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Defence Helicopter
SAIC awarded $12 million delivery order to develop US Army aviation crew member simulators
16th February 2010
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that it was awarded a delivery order by the US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and …
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Defence Helicopter
'Heavy Haulers' Transfers Authority to 'Wolfpack' in Afghanistan
15th February 2010
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 "Heavy Haulers" transferred control of air support for Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, to HMH-466 "Wolfpack" during a …
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Defence Helicopter
Flying above Afghanistan
12th February 2010
The environment of Afghanistan, with its talcum powder dust everywhere, is not very forgiving. Flying there is described, at times, like flying inside a brown …
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Defence Helicopter
SAIC awarded $12 million delivery order to develop US Army Aviation Crew Member Simulators
11th February 2010
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that it was awarded a delivery order by the US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and …
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Defence Helicopter
Northrop Grumman begins full rate production of US Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System for Heavy Lift Helicopter fleets
10th February 2010
The Department of the Navy's CH-53E heavy lift helicopter fleet will continue to receive new Northrop Grumman Corporation-designed, built and tested Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter celebrates maiden flight of CH-53GA right on schedule
10th February 2010
The CH-53GA medium-lift military transport helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight over the Bavarian town of Donauwörth today before an admiring crowd of approximately 150 …
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Defence Helicopter
Low-flying helicopters cause only limited stress in dairy goats
5th February 2010
Goats do not experience significant stress from a flying helicopter according to the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR). According to the NLR, Goats experience a …
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Defence Helicopter
Aviation assets provide capability, flexibility for 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Haiti
5th February 2010
Local Haitians look up to the sky while a thundering sound grows louder as a Marine helicopter appears over top a field of palm trees …
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Defence Helicopter
Canadian Air Force ready for Olympic challenge
4th February 2010
Securing the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a daunting assignment, one that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, supported by the Canadian Forces and …
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing Helicopter Support program to provide lift for Canadian industry
4th February 2010
At a supplier conference in Ottawa, Boeing outlined its proposed subcontracting plan for in-service support (ISS) of 15 Boeing CH-47 Chinook Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopters (MHLH), …
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Military Logistics
Marine West : DoD expands applications for Mobile Single Pallet Unit
29th January 2010
With the traditional US Marine Corps emphasis on ‘expeditionary’ capabilities, it was hardly surprising that Mobile Medical International Corporation (MMIC) used Marine West to highlight …
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Defence Helicopter
US Navy aircraft carrier playing major role in Haiti relief efforts
25th January 2010
USS Carl Vinson is playing a pivotal role for operations in support of relief efforts in eathquake-striken Haiti. "The people that come on here have …
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky unveils $20 million CH-53K helicopter Precision Components Technology Center
25th January 2010
Sikorsky Aircraft has formally opened its new Precision Components Technology Center, launching a new path toward strategic competitive excellence beginning with the manufacture of CH-53K …
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Defence Helicopter
Osprey's provide MEUs with a new tool for humanitarian aid missions
22nd January 2010
When calamity strikes and only a trail of desolation remains, no other Marine Air Ground Task Force is better prepared to support a full spectrum …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Unmanned aircraft changing Soldiers' battlefield perspective
14th January 2010
Soldiers need the tactical advantages their unmanned aircraft systems provide to be integrated into their units, so they aren't forced to endure lengthy approval chains …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy-lift Helicopter STH [Germany]
Programme Background The German government issued a tender in March 2019 for the procurement of heavy-lift helicopters under the Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, 60 units are ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy Lift Helicopter [Philippines]
Programme Background Procurement from Russia In November 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that a contract had been signed to acquire 16 Mi-171 heavy ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47J [Japan]
Programme Background Kawasaki Heavy Industries secured a 71.4 billion yen ($460 million) contract to provide the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) with five CH-47J helicopters. ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
H-47ER Chinook [UK]
Programme Background 2021 FMS Announcement In October 2018, the US State Department approved a $3.5 billion FMS of 16 CH-47 Chinooks fitted with extended-range fuel tanks ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47F Chinook
As the Army's only heavy-lift helicopter, the CH-47F Improved Cargo helicopter is an essential component of the Army's Multi-Domain Battle framework. The CH-47F and MH-47G ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47F Chinook (Singapore)
Programme Background In July 2020, photos have emerged on the internet of the first Boeing CH-47F Chinook destined for the Republic of Singapore Air Force ...
