Argentina Receives Refurbished AgustaWestland AB206 Helicopters from Italy
The Argentine Ministry of Defense acquired 20 AugustaWestland AB 206 military helicopters purchased second from Italy. They will be assigned to the Army Aviation Directorate as part of the military capabilities expansion and recovery process
Russian Helicopters Repairs Myanmar’s Mi-24P Attack Helicopters
Russian Helicopters completed repair of the first out of four Mi-24P attack and transport helicopters of Myanmar Air Force under an earlier contract, the company announced Friday. "This contract is critical for us, because this is the first time when we are implementing the scheme of performing combat helicopters overhaul with...
Japanese Officials Suspect Crashed CH-53E Helicopter Carried Low-level Radioactive Isotope
Officials of Japans Okinawa Prefectural government suspect that the US Marines Sikorsky Ch-53E Helicopter which crashed on Wednesday may have been equipped with a safety device that contained a low-level radioactive isotope. However, when the officials tried to conduct environmental tests at the crash site Wednesday night, they were denied entry...
First Two UH-60A Black Hawk Choppers Delivered to Afghanistan
The US expects to replace Afghanistan Air Force's fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters with Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawks, the first two of which were received by the Afghan Air Force in a ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday. Afghanistan plans to acquire more than 100 UH-60 Black Hawks in the coming years...
Bell V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Completes Ground Run Tests
The Bell V-280 Valor prototype aircraft has successfully achieved ground run testing at 100% rotor speed or RPM. The aircraft will continue ground run testing at the Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center where it will undergo a series of functional tests running all aircraft systems and flight controls in preparation for...
Airbus Helicopters Delivers 400th UH-72A Lakota Chopper to US Army
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the U.S
Rosoboronexport Delivers Two Mi-35M Transport, Attack Helicopters to Mali
Russias Rosoboronexport has shipped two Mi-35 helicopters for use in attack and transport configuration by the Republic of Mali armed forces. “We have shipped two Mi-35 helicopters to Mali as was requested by our Malian partners
Airbus Helicopters Developing on-board Image Processing for VTOL Systems
Airbus Helicopters is developing an on board image processing management system to enable automatic approaches and landing in challenging conditions for helicopters, as well as paving the way for future sense & avoid applications on autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems. Codenamed Eagle, for Eye for Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension, this system federates the entire helicopters image processing functions and feeds them into the avionics system, thus improving the crews situation awareness and reducing the pilots workload by automating and securing approaches, take-off and landing in the most demanding environments
Maiden Flight of Modernized Brazilian Navy Super Lynx Mk21B Helicopter
Leonardo has conducted the maiden flight of the first of eight modernized Brazilian Navy Super Lynx Mk21B helicopters at its Yeovil facility, in southwest England, on 28th September 2017. The upgraded Lynx helicopters will give Brazils Naval Aviation a significant improvement in its capabilities, with much increased aircraft performance and mission effectiveness
Russian Helicopters to Unveil KA-62 Helicopter in Vladivostok Tomorrow
Russian Helicopters will present a brand new utility helicopter, the Ka-62 at the third Eastern Economic Forum to be held in Vladivostok on September 6-7. The Ka-62 helicopter is designed for the passenger transport, off-shore works, emergency medical services, search and rescue, cargo movement inside the cabin and as suspended load, patrolling and environmental monitoring
HAL’s Advanced Light Helicopter Order Book Touches 73 Choppers
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed its second contract for the supply of Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) choppers to the Indian MoD this year taking its order book from the military versions of the choppers to 73. The recent contract is for 40 ALH choppers to the Indian Army and one to the Indian Navy
Former Indian Air Force Chief Formally Charged in AgustaWestland Chopper Bribery Case
Indias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed charges against former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and nine others in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter bribery case. He was earlier arrested in connection with this case last year and granted bail
Germany May Refuse F-35 Purchase over ‘Emergency Switch;’ Consider Eurofighter Instead
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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