Amarillo, Texas. August, 2026. – Bell Textron Inc. has announced an estimated $300 million, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive, and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Department of Navy. This base plus three option years contract provides the Structural…
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, Md. — The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, under the direction of H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office (PMA-261), achieved a major milestone by successfully lifting another CH-53K aircraft.…
Amarillo, Texas. – The first two Bell H-1 helicopters (an AH-1Z and a UH-1Y) have received complete upgrades to their structure and power delivery mechanisms under the Marine Corps‘ SPINE program. The program was recently…
Story by Belinda Bazinet, U.S. Army U.S. Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopter recently demonstrated its ability to counter-UAS. The Apache V6 rotorcraft detect, track, and defeat the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) during Operation Flyswatter, a…
Bangkok, Thailand. November 11, 2025. – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the successful refurbishment, upgrade and delivery of a Bell 212 helicopter to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). The comprehensive upgrade program…
PHILADELPHIA, October 13, 2025 — Boeing and Leonardo are collaborating to pursue the United States Army Flight School Next contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) service contract. The partnership combines Boeing’s operational experience with Army rotary-wing training, and…
STRATFORD, Conn. August 20, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced a new U.S. Army contract that will fund Black Hawk helicopter modernization engineering efforts. The initial $43 million contract award will focus on foundational…
Marignane, France, 24 July 2025 – Airbus Helicopters has started flight-test campaign to its H160M Guépard. This militarised version of its H160 is being developed for the French Armed Forces as part of the Joint…
Paris, France, 18 June 2025 – Airbus Helicopters and Leonardo are joining forces to carry out an architecture study to define the basis of the NH90 long-term evolution, known as Block 2, responding to a…
Paris, France, 18 June 2025 – Singapore’s DSTA (Defence Science and Technology Agency) has signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters on HTeaming (crewed-uncrewed teaming system) capabilities with the H225M Medium Lift helicopter operated by the…