iscoverBoeing’s Unmanned Little Bird H-6U helicopter successfully performed 14 autonomous takeoffs and landings from a ship during test flights in July in another milestone for robot flight. The tests, conducted from a private ship off the coast of Florida, used a commercial off-the-shelf takeoff-and-landing system combined with Unmanned Little Bird’s automated flight control system. Two
Boeing has been awarded an $18 million US Army contract for Phase II of its Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS) program, designed to improve helicopters’ manoeuvrability and performance. The advanced rotorcraft flight control system, a joint development project between Boeing and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), reduces aircrew workload and overall operating costs,
Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has installed a Helicrew simulator at the Oakey Army Aviation Training Centre. The Helicrew allows BDA Qualified Flying Instructors to further hone and test their training procedures through a variety of simulated situations. Helicrew is designed to replicate the Bell 206B-1 Kiowa, which the Australian Army uses as an initial training
The Army’s fleet of Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters has been cleared to resume training flights after a near six-week grounding over cockpit fumes. The 22-helicopter fleet was grounded on June 26 after one of the aircraft was forced to make a precautionary landing at the Shoalwater Bay training area due to fumes. It was the
Sikorsky has delivered its 500th UH-60M/HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the US Army. First produced in 2007, the latest versions of the long-running Black Hawk program are used by the US Army as utility and medevac aircraft. The 500 aircraft delivered to date are part of a production plan including 1,375 M models to be
Bristow Helicopters has been awarded a contract to supply helicopter services to oil and gas company INPEX as part of the $34 billion LNG project off the coast of Western Australia. The WA company will supply a pair of EC225 helicopters to support pipe laying for the Ichthys Project, which will build a 889km undersea
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