Helicopter News

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–AHS International is looking to build on its success over the last two fiscal years achieving $24 million in congressional “plus-ups” for the Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) tech demonstrator […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Sikorsky has been, for the most part, smoothly integrating with new parent company Lockheed Martin [LMT], except for a few hiccups in information technology (IT) systems, according to Sikorsky […]

Transfers of AH-64 Apache helicopters will continue under the Army’s current aviation restructure initiative (ARI) while a panel of one-star generals mulls the more than 60 recommendations put forth by […]

The Air Force anticipates a final decision in the April-May timeframe on how to move forward with the UH-1N replacement program, including approval of the program’s acquisition strategy, according to […]

Spain on Feb. 17 officially chose the General Atomics Predator B, designated the MQ-9 Reaper by the U.S. Air Force, to perform airborne surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The $243 million […]

Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan […]

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and BAE Systems signed an agreement to pursue military rotorcraft opportunities focused on the AH-1Z Viper in Australia, Textron said Feb. 16. Under the agreement, BAE […]

As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]

The Army plans to put its aviation modernization programs on life support to pay for readiness, spending just enough to preserve rotorcraft production and avoid default on contractual obligations. Total […]