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US Navy chooses Leonardo’s italian TH-73 as the new training helicopter

Leonardo awarded a 176.472.608 USD contract for 32 TH-73A helicopters by U.S. Department of Defense

Leonardo, through AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at USD 176,472,608 for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A helicopters, initial spares, support and ... Read More...

New HH-60W combat rescue helicopter enters anechoic chamber for defense systems testing at J-PRIMES facility Eglin AFB

The US Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter hung suspended in a soundproof anechoic chamber for defense system testing here last month. The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter we... Read More...

MD Helicopters delivers new advanced capabilities to its MD 530G Block II Scout Attack Helicopter

MD Helicopters, Inc. (announces a strategic teaming agreement with Elbit Systems Ltd (ESL) to deliver next-generation weapons and mission management capabilities to its MD 530G Block II (BII) Scout Attack Helic... Read More...

US Air Force Global Strike Command establishes new detachment for MH-139 testing

Air Force Global Strike Command will stand up Detachment 7 later this month at Duke Field, Florida, to support testing and evaluation of the command’s new MH-139A helicopter. The MH-139A is the first service... Read More...

Airbus Helicopters delivers first NH-90 Sea Lion to the German Armed Forces (Navy)

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH-90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), with a further two t... Read More...

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Airbus H125 helicopters enter Austrian Ministry of Interior service

Austria’s Ministry of the Interior (BMI - Bundesministerium für Inneres) has formally introduced into service two Airbus H125 helicopters extensively equipped for law enforcement and rescue missions. The aircra... Read More...

Sikorsky RAIDER X™ a nextgen light-attack reconnaissance helicopter based on its X2 technology

RAIDER X as the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

Sikorsky introduced RAIDER X™, its concept for an agile, lethal and survivable compound coaxial helicopter, specifically designed for securing vertical lift dominance against evolving peer and near-peer threats... Read More...

Flight testing begins for the first H225Ms for Kuwait

The first H225Ms to be delivered to Kuwait later this year have started flight testing. Kuwait ordered 30 of the long-range multi-role H225Ms in August 2016. They will be operated by the Kuwait Air Force and th... Read More...

First aircraft lands on new UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales

A Merlin helicopter was guided safely into land on the expansive deck

The first aircraft touched down on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off the Scottish coast. Not 24 hours after the second of the UK’s new aircraft carriers sailed into open waters for the first time, a Merlin he... Read More...

Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter approved to enter production

USAF program of record calls for 113 helicopters

Lockheed Martin has announced the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program achieved a Milestone C decision from the U.S. Air Force, which moves the program into low rate initial production. The Co... Read More...

Leonardo displays the AW149 helicopter at the DSEI 2019 exhibition in London

Leonardo proposes the AW149 on the international market to operators who are considering replacing their now obsolete fleets of multi-role helicopters

At the DSEI 2019 exhibition, Leonardo displays its latest-generation medium-lift AW149 helicopter. The modern, reliable and cost-effective aircraft is rapidly configurable to meet a wide range of military missi... Read More...

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Airbus delivers 1000th Super Puma helicopter to the German Federal Police

The Bundespolizei is one of the largest Super Puma operators in the world

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 1,000th Super Puma helicopter: a twin-engine multi-role H215 assembled in Marignane, France, and handed over to the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) to support the Germ... Read More...

First 13 pilots to complete their training within the Rotary Wing UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)

A modern fleet of 29 Juno (H135) and 3 Jupiter (H145) helicopters

On 23 August 2019, a total of 22 tri-Service aircrew graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury. The parade celebrated both the graduation of the first 13 pilots to complete thei... Read More...

Leonardo TH-119 helicopter obtains FAA IFR certification

The best solution for U.S. Navy training

Leonardo announced that its TH-119 helicopter received IFR supplemental type certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The TH-119 is the only single engine helicopter in decades to meet curren... Read More...

Leonardo: 380 mln EUR contract for helicopters AW101 with the Polish Ministry of National Defense

Four AW101s and a comprehensive integrated logistics and training package

Leonardo announced today that it has signed a contract valued at approximately 380 mln EUR (1.65 bn PLN) that will significantly enhance the Polish Navy’s helicopter capability. Through its fully owned Polish c... Read More...

Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters ready for flight test

Two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH), built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, are preparing for their maiden flights, which will occur before mid-year at the Sikorsky West Palm Beach... Read More...

Boeing to modernize entire spanish Chinook helicopter fleet from D to F-model

Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanc... Read More...

The Black Hawk helicopter celebrates 40 years of service

The UH-60 Black Hawk has been the Army's front line utility helicopter for the past 40 years, and it shows no signs of letting up. Now in its fourth decade of service, the Black Hawk was developed as a result o... Read More...

The Italian helicopter of Leonardo MH-139 chosen by the US Air Force

An Italian success story that announced today by Leonardo. The United States Air Force selected the MH-139, based on the Leonardo AW139 and offered by Boeing as prime contractor, to replace its fleet of UH-1N “... Read More...

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RAF Chinook helicopters support French counter-terrorism operations in Mali

Three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF Odiham, supported by around 90 British personnel are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali. The helicopters, ... Read More...