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Bell Textron has rounded off the delivery of AH-1Z Viper aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing a program of record for the latest version of the H-1 twin-engine helicopters. The service branch received a total of 349 units of the AH-1Z as well as the UH-1Y Venom, whose order was fulfilled in 2018, parent […] More
Defense ministers from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the U.K. and the Netherlands will allocate approximately $28 million in funding to explore novel platforms for their future helicopters under NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability project. The six allies will work with industry to study open systems architecture, hybrid and electric propulsion and other options as they […] More
A Textron subsidiary has handed over additional AH-1Z aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the 100th consecutive on-time delivery of the twin-engine attack helicopter under a production contract with the service branch. Bell Textron started the aircraft delivery almost four years ago and is expected to manufacture the H-1 helicopter series consisting of AH-1Z […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing have flight-tested the carrying capacity of a demonstrator for a helicopter designed to transport the U.S. Army’s cargo and personnel. The SB>1 DEFIANT aircraft carried a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load while flying at the Florida-based Sikorsky Development Flight Center, Lockheed said. SB>1 DEFIANT serves as […] More
Boeing expects the U.S. Army to award a first production contract for the new variant of its CH-47 Chinook helicopter in fiscal year 2021, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this time, we really see no technical or programmatic challenges standing in the way of rewarding the Lot 1 production contract this fiscal year,” Heather McBryan, Boeing’s director of global sales and marketing, said of the CH-47F Block II variant. “We’ve been working closely with the Army to lay out a plan to meet all of our milestones and show a low-risk path to a first unit equipped in 2025, which was, you know, as planned originally."
Northrop Grumman has shipped the latest version of an avionics suite with digital cockpit features to support the U.S. Army's fleet of UH-60V Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.
Textron“™s Bell subsidiary plans to use a Pratt & Whitney-built helicopter engine as auxiliary power unit for its proposed helicopter design for the U.S. Army“™s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, Vertical Magazine reported Tuesday.
Textron's Bell subsidiary has partnered with Collins Aerospace as it works to develop a prototype for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has introduced a tethered development tool that aims to allow fixed-wing aircraft to perform search-and-rescue operations previously limited to more versatile rotorcraft, such as helicopters.
Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday about several helicopter projects including a potential $1.1B contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.
Boeing plans to test this year two General Electric-built T408 engines for its CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Rotor & Wing International reported Monday. Boeing and GE plan to evaluate the engine“™s increased payload and other capabilities through a cooperative research and development agreement that started in 2016.
Boeing plans to kick off delivery of upgraded A/MH-6M Little Bird helicopters to the U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as “Night Stalkers,“ at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Rotor & Wing International reported Friday.
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