First Upgraded AB212 Spanish Helicopter Completes Flight Test
The Spanish Navy's first upgraded Agusta Bell 212 medium helicopter has successfully completed its test flight at INAER Maintenance's prototype integration centre in southern Spain. A total of seven Spanish Navy's Third Aircraft Squadron AB212 helicopters are being upgraded by the JV as part of a contract awarded under the AB212...
Fifth Generation Russian Attack Helicopter To Be Developed By 2017
Russia is planning to test a prototype of a fifth-generation attack helicopter by 2017, a defense industry official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. The Mi-28NM, a modernized version of the Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter that is being upgraded to standards of a fifth-generation aircraft, has been in development...
Norway To Buy AW101 Helicopters Worth $732 Million
AgustaWestland has won a contract for the delivery of 16 new AW101 search and rescue helicopters to Norway, with the official agreement worth $732 Million to be signed on 19th November. The contract will provide a significant strengthening of the public search and rescue service and ensure emergency readiness throughout
Dhruv Helicopter Delivered To Maldivian Defence Forces
The Maldivian defence forces has taken delivery of HALs Dhruv helicopter at a function organized at Kochi Naval Base (INS Garuda) on December 14. Dr
Lockheed Martin Delivers First Two MH-60R Helicopters To Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy has been handed over its first two of 24 MH-60R naval combat helicopters from Lockheed Martin. The helicopters will replace the aging S-70B-2 Seahawks and will add an anti-surface warfare capability to its Fleet Air Arm
US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire
The US government is under fire for allegedly misleading the Congress into buying Russian transport helicopters for US troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon ordered 63 Russian Mi-17 rotorcrafts worth $1 billion over the past two years
Austria To Buy Black Hawk Helicopters Worth $137 Million
Austria has requested a sale of UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of $137 million from Sikorsky. The proposed sale includes 3 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in standard USG configuration with designated unique equipment and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), 3 Aviation Survivability Equipment (ASE), 7 T700-GE-701D Engines (6 installed and 1 spare), 3 Aviation Mission Planning Systems, 1 Transportable Black Hawk Operations Simulator (TBOS), 8 AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles, 1 Aviation Ground Power Unit and 8 Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial Navigation
Brunei Receives First Batch Of S-70i Black Hawks
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) took delivery of first four S-70i Black Hawk helicopters at the Brunei Darussalam International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BRIDEX) yesterday. Samir B Mehta, president of Sikorsky Military Systems, was quoted as saying by The Brunei Times that the first batch of S-70i Black Hawk helicopters were delivered ahead of schedule, owing to their collaborative working relationship with the Ministry of Defence (MinDef)
Netherlands Takes Delivery Of Mission Planning & Analysis System For NH90 Fleet
The Royal Netherlands Navy has taken delivery of a Mission Planning & Analysis System (MPAS) in the Final Operative Configuration for its fleet of NH90 NFH medium twin naval helicopters. This delivery of MPAS follows the one released into service in 2011 and it is aimed at both supporting new aircraft functionalities and implementing enhancements based on operational feedback from more than one year of RNLN in service experience
Russia To Get More Combat Helicopters By Year End
Russia will receive more than 40 combat helicopters by the end of 2013, an official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “Over 40 new Mi-8AMTSh and Ka-52 helicopters will be delivered to air bases in the Eastern Military District by the end of this year,” Lt
French Army NH90 Helicopter Completes Initial Trails
The French Army NH90 tactical transport helicopter (TTH) has successfully conducted its initial naval trials onboard the second Mistral Class amphibious warfare ship, BPC Tonnerre. Carried out at an undisclosed location, the trials enabled the helicopter's maximum take-off weight to be uprated to 10
Northrop Grumman Delivers Second MQ-8C Fire Scout Helicopter
Northrop Grumman has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U