Helicopter News

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Feb. 28 that it will offer its Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) for the Australian Defence Force’s Project Air 7003 program. Project Air […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed the first flight of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter with its partner, the U.S. Army Prototype Integration Facility, the company said Feb. 13. Northrop Grumman […]

The Air Force last Feb. 9 said it will release a second draft request for proposals (RFP) in April for its UH-1N Huey helicopter replacement program following industry feedback that […]

ABU DHABI – Because of past and ongoing operations in U.S. Central Command, many countries in the region have seen first-hand what the V-22 is capable of in combat and […]

The U.S. Navy’s eighth Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Yuma (EPF-8), successfully completed its acceptance trials Jan. 26, the Navy announced Feb. 6. During a wide range of tests, […]

The vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps on Feb. 7 offered lawmakers a vision of a military that has been depleted by inconsistent, unpredictable funding […]

The Air Force recently exercised a contract option with Sikorsky worth $203 million to acquire five system demonstration test articles (SDTA) for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, according […]

The Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey has been in such high demand that the service has been modifying and tweaking the aircraft on the fly as they came off the production […]

Elbit Systems Ltd. [ESLT] won a five-year $110 million contract from an unspecific Asia-Pacific country for the upgrade and maintenance of Mi-17 helicopters, the company said Feb. 8. The contract […]