Helicopter News

The India Ministry of Defence finalized an order with Boeing [BA] for the production, training, and support of 11 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, the […]

A short term continuing resolution (CR) would have little impact on the Army’s foremost acquisition priority, the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) meant to increase the range and performance of […]

U.S. officials approved Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technologies Corp. [UTX], according to a Lockheed Martin report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. […]

QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps transitions from 14 years at war back to an expeditionary force capable of worldwide crisis response, its aviation arm is undergoing a near-total […]

Elbit Systems [ESLT] was awarded a contract worth about $78 million to supply an unnamed European country with an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-based intelligence system, the company said Sept. 6. […]

The Coast Guard said on the week of Aug. 31 its National Security Cutter (NSC) Waesche has completed ship qualification trials of an upgraded combat system, demonstrating its ability to […]

Sikorsky [UTX] has chosen Rockwell Collins [COL] as the avionics supplier for the Air Force’s HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH), the companies said Sept. 14. Sikorsky was awarded the CRH […]

The Army’s choice of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] counter-infrared countermeasures (CIRCM) to protect its helicopters from heat-seeking missiles will ensure that the systems can be affordably upgraded almost indefinitely as technology […]

Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), a long-term partner of Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT], was awarded a contract for 150 new UH-X multi-purpose helicopters to replace the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) […]