leading into production. Under […]

Leonardo and Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) have agreed to collaborate on development of a new combat helicopter, the AW249. The 249 would meet the Polish Army’s requirement for a new […]

Italy’s Leonardo concluded an agreement with Australia’s Ministry of Defence to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne in late April. The facility will be capable of […]