Story by Senior Airman Serena Smith, 129tg Rescue Wing MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, California.— The U.S. Air Force 129th Rescue Wing is replacing the HH-60G Pave Hawk with six newer HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters. The first two rescue helicopters arrived this month and the wing plans to receive the next four by the Leer másCalifornia Air Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing upgrades to HH-60W[…]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, started its first-ever ground runs on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter equipped with two GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). During this test, the T901 engine demonstrated its capabilities through a series of rigorous procedures. The initial light off and ground runs Leer másSikorsky begins UH-60M Black Hawk ground runs with GE T901 engines[…]
OTTAWA, Canada. May 28, 202 — Smith Myers ARTEMIS has been selected to be integrated on the RCAF CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue Helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project. The Smith Myers’ ARTEMIS Mobile Phone Detection Location System has been chosen to be a key component of the upgrade. The CMLU Project aims to transition Canada’s Leer másSmith Myers ARTEMIS selected for RCAF CH-149 Mid-Life Upgrade[…]
Rome, November 28, 2023 — The Leonardo AW189 is the world’s most successful super-medium class helicopter and grows its presence further in the offshore oil and gas support market and Latin America with an order placed by leading helicopter operator Omni Helicopters International (OHI) for three units, including two AW189s (powered by General Electric engines) Leer másOmni Helicopters International (OHI) signs for 3 Leonardo AW189[…]
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, October 30, 2023: The U.S. Army Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) recently has delivered the first two GE T901 flight test engines for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototypes Bell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Raider X. The Army delivered the new 3,000 shaft horsepower engines to Bell’s 360 Invictus and Leer másBell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Raider X receives first T901 engines[…]
MESA, Ariz., Oct. 11, 2023 – The newest version of the Boeing AH-64E Apache V6.5 successfully first flight with an upgraded capabilities suite as the company continues to modernize the platform. The upgraded E-model Apache, known as Version 6.5, or V6.5, is the next configuration of the world’s premier attack helicopter. “We saw our hard work Leer másEnhanced Boeing AH-64E Apache V6.5 completes first flight[…]
Boeing’s Modernized AH-64 Apache helicopter will provide the U.S. Army with the attack and reconnaissance capabilities it needs to dominate in highly complex and ever-changing ecosystems, with an unmatched lethality and networking, enhanced survivability and increased range and endurance. “Fighting and winning on any battlefield, today and tomorrow.” – This is a common response amongst Leer másModernized AH-64 Apache attack helicopter capabilities[…]
Halifax, N.S., 28 April, 2023 – Leonardo awards a sub-contract to IMP Aerospace & Defence to undertake the upgrade of 13 in-service CH-149 (AW101) Cormorant Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters at its facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This agreement, announced at an event on 27 April, with Canada’s Minister of Defence, the Honorable Anita Anand Leer másLeonardo sub-contract IMP Aerospace for CH-149 upgrade[…]
ATLANTA, March 2023 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype. With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000-pounds, the uncrewed aircraft will serve as a flying test-bed to evaluate large aircraft design, novel propulsion systems and control architectures for sustained hover, and ranges greater Leer másSikorsky Long-Range Hybrid-Electric eVTOL Demonstrator (HEX)[…]
The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded to Leonardo (through Leonardo U.K. Ltd of Yeovil) a $1 billion CAN (€690 million) contract for the CH-149 Cormorant (AW101) Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project for 16 aircraft in total, comprising 13 existing Cormorant Search and Rescue Helicopter (CSH) currently in-service and the augmentation of a further three Leer másLeonardo CH-149 Cormorant helicopter Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU)[…]