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HMM-265 redesignated, awaits Ospreys

HMM-265 redesignated, awaits Ospreys

14-Sep-2012Source: US Marine Corps

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 held a redesignation ceremony here Sept. 7. HMM-265, part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, became Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) in preparation to receive its first MV-22B Ospreys, currently located at MCAS Iwakuni. “Since the activation of the squadron almost 50... Read more

Boeing’s Ridley plant evacuated after 9/11 bomb threat

Boeing’s Ridley plant evacuated after 9/11 bomb threat

13-Sep-2012Source: Delaware County News

Boeing spokesman Damien Mills said as many as 500 employees at the facility were evacuated between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after an employee found a threatening note left in a restroom inside the plant’s main building. (see full story)... Read more

Cobham to supply OBIGGS Inerting Units for US Army Apache in $15M contract

Cobham to supply OBIGGS Inerting Units for US Army Apache in $15M contract

10-Sep-2012Source: Cobham

Cobham has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at some $15 million to supply On-Board Inert Gas Generating System (OBIGGS) Nitrogen Inert Units for US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters. Cobham is providing a new configuration of Nitrogen Inert Unit (NIU) that will increase safety, improve supportability, and extend sustainment for... Read more

Research Report – World’s 5 Leading Helicopter Manufacturers

Research Report – World’s 5 Leading Helicopter Manufacturers

4-Sep-2012Source: Research and Markets

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6h46ws/worlds_5_leading) has announced the addition of the “World’s 5 Leading Helicopter Manufacturers – Strategic Initiatives, Developments & Focus – Q1-Q3 2012 – Eurocopter, Bell, AgustaWestland, Sikorsky, Boeing” report to their offering. This report will be useful for… Comprehensive Strategic & Competitive Assessment of these 5 Key Industry Players Identification & Analysis of Imminent Market Opportunities... Read more

LIbya seeks ex-US Army Chinooks

LIbya seeks ex-US Army Chinooks

3-Sep-2012Source: Forecast International

The Libyan government is interesting in acquiring used United States Army Chinook helicopters, according to Boeing. Boeing, the manufacturer of the Chinook, is in discussions with the State Department about providing used Army CH-47E helicopters to Tripoli, according to Raymond Haddad, Boeing’s head of Chinook sustainment. This announcement was made on August 28 during a... Read more

SPX Precision Corp awarded $21M for AH-64 rotor assembly work

SPX Precision Corp awarded $21M for AH-64 rotor assembly work

3-Sep-2012Source: US DoD

SPX Precision Corp., Newington, Conn., was awarded (SPRRA1-12-D-0132).  The award is a firm fixed price, sole source contract with a maximum $11,970,966 for main rotor support masts.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using military service is Army.  There was one solicitation with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Army Working Capital... Read more

Timken awarded $16M for AH-64 tail rotor gearboxes

Timken awarded $16M for AH-64 tail rotor gearboxes

3-Sep-2012Source: US DoD

Timken Aerospace Transmissions, LLC, Manchester, Conn., was awarded (SPRRA1-12-D-0120).  The award is a firm fixed price contract with a maximum $16,908,371 for tail rotor gearboxes.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using military service is Army.  There were two solicitations with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Army Working Capital Funds.  The... Read more

Boeing-built US Army Apache fleet exceeds 3,500,000 flight hours

Boeing-built US Army Apache fleet exceeds 3,500,000 flight hours

29-Aug-2012Source: Boeing

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Team Apache suppliers worldwide are applauding the news that the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has surpassed 3.5 million flight hours. The Army’s aviation program office said that the milestone of endurance and reliability was reached in June as Apache crews flew combat missions in Afghanistan, participated in exercises in... Read more

V-22 supports USS Harry S Truman flight deck certification

V-22 supports USS Harry S Truman flight deck certification

28-Aug-2012Source: US Navy

When a V-22 Osprey from Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22 landed for the first time on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on July 19, it highlighted another in a series of firsts for the unique tilt-rotor aircraft that has become an integral part of the U.S. naval forces. And although... Read more

28-Aug-12 Boeing CH-47 Afghanistan

28-Aug-12 Boeing CH-47 Afghanistan

28-Aug-2012

Attempting to land in the regional command-east section of Afghanistan when the “non-hostile incident” occurred.... Read more

28-Aug-12 Boeing AH-64D Netanya, Israel

28-Aug-12 Boeing AH-64D Netanya, Israel

28-Aug-2012

Emergency landing after pilot had indication of system malfunction... Read more

US Army extends Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program with LockMart

US Army extends Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program with LockMart

22-Aug-2012Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $64 million contract from the U.S. Army to extend the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) Technology Development program. The 27-month extended Technology Development program will include design, test and demonstration phases for the JAGM guidance section. The JAGM guidance section includes the seeker, dome and housing. “Lockheed Martin’s JAGM guidance... Read more

Boeing awarded $37M for Chinook rotor blade tooling

Boeing awarded $37M for Chinook rotor blade tooling

17-Aug-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded a $37,243,348 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the engineering services in support of the Advanced Chinook rotor blade tooling.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one... Read more

Boeing awarded $81M for foreign military CH-47F sale

Boeing awarded $81M for foreign military CH-47F sale

17-Aug-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded an $81,107,666 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure CH-47F aircraft in support of foreign military sales.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of June 15, 2015.  The bid was solicited through... Read more

