The Indian Defense Ministry has confirmed Boeing as the winner of heavy-lift helicopter tender. Boeing beat Russian Mi-26 helicopters to win the tender to supply 15 heavy-lift choppers
The Indian Army will request for the transfer of the recently sanctioned Apache attack helicopters from the Air Force’s command. "We are sending a proposal to the Defence Ministry for capability enhancement in our aviation wing for absorbing the attack helicopters in our fleet," Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh...
As far the Russian weapons manufacturer Rosoboronexport is concerned the competition is still on to win the Indian helicopter deal. The company has strongly denied rumors the company lost out on heavy-lift helicopters and aerial tankers tenders issued by the Indian Air Force
The Bangladesh Army has inducted two new Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin helicopters that will be used for UN humanitarian missions and transport duties. A group of Bangladesh Army pilots were trained to fly the choppers at Eurocopter South East Asia’s Singapore facility in the subsidiary’s AS365 N3+ full-flight simulator...
AgustaWestland has signed a contract with the Swedish Maritime Administration for seven AW139 intermediate twin helicopters for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. The Swedish Maritime Administration is the authority responsible for Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Services in Sweden and will operate the AW139 helicopters from 5 bases...
Eurocopter will present scale models of the EC725, EC145, AS550 C3 Fennec and AS565 MB Panther rotary-wing aircraft at INDO DEFENCE 2012. “With its modern range of helicopters, Eurocopter is well positioned to respond to the diverse operational requirements of Indonesia for its Armed Forces, homeland security, law enforcement and parapublic missions,” said Norbert Ducrot, Eurocopter’s Senior Executive Vice President for Asia Pacific
Cassidian and Brazilian-based ATECH have signed a contract to jointly equip the new EC725 helicopters of the Brazilian Navy with an advanced mission management system. As part of the procurement of 50 EC725 helicopters by the Brazilian armed forces, Eurocopter and its Brazilian subsidiary Helibras signed a contract with ATECH and Cassidian to develop and manufacture the Tactical Data Management System (TDMS) for 8 navy helicopters
Boeing is all set to win a $2.5 billion helicopter contract from the Indian Air Force
Wyle has won a $3 million contract to provide qualification testing for the U.S
The Indian Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract for the supply of 15 heavy-lift helicopters. Boeing beat out rival Russian Mi-26 to win the tender worth $1 billion
The U.S Army plans to re-designate Boeing’s AH-D Block III Apache as the AH-64E
Thales announced it has won a two year contract by the NATO Helicopter Management Agency to support 14 FLASH dipping sonars on the French Navy's 27 NH90 NFH helicopters. According to the terms of the contract the company will contribute to the operational readiness of the French Navy NH90 NFH helicopters equipped with the FLASH sonar system and will enable them to fulfill their antisubmarine warfare missions in conjunction with the Navy's FREMM frigates equipped with the Captas-4 variable depth sonar from Thales