The Philippinesâ National Defense Department has purchased eight Bell Helicopter-built choppers under a memorandum of understanding with Canadian Commercial Corp. as the country seeks to modernize its helicopter fleet. Textron‘s Bell Helicopter
MoreSince 1979, the UH-60 Black Hawk has served as the US Army’s primary Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS). After four decades, the Army selected the V-280 Valor helicopter model by Bell
MoreThe U.S. Marine Corps has tested the data transmission capabilities of the Department of Defense’s next-generation satellite communications system for the MQ-25 Stingray aerial refueling drone using the UH-1Y Venom helicopter. During
MoreThe U.S. Navy’s new tiltrotor aircraft for transporting personnel and cargo from shore bases to aircraft carriers achieved initial operational capability on Dec. 14. Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, director of Air Warfare
MoreThe U.S. Army will conduct a completely unmanned test-flight of the Sikorsky-made Black Hawk helicopter’s optionally manned variant in January, Vertical reported Monday. The optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk’s first uncrewed
MoreRyan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, joined senior officials of the military service and industry representatives during a demonstration of a tiltrotor aircraft Textron's Bell subsidiary developed for the branch's Future Vertical Lift program.
MoreNASA has docked its Mars Helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover for the upcoming exploration mission on the red planet. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory attached the twin-rotor, solar-powered helicopter to the rover's belly section,
MoreThe Marine Corps deployed several Osprey aircraft Saturday to escort a presidential flight to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, CNN reported Saturday. Greg Clary writes the MV-22 tilt rotor planes
MoreBoeing Co. and at least three other companies are hoping to to win a contract with the U.S. Army to replace its existing Vietnam-era scout helicopters, according to a Reuters article. Andrea Shalal-Esa
MoreThe Army wants to stage a demonstration next April of armed light helicopters already available, the Army’s top helicopter buyer said Monday. At the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference, Maj.
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