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Russian MoD Approves Upgrade of Mi-28 Helicopters to the Latest Mi-28NM Standard...

May 18, 2021 @ 03:22 PM

The Russian Ministry of Defense has green lighted a plan to upgrade its existing Mi-28 helicopters to the deadly Mi-28NM standard. “A plan for modernizing old Mi-28N/Mi-28NE and Mi-28UB helicopters to the level of the latest Mi-28NM gunships has been approved by Russias Defense Ministry,” Vitaly Shcherbina, Chief Designer of the...

China Demos Drone-guided Helicopter-launched Missile Attack on Maritime Targets

May 12, 2021 @ 04:07 PM

In a recent live-fire exercise, the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) guided Z-19 gunships to launch missile attacks on maritime targets beyond visual range using reconnaissance drones. The drills were conducted by an aviation brigade attached to the PLA 71st Group Army recently held the drill in the Yellow Sea

Bell V-280 Valor Aircraft to get Safran Landing Gear Systems

May 6, 2021 @ 11:12 AM

The Bell V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor aircraft being developed for the U.S

Myanmar’s Kachin Rebel Group Shoots Down Military Helicopter

May 4, 2021 @ 01:23 PM

Myanmars Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said it shot down a helicopter that was conducting airstrikes at northern town of Momauk, Kachin province, on Monday morning. “It happened at around 10:20 a

India’s Advanced Light Helicopter Demos Deck Ops in Ship-Borne Trials

April 29, 2021 @ 04:02 PM

Indias Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv Mk III MR completed its deck-operations capabilities that include landing on deck, folding of blades and storing the helicopter inside the onboard hangar. The aircraft was developed by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

S.Korea Plans to Develop Marine Corps Chopper by 2031

April 26, 2021 @ 12:54 PM

South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said today it wants to develop an indigenous attack helicopter for Marine Corps operation. The arms procurement agency has earmarked $1

India's DRDO Develops Single Crystal Turbine Blades

April 26, 2021 @ 11:54 AM

Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said today it developed single crystal blades technology and supplied 60 of these blades to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as part of their indigenous helicopter development program for helicopter engine application. It is part of a program taken up by Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a premium laboratory of DRDO, to develop five sets (300 in number) of single crystal high pressure turbine (HPT) blades using a nickel-based super alloy

U.K. to Acquire 14 Boeing Chinook Helicopters

April 24, 2021 @ 10:37 AM

The U.K

Zimbabwean Air Force Agusta Bell AB 412 Helicopter Crashes into House, 3...

April 24, 2021 @ 07:49 AM

A Zimbabwean Air Force (ZAF) Agusta Bell AB 412 helicopter crashed into a house in a residential area in Arcturus, 32km east of the capital Harare, on Friday killing its three crew members and a child on the ground. A woman and her daughter who were in the house, were rushed to hospital with burn injuries

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