Helicopter News

In order to concurrently test fire a new missile from the aircraft, the Army is delaying follow-on test and evaluation of the AH-64E Apache gunship by a year, according to […]

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Airbus Helicopters a $135.2 million follow-on support deal to maintain its Royal Air Force (RAF) Puma Mk2 helicopter fleet. Under the deal, announced […]

The Marine Corps will take over testing of an autonomous UH-1 Huey after a successful final test of the robotic aircraft on Dec. 13 in which it demonstrated the ability […]

The V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor lifted off Dec. 18, marking a first for Bell Helicopter’s offering in the Army’s Joint Multirole technology demonstration (JMR-TD). The company did not immediately provide […]

Army aircraft and combat vehicle procurement stand to receive billions in additional funding under a funding bill proposed by Senate appropriators on Nov. 21.   The Senate Appropriations Committee added […]

Airbus completed the Mexican Navy’s order for AS565 MBe Panther aircraft after delivering the final two helicopters, the company announced Dec. 6. Mexico was the launch customer for the AS565 […]

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) launched its VBS Blue IG 3D whole-earth image generator for Apache helicopter flight simulations on Nov. 27 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in […]