Helicopter News

The Air Force could spend between $800 million and $900 million on a sole source-like procurement to replace the nuclear mission portion of its aging UH-1N helicopter fleet, according to […]

For the past 15 years, U.S. Central Command has hogged the military’s intelligence-gathering aircraft to keep an eye on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the demand signal is expected […]

The Army is hoping that Congress will restore at least some of the cuts to aviation and other accounts it made in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission, as outlined […]

Japan’s Coast Guard (JCG) signed a contract with Airbus to purchase one additional H225 helicopter, in addition to the five the JCG already operates, Airbus said March 14. Japan’s order […]

The Air Force is considering sole sourcing a portion of the UH-1N replacement program to fill an urgent need for nuclear mission helicopters, according to a key official. Acting Assistant […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—MD Helicopters is developing a new military aircraft called the 6XX that company CEO Lynn Tilton wants delivered by 2018. Tilton told an audience of roughly 125 people March […]

Airbus delivered the first of two H215 helicopters to the Finnish Boarder Guard fleet, the company said March 2 at the Heli Expo Trade Show in Louisville, Ky. The helicopter […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] CEO Mitch Snyder wants to cut the price of the V-280 tilt-rotor aircraft in half and he’s identified a number of techniques to accomplish that. […]