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
US Approves UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters sale to Mexico
The U.S has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Mexico for UH 60M Black Hawk Helicopters and equipment worth $225 million
Boeing Signs Two Rotorcraft Maintenance Agreements
Boeing signed two separate agreements with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Fokker Technologies relating to Dutch Rotorcraft Maintenance. Boeing and the RNLAF signed a strategic partnership agreement that builds on an existing support contract for Dutch AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook helicopters to identify new areas of long-term cooperation
Canada To Acquire 28 CH-148 Cyclone Helicopters
The Government of Canada announced that it awarded Sikorsky a contract for the acquisition and maintenance of 28 CH-148 Cyclone helicopters for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The amended acquisition will ensure the delivery of helicopters with operational capability to begin retirement of the Sea Kings in 2015, and a program to enhance those capabilities culminating in a fully capable CH-148 maritime helicopter beginning in 2018
Pakistan To Use Russian Mi-35 Helicopters To Fight Drug Trafficking?
While India has expressed concern over Russias plans to sell weapons to Pakistan, Moscow on Thursday said the Mi-35 combat helicopters will be used to fight drug trafficking. “We are currently holding consultations
Finmeccanica, BAIC Sign MoU For Industrial Cooperation
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation (BAIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pave the way to industrial cooperation for the marketing, maintenance and training for helicopters to be used exclusively for public purposes. The contract was signed at the Italy-China Business Forum held in Beijing, in the presence of Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi and Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang
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