Russian Helicopters M-171A2 Completes First Flight
Russian Helicopters has carried out the maiden flight of its first multi-role M-171A2 helicopter and will deliver it to UTair-Helicopter Services for experimental operation in polar-regions. "It's a brand new machine, with advanced digital technologies on board and entirely different performance characteristics
Chinese Navy Conducts Live-fire Drills from Anti-Submarine Helicopters
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLA Navy) recently tested ship-borne helicopters in live-fire drills in the South China Sea, to verify attacking targets at sea. During the exercise, two helicopters reached target area flying at a low altitude, avoiding radar detection and locked in on the target using radar while...
Leonardo Opens Helicopter Transmission Repair And Overhaul Facility In Australia
Leonardo and the Australian Ministry of Defence have agreed to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne capable of servicing MRH Taipan, foreign NH90 and certain civil helicopter main gear boxes. Planned to be set up into an existing facility of Leonardo and to commence operation in mid-2020,...
Russian Helicopters To Supply Three Ka-32A11BC helicopters To Turkey’s Kaan Air...
Russian Helicopters holding and Turkeys Kaan Air signed an agreement on supply of three Ka-32A11BC helicopters at the Eurasia Airshow in Antalya, Turkey, press service of the Russian company said on Thursday. "According to the document, all the three helicopters will be supplied in 2018
Russian Helicopters VRT500 Light Utility Helicopter Prototype by end-2019
Russian Helicopters, part of Rostec State Corporation, will produce light utility helicopter prototype, VRT500, designed by VR-Technologies design bureau, by the end of 2019. Helicopter rotor system strength tests are now underway
Japan Coast Guard Orders Airbus’ H225 Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has secured an additional order of one H225 helicopter from the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), bringing JCGs H225 fleet to ten units. JCG currently operates three AS332s and five H225s, both from the Super Puma family
Canada to Supply 2 Chinook, 4 Griffon Helicopters to UN Mission in
Canada will supply two CH-147 Chinook transport helicopters for logistical support and medical evacuations and four armed CH-146 Griffon helicopters to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission Mali (MINUSMA). The UN, meanwhile, is expecting that two Chinooks will be available at any given time — which means Canada would need to send more than two to Mali,
Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion To Compete For Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced its German industrialization plan for competing in the German Air Force "Schwerer Transporthubschrauber" (STH) Program with its heavy lift helicopter, the CH-53K King Stallion. Rheinmetall Group, which has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Sikorsky, will lead in-service support for the CH-53K
Leonardo Demos AW159 Wildcat Helicopter To Malaysia’s Armed Forces
Leonardo, with the support of the UKs 847 Naval Air Squadron, presented its AW159 Wildcat helicopter to Malaysias Armed Forces at Royal Malaysian Navy Base Lumut and Leonardo Helicopters facility at Subang Airport, near Kuala Lumpur last week. The two AW159 Wildcatsare part of the French Navys five month amphibious deployment, Exercise Jeanne dArc, to the Middle East, Asia and South Pacific and are embarked on the helicopter assault ship FS Dixmude to provide a battlefield reconnaissance capability to the deployed forces
Philippines Receives First of Three Bell 429 Helicopters
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has received the first of the three twin-engine Bell 429 helicopters. “We will officially commission today a brand new air asset to bolster the operational capability of the PNP in addressing criminality, terrorism, and other police emergencies that require air ground operations,” Outgoing PNP chief Dir
Pakistan Orders More AW139 Twin Engine Helicopters
Leonardo announced Monday that the Government of Pakistan will introduce into service an undisclosed number of additional AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters. The aircraft will be used to perform utility, passenger transport and emergency medical service operations across the nation
Czech Republic to Announce Purchase of 12 Military Helicopters this Summer
The Czech Republics defense ministry announced last week that it will likely issue a tender for 12 army helicopters in the summer. The announcement was made during Defence Minister Karla Slechtovas visit to the 22nd Helicopter Base in Namest nad Oslavou on 9th April
Hensoldt to Provide Radars, Air Traffic Management Systems for Royal Fleet Auxiliary...
Ukraine to Receive Hensoldt TRML-4D Surveillance Radars
Rheinmetall Presents First Heavy Weapons Carrier Prototype to the German Army
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...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1