AgustaWestland Demonstrates Unmanned/Optionally Piloted Helicopter To Italian MoD
AgustaWestland demonstrated Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter (RUAS/OPH) to the Italian Ministry of Defense. The trials were conducted to evaluate modern remote controlled rotorcraft technology and its potential to provide enhanced capabilities for the Italian armed forces in the future
US, Qatar Sign $11 Billion Arms Deal
Qatar plans to buy US Patriot missile batteries, Apache attack helicopters and Javelin air-defense systems in an arms deal worth $11 billion, Pentagon reported Monday. The sale will provide Qatar with roughly 10 batteries for Patriot, 24 Apache helicopters and 500 Javelin anti-tank missiles
Agustwestland To Supply Two AW139 Helicopters To Bangladesh
Bangladesh Air Force has asked Agustawestland for two AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters. The helicopters will be operated by the Bangladesh Air Force to perform maritime search and rescue (SAR) and other utility missions and are expected to be delivered by the end of 2015
AgustaWestland To Display Military Helicopters At Farnborough
Finmeccanica – AgustaWestland will exhibit eight helicopters from its commercial and military helicopters at Farnborough International Air Show. Military helicopters displayed will include a mock-up of the AW169M light intermediate class helicopter, the naval variant of the AW159, the brand new multi-role AW149 and an AW101 that will soon be delivered...
India Likely To Conclude $2.5 billion Worth Apache And Chinook Chopper Deals
Indian M0Ds defense acquisition council is expected to approve purchase of Apache attack and Chinook heavy-lift choppers worth $2.5 billion once they meet in Delhi on July 19, according to media reports
Elbit To Unveil Payload System For Helicopters At Farnborough Air Show
Elbit Systems to Showcase CoMPASS family of payloads, the DCoMPASS FHD Integrated Mission Equipment Package (iMEP), at the upcoming Farnborough Airshow 2014. The device is designed for light attack/search & rescue helicopters, MALE UAS and jet Special Mission Aircraft (SMA)
Russia To Supply Transport Helicopters To China
Russian Helicopters and China's Lectern Aviation Supplies signed a contract for the Mi-26TS heavy transport helicopter. Under the contract, the helicopter will be delivered in 2015
CybAero Wins Order For Unmanned Helicopters To China
Swedish firm, CybAero gets unmanned helicopters order guarantee worth $104 million over eight years to China. The order has been placed by a company in the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) group, which develops and manufactures aircraft and various types of flying vehicles and has over 400,000 employees
Agustawestland To Upgrade Brazillian Navy’s Lynx Helicopters
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland signed a contract for the upgrade of eight Lynx Mk21A helicopters of the Brazilian Navys Naval Aviation. The contract, valued $160 million (EUR 117 million), includes new engines, upgraded navigation and mission avionics and a comprehensive support and training package which also comprises a flight training device
Philippines To Get American Choppers, M4 Rifles By Year End
Philippines Armed Forces get 21 renewed UH1H or Huey helicopters and 50,000 American M4 rifles by year end, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said on Thursday in a report by GMA news online. Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said the UHIH helicopters would cost P1
Sikorsky Bags $1.28 Billion U.S. Helicopter Deal
Sikorsky won a $1.28 billion contract to develop a combat rescue helicopter for the U
Sikorsky Wins Danish Seahawks Equipment Contract
Sikorsky won a $115 million contract for varied engineering works on nine new Royal Danish MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contract involves installation of a hydraulic deck lock system to secure each aircraft to the ship, troop seats, a VOR/ILS navigation system, an HF radio antenna and an external life raft pod
Argentina Tests New 200km-Range Dardo 3 Stand-Off Bomb
Russia Receives New Batch of Su-34 Fighter-Bombers, More Deliveries Expected Soon
North Korean Troops Suffer Losses in Russia-Ukraine War, Says South Korea
Anduril Tests Hypersonic Rocket Booster ‘Denali’
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
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...