U.S. Army expands CH-47F Block II Chinook fleet to boost lift and range
The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $135 million contract for three additional CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters, as part of its modernisation strategy...
U.S. Armed Forces to celebrate UK & USA partnership with increased presence at Farnborough International Airshow 2024
The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Army will significantly increase their presence at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, celebrating the strong partnership between the...
Boeing delivers first CH-47F Block II Chinook to U.S. Army
Boeing has delivered the first CH-47F Block II Chinook to the U.S. Army, marking a significant step in the Army's fleet modernisation. The delivery...
U.S. Army contracts Bombardier for HADES prototyping with Global 6500 aircraft
The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal, in collaboration with the Army Fixed Wing Project Office, awarded Bombardier Defense (Learjet, Inc.) a firm-fixed-price contract on...
Boeing gets contract from U.S. Army for 6 MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters
Boeing has secured a contract from the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) for the production of six MH-47G Block II helicopters, valued...
United States Army grounds Osprey V-22 helicopter fleet after fatal Yakushima crash
In the aftermath of the tragic crash off the coast of Yakushima, Japan, where eight members of the Air Force Special Operations Command lost...
Textron Aviation receives U.S. Army contract for 3 Beechcraft King Air turboprops
Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, to provide Cessna SkyCourier, Cessna Grand Caravan EX,...
Successful first flight of enhanced AH-64E Apache helicopter Version 6.5
Boeing has successfully conducted the first flight of the enhanced AH-64E Apache Version 6.5 (V6.5), marking a significant milestone in the platform's modernisation efforts....
US Army suspends non-essential flights for 24 hours after the crash of four helicopters
After the crash of four helicopters leaving twelve dead in one month, the US Army decided on Friday to ground its aircraft for 24...
Three dead in the mid-air collision between two Apache helicopters in Alaska
Three US soldiers have been killed and one injured in a mid-air collision between two attack helicopters returning from a training exercise in Alaska,...
Crash of two U.S. Army HH60 Blackhawk helicopters in Kentucky leaves nine fatalities
On 29 March at 22:00 (local time), two U.S. Army HH60 Blackhawk helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky during a routine training mission. The...
Boeing to produce 184 Apache helicopters for U.S. Army & international customers
Boeing will build E-model AH-64s for the U.S. Army and international operators
Australia is the 18th nation to select Apaches as their attack...
U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters achieve 5 million flight hours
Five million hours equates to flying an AH-64 nonstop for more than 208,333 days
The Apache continues to prove its reliability and versatility...
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and Boeing protest U.S. Army’s future long-range assault aircraft decision
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, filed a formal protest today asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the U.S. Army’s decision on...
Pilot ejects from bouncing Lockheed-Martin F-35 fighter jet
A United States military pilot tried to land vertically (STOL - short take-off or landing) with his fighter jet in Texas, United States but...
[Pics] Boeing delivers 20th CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Boeing delivered the 20th CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), concluding the country’s latest fleet update.
“Our continuing partnership with the Royal Netherlands...
U.S. Army orders additional enhanced CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters
Modernisation continues with Block II technologies and enhanced design
Six CH-47F Block IIs now under contract with first slated for Fiscal Year 2024
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Sikorsky-Boeing selects Honeywell engine to power new DEFIANT X® assault helicopter
HTS7500 turboshaft engine offers U.S. Army transformational capability as part of Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft programme
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing today announced...
Airbus Helicopters UH-72 Lakota fleet surpasses one million flight hours with U.S. Army, Navy and National Guard units
The Airbus Helicopters UH-72 Lakota fleet has exceeded the 1 million flight-hour mark, some 15 years after the first Lakota UH-72A entered service for...
Airbus delivers first UH-72B Lakota helicopter to the U.S. Army National Guard
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has delivered the first UH-72B, the latest variant of its Lakota helicopter, to the U.S. Army National Guard from its production...