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DELIVERY OF THE FIRST ITALIAN NH90 TTH IN F.O.C CONFIGURATION

NH90 TTH delivery ItalyNHI is announce the delivery of the first NH90 TTH in FOC (Final Operational Capability) configuration for the Italian Army. This event took place during an official ceremony held at the AgustaWestland’s Venice Tessera plant today in the presence of… Continue reading

EADS North America delivers 250th on-time, on-budget UH-72A Lakota helicopter to U.S. Army

Eurocopter-Kawasaki-UH-72A-Lakota-EC-145-09-72105The U.S. Army has fielded the 250th UH-72A Lakota helicopter delivered to Army and National Guard units by EADS North America since 2006. Every Lakota – including an additional five produced for the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School – has… Continue reading

Colombian Army Contracts for Two Additional S-70i™ BLACK HAWK Helicopters

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Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. announced today at the LAAD Defence & Security International Exhibition that the Colombian Army has contracted to buy two additional S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters. The two aircraft will augment five S-70i helicopters… Continue reading

Colombian Army Takes Delivery of Five S-70i™ BLACK HAWK Helicopters

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The Colombian Army has formally inducted five new Sikorsky S-70i multi-mission helicopters into its fleet of BLACK HAWK aircraft. Colombia is the first South American country to buy the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter variant from Sikorsky Aircraft,… Continue reading

Sikorsky, Boeing Propose X2™ Technology Helicopter Design for US Army’s Joint Multi-Role Future Vertical Lift Requirements

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., and Boeing will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft — based on Sikorsky’s X2™ Technology rotorcraft design — for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD)… Continue reading

Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays

gentex-hgu-56p-soar-l-5mjsRaytheon/Thales

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems… Continue reading

Indian Army gets its first indigenously-made Rudra attack helicopter

HAL Rudra
BANGALORE: The first indigenously-developed weaponised helicopter ‘Rudra’ was on Friday handed over to the  Army which has successfully raised an attack chopper fleet on its own. This is the first of the 60 armed helicopters provided to the Army by… Continue reading

Airbus keen to sell army planes to India

IMGP7733 CASA C-295M 012 Polish AFREUTERS

* Awaits chance to market C295 tactical airlifter

* Sees final aerial tanker deal with India this year

* A400M to be delivered to France in May-June

By A. Ananthalakshmi

Europe’s Airbus wants to sell its C295 military transport… Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Receives $755 Million Contract for Production of PAC-3 Missiles

patriot PAC-3Lockheed Martin received a contract totaling $755 million from the
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment program.

The contract includes Fiscal Year 2013 (FY‘13) missile and… Continue reading

Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird for Republic of Korea Army

- Affordable pilotless technology could expand ROKA MD 500 helicopters’ mission capabilities
- Korean Air Aerospace Division supports demonstration flight

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) MD 500 helicopterNONSAN, South Korea, Dec. 13, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated… Continue reading

Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin helicopters enter service with the Bangladesh Army

The Bangladesh Army has marked its formal service introduction of two new Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin helicopters, which will be deployed on United Nations humanitarian missions and operated in multi-role transport duties for the republic.

Supplied through the Eurocopter South… Continue reading

Pratt & Whitney to Develop Advanced Variable Speed Turbine for Army Rotorcraft

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to research and develop an Advanced Variable-Speed Power Turbine (AVSPOT) to meet the range and lift requirements for current and… Continue reading