Helicopter News

Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit the week of Jan. 21, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts hostage […]

The Army’s number-two civilian, who is overseeing a massive restructuring of the service’s weapons development and acquisition process, wants to push up prototyping and experimentation of new combat vehicles and […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Feb. 6 its Sikorsky division has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to bid the CH-53K helicopter for the German Air Force helicopter competition, where it is […]

Airbus Helicopters announced Jan. 31 it has successfully demonstrated the ability to fire Thales’ laser-guided rockets (LGR’s) from its H145M helicopters. The tests were conducted in Dec. 2017 at the […]

Columbia Helicopters has received a new task order to continue providing rotary wing airlift support to U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan. The latest deal boosts their total contract value another $35.7 […]

The Army has won an appeal against Leonardo’s lawsuit attempting to block its pursuit of sole-source contracts for Airbus’ UH-72 Lakota helicopters. The U.S. Court of Appeals announced its decision Jan. 23 […]

AC&A, a portfolio company of the private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has acquired EnCore Composite Structures in a deal that bolsters the company’s composites business. Terms of the deal, which […]

The U.S. Army is moving forward with a plan to buy more UH-72 Lakotas after a lawsuit blocked a previous effort to add more than a dozen of the Airbus utility aircraft to […]