Helicopters (All Services)

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) counterterrorism office planned to replace its Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-made helicopters with a pair of Leonardo-made aircraft, according to a contract award posted online […]

Leonardo delivered the first new TH-73A Navy training helicopter during a ceremony on Thursday at its facility in Philadelphia. The ceremony included Vice Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval Air […]

Leonardo on Wednesday said it would build a “comprehensive customer support center” next to Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida if it wins the contract for the TH-73 Advanced […]

Two Airbus H225 heavy search and rescue helicopters are entering service with the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) in April. The agency said this is the first step in a renewal […]

The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has recommended that the Air Force program office re-evaluate the Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter to determine whether it will […]

Boeing [BA] has chosen FLIR Systems [FLIR] to provide the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) surveillance sensor for the U.S. Air Force UH-1N replacement helicopters it is building in concert with Leonardo. The […]

The program to replace aging U.S. Air Force UH-1N Hueys could be delayed two years unless Congress extends access to $83.4 million beyond September, according to a Defense Department reprogramming […]

The program to replace aging U.S. Air Force UH-1N Hueys could be delayed two years unless Congress extends access to $83.4 million beyond September, according to a Defense Department reprogramming […]

Italy’s Leonardo on Thursday 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 […]

When the Army buys new gear for its helicopters, the acquisition community and industry view it as adding capability to an existing platform, but actually integrating new sensors and weapons […]