Helicopter News

The Mexican Navy took delivery of the first of ten AS565 MBe Panther helicopters on Sept. 28 from Airbus Helicopters, the company said Sept. 29. Mexico originally purchased these helicopters […]

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has ordered two additional EC725 Caracal helicopters from Airbus Helicopters as part of its fleet strengthening program agreement launched in 2012, the company said […]

Airbus Helicopters delivered the first H215 helicopter to the Spanish Air Force in a ceremony in Albacete, Spain on Oct. 3, the company said Oct. 4. The purchase for the […]

Boeing [BA] and the Army have made progress toward a multi-year contract for AH-64E model Apaches with a second quarter 2017 contract a possibility. Army Col. Jeff Hager, program manager […]

The Navy has awarded two of the four contracts it plans to give industry for the recently revamped MQ-25 unmanned aircraft program. Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] received one-year […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] is emphasizing the F-16 heritage in its T-X offering as it promotes the aircraft as the one with the lowest risk in the highly-anticipated contest. […]

The success of the Army’s revolutionary new rotorcraft will depend on open architecture software standards that can be rapidly reconfigured as much if not more than on the aircraft design, […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have agreed to “present a united front” to industry on the need to overcome […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force expects a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its UH-1N replacement program to be available by November with a final RFP targeted for the spring […]