The “Multi-Year X” contract for UH-60M Black Hawk and HH-60M MEDEVAC aircraft marks the 10th multiple-year contract for Sikorsky and the US government for H-60 helicopters The US government and…
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin did not identify the type of helicopter or the quantity. The Czech Air Force operates the Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter, which Ukraine possesses…
Initial Operational Capability for the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter was announced by the US Marine Corps (USMC) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) was declared for the CH-53K King Stallion…
‘While the RAH-66 was being perfected, the armed drone came along and did the job of the Comanche better, and cheaper,’ Damien Leimbach, former Avionics Technician at US Air Force…
The US Marine Corps is one of the few military branches that does not employ the Black Hawk helicopter. Why? The amazing Black Hawk multirole helicopter has bravely navigated its…
“These test flights are part of our continuing demonstration of how DEFIANT supports the Army’s missions of massing combat power on the objective area,” Jay Macklin, Director of Business Development,…
The Royal Canadian Air Force has determined that cracks that appeared in the tail booms of its CH-148 fleet were due to local stresses caused by the equipment installed there…
These flights validate Defiant’s relevancy to the Army’s mission, providing agility at the objective (also known as the “X”), and increased survivability, all while reducing pilot workload Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing…
‘Those Japanese choppers hovered all day, just for fun. The kind of fun you only get in the military,’ said Michael Alapaki, a former US Navy enlisted aircrew For a…
The new VH-92A Marine One presidential helicopter isn’t effective “for the contingency operation mission,” a reference to emergency flights. President Joe Biden’s first flight on the VH-92A presidential helicopter, the…