Category: Helicopters

Bell Helicopter has introduced an engine power and cockpit display upgrade package for its evergreen 412EP twin engined helicopter. The upgrade, comprising a 15 per cent power boost to its P&WC PT6T-3BE engines with electronic engine control, and glass cockpit displays common to the new 429 light twin, will be available from 2012 once a

EADS North America has conducted the first flight of its second of three AAS-72X demonstrators at its Grand Prairie facility in Texas. The machine, a derivative of the EC145, is being prepared for the US Army’s Armed Aerial Scout program, and is equipped with a mission equipment package integrated by Lockheed Martin, EADS NA’s partner

The Bell AH-1Z ‘Zulu’ Cobra for the US Marines has been cleared for full rate production by Pentagon Acquisitions head, Ashton Carter. “This is the culmination of a lot of focused hard work by a lot of dedicated professionals,” said Col Harry Hewson, the Marines’ program manager for light and attack helicopter programs. “We spent

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale of 12 Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin MH-60R helicopters and associated parts, equipment and logistical support to Denmark, at a total estimated cost of $US2bn (A$2.06bn). Included in the deal are 27 GE T700-GE-401C engines, communication equipment, support equipment, spare and repair