AgustaWestland has unveiled the latest generation AW169 AAS military helicopter during a dedicated ceremony held at the Army Aviation Association of America Annual Professional Forum and Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas (April 10th-13th) today. The AW169 AAS is an advanced twin-engine helicopter with the capability to meet all US Army Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) mission requirements and provides a new-design, new-technology helicopter for the current and future battlefield
The Russian Navy will begin inducting its first batch of Kamov Ka-52K attack helicopters for Mistral class amphibious assault ships in 2013. “The first serial Ka-52K will be assembled in 2013,” Kamov General Designer Sergei Mikheyev said
The U.S Army plans to re-designate Boeing’s AH-D Block III Apache as the AH-64E
The U.S
In a major milestone for Boeing, the AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has completed 3.5 million flight hours with the U
Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has received a contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to develop and supply blade fold distributor units and digital air data computers for the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter for use by the U.S
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) has signed a contract to procure 12 S-76D™ helicopters and has taken options to acquire eight additional S-76D aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp
Lockheed Martin will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the United Kingdom that overcomes sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines. The advanced electronics of Lockheed Martin’s TPS-77 radar mitigate interference, or “clutter,” that commonly obscure radar targets in and around wind farms
Indian Air Force(IAF) has grounded its MiG-27 fleet for checks after one of the swing-wing strike fighters crashed in West Bengal on February 16, according to news published in a leading Indian news paper. Preliminary reports indicate the failure of low-pressure turbine blades, which is not in the realm of day-to-day servicing and maintenance, led to the mishap