Helicopter News

MTC Technologies [MTCT] will return $683,000 in performance-based payments and pay $474,000 in program costs to the Marine Corps after entering into a cancellation agreement relating to the company’s Tier […]

Now is the time to start considering the questions that must be answered to plan science and technology investment for the future of Army aviation, even though the money is […]

The Air Force was scheduled to reel in another set of bids for its Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter effort this week. Boeing [BA] initially won the $10 billion […]

Sikorsky [UTX] Dec. 26 announced the first H-92 helicopter featuring fly-by-wire (FBW) technology completed its first successful flight Dec. 20 at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, […]

The United Kingdom is looking to spend upward of $1.07 billion for the sale of 10 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-built Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft as well as […]

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] said it recently hosted a high ranking delegation from the Chilean Air Force (FACH) for a contract signing ceremony in which Gen. Julio Escobar committed the […]

The Defense Department is seeking a number of helicopters and trainers for police and military forces in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers recently. The need is for 20 […]

By the end of 2007 the Marine Corps will begin the first of two tests on the CH-53 engine that the service hopes will add another 800 hours of operation […]

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.8 million contract to procure additional Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the company said Nov. 28. With […]