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Publications :: Helicopter News
Displaying 1 - 20 of 146 stories.
July 23, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt Boeing's [BA] AH-64 Apache helicopter program has implemented the use of chromium-free primer on the helicopter as part of the company's strategic decision to pioneer environmentally progressive products and services, according to company...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3401.html July 22, 2008
The Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper flew its first operational mission over Iraq recently, the service said in a statement released from Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-built Reaper, also known as Predator B, became...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3382.html July 22, 2008
MESA, Ariz.--A Boeing [BA] A160 Hummingbird vertical take-off unmanned aerial system will be part of a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move event later this year at Ft. Dix, N.J....http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3383.html July 22, 2008
FARNBOROUGH, England--Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) giant General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently said it entered a teaming relationship with the United Kingdom segment of Cobham on a whole-life support package for GA-ASI products such...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3384.html July 22, 2008
MESA, Ariz.--More than 300 Army leaders, suppliers and company personnel turned out on the flight line July 9 to see Boeing's [BA] AH-64D Apache Block III on it's first flight--with Apache Master Pilot Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody in the...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3385.html July 22, 2008
The Army recently said its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program has exceeded its $6.2 billion budget estimate by over 40 percent, triggering a mandatory Defense Department review of the effort. The Army notified Congress of the overrun on Tuesday...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3386.html July 22, 2008
General Dynamics [GD] has successfully demonstrated a ground-based defense system against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that was originally developed to defeat Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) that could threat military and civilian aircraft. The...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3387.html July 18, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt MESA, Ariz.--A Boeing [BA] A160 Hummingbird vertical take-off unmanned aerial system will be part of a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move event later this year at Ft...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3349.html July 16, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt MESA, Ariz.--More than 300 Army leaders, suppliers and company personnel turned out on the flight line July 9 to see Boeing's [BA] AH-64D Apache Block III on it's first flight--with Apache Master Pilot Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3313.html July 16, 2008
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced July 14 the Pathfinder flight team set up operations at Felker Army Airfield, Fort Eustis, Va., this week in preparation for the system's developmental and limited-user evaluation by the Army Aviation Applied Technology...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3315.html July 10, 2008
By Marina Malenic The Army said yesterday that its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program has exceeded its $6.2 billion budget estimate by over 40 percent, triggering a mandatory Defense Department review of the effort. The Army notified Congress of...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3266.html July 8, 2008
AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] recently said the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) for its Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) requirement under a contract with a potential total of $200...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3219.html July 8, 2008
General Dynamics [GD] has successfully demonstrated a ground-based defense system against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that was originally developed to defeat Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) that could threat military and civilian aircraft. The...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3257.html July 8, 2008
MESA, Ariz.--Boeing [BA] and Canada's Skyhook International this week announced a teaming agreement to develop the Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL)-40, a new commercial heavy lift airship aimed at transporting equipment and materials in remote areas. The helium-filled...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3258.html July 8, 2008
Army and Air Force brass met this week to start developing a common concept of operations (CONOPS) for unmanned aircraft used in joint operations across the full spectrum of conflict. The meeting at Langley AFB, Va., follows an agreement the two services...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3259.html July 8, 2008
No new funds will be requested to accelerate the Army's approximately $160 billion Future Combat System (FCS), service leaders said yesterday while detailing plans to accelerate the first mature technologies and equipment to the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3260.html June 24, 2008
The Navy's effort to develop an aircraft carrier based unmanned combat aircraft system (UCAS) is absolutely critical to the service, but the Navy must demonstrate that the system can be safely integrated onto a ship and it must have the support of congress...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3087.html June 24, 2008
Sikorsky [UTX] June 11 delivered the 30th UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the Army for the 4-101 Assault Battalion, making it the First Unit Equipped (FUE) with the aircraft. The new aircraft provide the Army with many enhancements critical to supporting its...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3088.html June 24, 2008
Boeing [BA], in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu Inc., achieved a major milestone in May with the real-time processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data aboard a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped with a standard inertially stabilized electro-optical...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3089.html June 24, 2008
Rockwell Collins [COL] announced June 24 it has been awarded the sixth phase of the Mission Command Trainer (MCT) upgrade of the United Kingdom Army's Aviation Command and Tactics Trainer (ACTT). Valued at $5.5 million, this phase of the program includes 60...http://defensedaily.com/publications/hn/3090.html
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