Category: Defence

Sikorsky Aircraft has won a five-year, US$8.5 billion contract to provide 653 H-60 Black Hawk and Seahawk helicopters to the US Army and Navy. The deal is the eighth multi-year production contract signed for the workhorse helicopter program since 1982. Actual production quantities will be set on a year-to-year basis depending on funding allocations. This

Airbus Military has used the Farnborough Airshow in the UK to formally christen its A400M airlifter as the ‘Atlas’, despite having to withdraw the plane from a planned flight demonstration at the show due to renewed engine problems. “We are sure that the aircraft will be a cornerstone of the air transport capabilities of the

Plans by Airbus Military to include the A400M transport in the flying display at next week’s Farnborough Air Show appear to have been dashed, with reports that ongoing engine will relegate it to a static display only. According to a Reuters report citing an unnamed industry source, the first production A400M which was to have

Two ex-US Army CH-47D Chinook helicopters have been handed over to the ADF in Townsville. The two helicopters were approved for purchase last year following the loss of an Army Chinook in Afghanistan in May last year, and will help the Army to manage its training and operational support programs and continue its operations in