Rotor & Wing International

The India Ministry of Defence has renewed its ban on Leonardo in bidding on defense acquisition programs in the country. The ministry “has decided to further extend the period of […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–In the coming months, Textron Systems [TXT] is to deliver its Aerosonde HQ vertical take-off and landing drone to the U.S. Army as part of the service’s Brigade […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–Now the president of L3 Technologies’ [LLL] surveillance and strike systems sector, Luke Savoie said that he remembers an Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior crew member firing an M4 […]

PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–Germany is expected to release its RFP for a heavy lift helicopter competition this summer, and Sikorsky [LMT] officials consider the opportunity a major one for the company’s […]

PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–Bolstered by its win in February in the U.S. Army Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), General Electric [GE] sees a bright decade ahead in military and commercial aircraft […]

  In its evaluation of the two bids for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the U.S. Army rated Advanced Turbine Engine Company’s (ATEC) dual-spool T900 engine “outstanding” in engine […]

European defense modernization plans for fixed wing and rotorcraft will take center stage at this year’s Paris Air Show, which is scheduled from June 16-23 at Le Bourget Exposition Center. […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on May 30 denied the Advanced Turbine Engine Company‘s (ATEC) protest of the U.S. Army’s selection of the General Electric [GE] T901 engine for […]