Helicopter News

Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter division has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency to deliver its 505 Jet Ranger X light helicopter to its customers in Europe. The first […]

CSRA LLC. has received a $38.5 million task order to upgrade H-60 Seahawk helicopters used by the Navy and those included in foreign military sales. The subsidiary of CSRA, Inc. […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky Aircraft has received approval from the Mexican government to operate its S-92 helicopters in the country for all production configurations, including offshore oil and gas transportation […]

The Marine Corps has fielded the first open-architecture mission-systems computer aboard the UH-1Y utility helicopter and AH-1Z gunship. Northrop Grumman [NOC] manufactured and delivered its Tech Refresh Mission Computer (TRMC) as […]

The Army is moving ahead with an effort to team unmanned aircraft with the AH-64 Apache gunship, awarding $97 million in contracts to L3 Technologies [LLL] for improved communication and control systems. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Aurora Flight Sciences a flight worthiness certificate for its UH-1H optionally-piloted helicopter, the AEH-1. With this latest certification, announced Nov.1, Aurora is permitted […]

Leonardo has secured the first contract for its emergency service aircraft in the US with a deal to deliver three AgustaWestland AW169 helicopters to the Travis County, Texas government. Travis […]

BAE Systems is growing its platform for future military aircraft cyber contracts with a program to gather its proprietary system analysis and reverse engineering detection tools under a new project it […]