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Special operations vehicles
UAE Presidential Guard Special Operations Vehicles
The new platform selected by the UAE Presidential Guard must be capable of operating in the UAE's desert terrain and should be able to fit ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
MH-47 Chinook
The US DoD report, Enhancing Security and Stability In Afghanistan, published in December 2019 doesn't disclose the number of Chinook platforms but media sources suggest ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Thailand CH-47D Replacement
The RTA divested its six Boeing CH-47D Chinooks after failing to sell the 25-year-old aircraft on the second-hand market. Thailand found Chinook maintenance costs were ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47JA [Japan]
Programme Background Kawasaki Heavy Industries received an order from the Japanese government for 12 CH-47JA helicopters for the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The CH-47JA is ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-53K (Israel)
Programme Background The Israeli Air Force (IAF) plans to buy around 18 heavy-lift helicopters to form a squadron that replaces its current CH-53 Yasur helicopters that ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-53K - Options (Israel)
Programme Background The Israeli Air Force (IAF) plans to buy around 18 heavy-lift helicopters to form a squadron that replaces its current CH-53 Yasur helicopters that ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy Lift Helicopter II [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirement The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) operates 43 CH-47D Chinook helicopters, most of which are over 30 years old and in need ...
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Special operations vehicles
UKSF Project Westerly HMT400 Replacement [UK]
Programme Background The new special operations forces vehicle selected under Project Westerly looks set to either replace or supplement the HMT 400 4x4 vehicle. At ...
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Special operations vehicles
Neton VLOE
Programme Background The VLOE will replace several variants of the VLOE Lathar (a SOF vehicles based on the Nissan Patrol ML-6 COTS chassis) currently in ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Self-propelled rocket launchers
C-Lynx
Unveiled in May 2017, the C-Lynx is a light weight multiple rocket launcher developed for use with the 122mm ACCULAR rocket, the latest member of ...
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Air: Integrated Defensive Systems
All-in-Small
All-in-Small is an SPS designed for use in military and commercial fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The integrated EW suite comprises an EW controller, a digital ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
LSMP
US Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command selected Rockwell Collins to perform the LIFT Simulator Modernization Program (LSMP) delivery order under the STRI Omnibus Contract. ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47F/MH-47G Chinook
The CH-47F is the current production model of Boeing's CH-47. Initially fielded in 2007, the F model provides increased situational awareness through the Common Avionics ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
UK MSHATF
The Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) opened for training at RAF Benson, England in July 1999. It provides training services to personnel from ...
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Infrastructure - shelters/accommodation
Workshops
Marshall offers a range of integrated, shelter-based workshops. These include several systems now in UK service: the Deployable Machine Shop fitted with the tools needed ...
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Helicopter engines
T55
The T55-GA-714A is a turboshaft in the 13kg/s airflow size class. Honeywell has produced more than 6,000 T55-series engines for military and civil use, and ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47D
The CH-47D Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift transport helicopter that emerged from a US Army contract placed in 1976 to remanufacture the CH-47A/B/C. The ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Pod
Universal DIRCM Pod
Terma provides universal pods for Directed IR Countermeasures (DIRCM) installations as a role-fit solution for a range of fixed- and rotary-wing platforms. The pods house ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Pars 4x4
The Pars 4x4 is an amphibious 4x4 developed by FNSS to meet the Turkish Land Forces' requirement for a wheeled antitank vehicle. It has a ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems
Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS)
Developed by Collins Aerospace, the Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) is based on the Flight2 open system architecture design and includes an advanced hardware, software ...
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Special operations vehicles
Rapid Intervention Vehicle
At the February 2017 IDEX exhibition, Nimr formally unveiled its 4x4 Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV), which it is offering to meet a UAE requirement for ...
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Infrastructure - shelters/accommodation
EFASS 25m Hangar
The 25m span hangar is the largest in Rubb's Expeditionary Forces Aircraft Shelter System (EFASS) and is designed to accommodate a CH-47 Chinook helicopter without ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
NCM3
The Non-Rated Crewmember Manned Module (NCM3) is the first integrated crewmember virtual simulator for the rear portion of the CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Mungo
KMW developed the Mungo family to meet a requirement from the German Army for a protected multipurpose air-portable vehicle that could be carried by a ...
