Helicopter News

The Army is moving forward with its development of a Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion (MMSF), tasking Lockheed Martin [LMT] with a $12 million contract to develop a testbed of the technology for its […]

The Czech Republic is looking to update its fleet of military aircraft with a State Department approved $575 million deal for the delivery of twelve Bell Helicopter UH-1Y utility helicopters. The Pentagon’s […]

Boeing [BA] on Oct. 5 said it has agreed to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences, a technology leader in autonomy, aerostructures and aerospace designs, in a deal the world’s largest aerospace company is […]

Italy’s Leonardo on Sept. 28 announced the first successful flight of the first of eight planned upgraded Super Lynx Mk21B helicopters for the Brazilian navy. The helicopter was flown at the company’s […]

Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor is ready to carry troops into combat as a functional tilt-rotor airframe, company officials claim.  The experimental aircraft is ready to enter the acquisition cycle and […]

Boeing [BA] plans to conduct a flight demonstration with a CH-47D Chinook in the “next couple years” to see whether its heavy-lift helicopter could someday accommodate a new, more fuel-efficient and […]

L3 Technologies [LLL] will protest its loss of a major aviation support contract and its ouster as the primary provider of training and support services to the Army Aviation Center […]

Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have announced that they submitted bids for the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey helicopter replacement program. Boeing said late Sept. 13 that its MH-139 is based on Leonardo’s AW139, […]