Former Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland Bosses Sentencing Brings Spotlight On Helicopter Bribery Case In...
Reports of the sentencing of former Finmeccanica boss, Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini, former head of AgustaWestland, has once again brought the spotlight on suspicion of bribery in the deal to sell 12 VVIP helicopters to India. Italian Media reported that Giuseppe Orsi, was sentenced today by the Milan appeals court...
Sikorsky To Assemble S-70 Black Hawk Choppers in Saudi Arabia
Sikorsky today signed an agreement with Saudi Arabian company, Taqnia Aeronautics to explore helicopter production opportunities in the Kingdom. The new agreement outlines the investment, technology and skills needed to establish production jobs for Saudi citizens, and could lead to direct involvement in the assembly of Sikorsky S-70 BLACK HAWK helicopters...
Russia Helicopters, HAL To Commence Formal Talks On KA-226T Project Implementation
Representatives of Russian Helicopters and Rosoboronexport are expected in Bangalore next week to hold talks with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on implementation of a project to manufacture the KA-226T helicopters in India. A Russian source told defenseworld
Airbus Helicopters’ H145 Completes Flight Trials
Airbus Helicopters twin-engine multipurpose helicopter H145 has proved its operational capabilities for challenging offshore missions in a flight trial last month. During a two-day flight trial in late January, the established offshore operators Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH and HTM Offshore were able to test the H145 in all the relevant fields...
Maiden Flight For Korea Aerospace Industries Medical Transport Helicopter
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI) has successfully conducted the maiden flight of a new medical transport version of its Surion helicopter. The 20-minute test flight took place at the KAI's headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, on Friday under the observation of about 40 officials from the defense procurement agency, the...
Two US Marine Corps Helicopters Collided Off Hawaii Coast: Report
Two US Marine Corps heavy-lift helicopters is said have collided in mid-air and then ditched in the water north of the island of Oahu today. The Hawaii Coast Guard is carrying out a search and rescue operation
French DGA Orders Six NH90 Tactical Troop Transport Helicopters
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has ordered six additional NH90 helicopters in tactical troop transport (TTH) configuration. This brings the total amount of NH90 TTHs on order for the French Army Aviation to 74
Russian Mi-38 Helicopter Receives Type Certification
Russian Helicopters has received type certification for the medium multirole Mi-38 transport helicopter. Next year, the Mi-38 will enter serial production and launch on the Russian market
Intellectual Property, Experience Made Rostec Select HAL For India’s Ka-226T Helicopter Project...
Fear of intellectual property loss combined with inexperience in helicopter manufacture led Russia's Rostec Corp to select Hindustan Aeronautics Limited over a private firm in the 'Make in India' program to manufacture KA-226T helicopters. The helicopter manufactured by Russian Helicopters boasts of certain unique technologies never before employed in any helicopter in its class anywhere in the world- It is the only chopper with a co-axial twin rotor and no tail rotor
Lockheed Martin Wins $227 Million Worth Support Contracts For Saudi Arabia's MH-60R...
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth $117 million to produce 10 MH-60R Mission Avionics Systems and Common Cockpits for the government of Saudi Arabia. The modification contract includes recurring engineering and program support required to execute the production and delivery of the mission avionics and common cockpits, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday
Iran Shows Interest in Buying Russian Mi And Kamov Helicopters
Russian Helicopters attended the Trade and Industry: Russia – Iran 2015 exhibition and held in Tehran this week and discussed prospects for the sale of Mi-8/17, Ka-32A11BC, and Ka-226T helicopters. The company met with the Iran Aviation Industries Organisation (IAIO), the state body that is responsible for Iran's aviation industry
China-Russia Heavy Lift Helicopter Contract Deferred To Mid-2016
A contract to develop the Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopter should be signed between China's Avicopter and Russia's Rostec in mid-2016 instead of end-2015, Dmitry Shugaev, Deputy CEO of Rostec has said. "We can say that both sides have a desire to come together and finalize their contractual obligations as well as sign an intergovernmental agreement by the middle of next year
Italy Orders 14 Additional M142 HIMARS Rocket Systems
German Chancellor Blocks €3B Ukraine Aid with IRIS-T Systems Ahead of Elections
Ukraine to Get Thousands of Drones Worth Over $125M
Serbia Cancelling Arms Contracts with Russia, Preferring Chinese Weapons Instead
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