Royal Thai Army Will Have Six AW-139 Helicopters
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Army sources said The Royal Thai Army has decided to supply 6 AW139 helicopter under budget 2,800 million baht, which is stationed in the center of Army Aviation missions in support of the task of the First-Fourth Army Region Commando. Plan to supply helicopters was made after the accident in November of 2014, the Bell […]
Boeing: Five C-17As Still for Sale
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Boeing said it still had five C-17A Globemaster transports for sale following confirmation that the Royal Australian Air Force would take another two. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced April 10 the purchase of the two strategic airlifters at RAAF Base Amberley, southwest of Brisbane. The two aircraft will bring the total number of C-17s […]
Russia to Export Its Ptero-Class Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Russia is set to supply its Ptero-G0 unmanned aircraft systems not only to the Russian law enforcement agencies, but to its foreign partners, AFM-Servers, the developer and producer of the systems said on Wednesday. Russia is planning to export its Ptero-G0 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), according to the Director General of the developing and producing […]
France will deliver single-engine helicopters H125 for Ukraine
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France will deliver single-engine helicopters H125 for Ukraine, reported military-informant.com. Was signed protocol with the company Airbus Helicopters SAS for the supply of single-engine helicopters H125 in the interests of law enforcement agencies in Ukraine. The H125 (previously named the AS350 B3e) outclasses all other single-engine helicopters for performance, versatility, safety, low maintenance, and low […]
Navy Conducts Successful Test of Aerial Refueling with X-47B, UCAS-D Program Ending
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The Navy successfully tested autonomous aerial refueling for the first time with its Northrop Grumman X-47B test unmanned aerial vehicle on Wednesday, marking the end of the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D) program, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) told USNI News shortly after the aircraft landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. […]
Indonesian Army UH-1D helicopter crash landed
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A Bell helicopter owned by the Indonesian Military (TNI) crashed onto a runway at Ahmad Yani Army Airbase in Semarang, Central Java, at around 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday. The helicopter from the Army Flight Training Center was being used for emergency procedure training. The aircraft suffered some damage but nobody was hurt. “The student pilot […]
S. Korea, Peru vow to cooperate in trainer jet project
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President Park Geun-hye and her Peruvian counterpart, Ollanta Humala, vowed Monday to continue to cooperate in Peru’s advanced trainer jet project, a move that could raise the prospects of a South Korean defense firm winning a lucrative deal. The move “is designed to further expand mutual cooperation in high-tech aviation technology,” Park said in a […]
KAI and Airbus Wins Helicopter Deal in South Korea
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South Korea’s defense acquisition agency has struck a deal with Korea Aerospace Industries, the country’s sole aircraft maker, to develop home-built military and civilian helicopters by 2022, officials said Wednesday. With the deal worth 1.64 trillion won ($1.49 billion), Seoul seeks to develop the “Light Armored Helicopter” to replace aging 500MD and AH-1S military choppers, […]
Helicopters Airbus wins mega contract in Poland
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Warsaw selected the EC725 Caracal Airbus Helicopters at the expense of the American Sikorsky helicopter. A contract of 2.5 billion euros. The subsidiary of Airbus, the contract of 2015 or … of the decade. As part of its tender estimated at around 2.5 billion euros for the choice of multi-role helicopter that will equip the […]
Iran Rolls Out New Programmable Drone
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Iran unveiled a new home-made programmable drone as part of its Army day celebrations on Saturday, local media reported. “Basir is a self-control drone that moves according to the flight plan in the specified routes and land in the same take-off point after ending its mission,” an official of the Northwestern city of Zanjan’s 216 […]