Boeing receives US Army contract to test Advanced Rotorcraft Flight Control System

Boeing receives US Army contract to test Advanced Rotorcraft Flight Control System

14-Aug-2012Source: Boeing

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will continue developing a technology that improves helicopters’ maneuverability and performance, through an $18 million U.S. Army contract for Phase II of the Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS) program. The advanced rotorcraft flight control system, a joint development project between Boeing and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD)*, reduces aircrew workload... Read more

Barnhart-Balfour Beatty awarded $35M contract for MV-22 hangar at MCAS Camp Pendleton

Barnhart-Balfour Beatty awarded $35M contract for MV-22 hangar at MCAS Camp Pendleton

30-Jul-2012Source: US DoD

Barnhart-Balfour Beatty, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded firm-fixed-price task order 0004 at $35,497,794 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-10-D-5407) for the replacement of an existing double hangar.  This consists of the demolition of the existing hangar and construction of a new two bay hangar to accommodate MV-22 aircraft with adequate... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $22M modification to V-22 comms contract

Bell-Boeing awarded $22M modification to V-22 comms contract

30-Jul-2012Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $22,222,411 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0025) for non-recurring engineering efforts for the beyond line of sight communications system associated with the CV-22 aircraft Block 20 Upgrade Program.  Efforts to be provided include engineering design, integration and testing of an improved Air Force... Read more

MV-22 Osprey arrives in MCAS Iwakuni

MV-22 Osprey arrives in MCAS Iwakuni

24-Jul-2012Source: US Marine Corps

Twelve MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were off-loaded from a civilian cargo ship at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 23. This marks the first deployment of the MV-22 to Japan. The aircraft will be stationed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, as part of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (HMM-265). MCAS... Read more

US Army ‘retires’ last A model Apache

US Army ‘retires’ last A model Apache

20-Jul-2012Source: US Army

It was a proud, historic and emotional moment for the Army and especially for the soldiers in the 1-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion. The last AH-64A Apache helicopter, aircraft 451, was “retired” from the Army and handed over to the Project Office for Apache Helicopters during a ceremony on Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston,... Read more

Boeing awarded $6M for Chinook blade overhaul

Boeing awarded $6M for Chinook blade overhaul

20-Jul-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Penn., was awarded a $6,832,402 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul services in support of the Chinook aft and forward rotary blades.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The... Read more

20-Jul-12 Boeing CH-47D Summerhill, UK

20-Jul-12 Boeing CH-47D Summerhill, UK

20-Jul-2012

Aircraft damaged after hitting powerlines on a training flight out of Odiham... Read more

British Chinooks to have Selex Elsag’s HF comms systems

British Chinooks to have Selex Elsag’s HF comms systems

19-Jul-2012Source: Selex Elsag

SELEX Elsag is to provide Boeing Defense, Space and Security with SRT- 270 High-Frequency radio communication systems to equip new CH-47 transport helicopters in the Mark (MK)-6 version, recently purchased by the British Ministry of Defense. The system will feature next-generation ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) capability, the international standard which allows rapid and reliable HF... Read more

Qatar requests 24 AH-64D Apache Block II Longbows

Qatar requests 24 AH-64D Apache Block II Longbows

17-Jul-2012Source: DSCA

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 10 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar for 24 AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $3.0 billion. The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of 24... Read more

Kuwait requests $200M for AH-64D Follow-On Logistics and Technical Support

Kuwait requests $200M for AH-64D Follow-On Logistics and Technical Support

17-Jul-2012Source: DSCA

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 10 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait for continuing logistics support, training, depotlevel repair services and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $200 million. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale for continuing logistics support,... Read more

Pave-Tech awarded $8M task order for MV-22 project at MCAS Camp Pendleton

Pave-Tech awarded $8M task order for MV-22 project at MCAS Camp Pendleton

16-Jul-2012Source: US DoD

Pave-Tech Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded $8,344,795 for firm-fixed-price task order #0012 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-09-D-1605) for the design and construction of MV- 22 Aviation Pavement Project at Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, Calif.  The work to be performed provides for the design, construction, and rehabilitation of aircraft... Read more

Boeing receives first ten new fuselages for AH-64D Apache Block III

Boeing receives first ten new fuselages for AH-64D Apache Block III

13-Jul-2012Source: Boeing

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received the first 10 new fuselages designed specifically for the AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter from long-time supplier Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). This milestone paves the way for delivery of the first Apache Block III aircraft with new fuselages next year. “KAI has been a key part of... Read more

Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada completes first flight

Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada completes first flight

13-Jul-2012Source: Boeing

The new Boeing [NYSE: BA] CH-147F Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter for Canada is progressing ahead of schedule after making its first flight on June 24. “Boeing and the Canadian Department of National Defence are focused on delivering the next generation of advanced vertical-lift aircraft to meet the needs of the Canadian military today and well into the... Read more

Australian Army takes delivery of two Chinooks

Australian Army takes delivery of two Chinooks

4-Jul-2012Source: Australian Army

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that two additional CH-47D Chinook helicopters have been handed over to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Townsville. The Chinook provides the ADF with an outstanding battlefield lift capability and has provided excellent service to Army for more than 25 years.... Read more

Bell Boeing awarded $23M for eight V-22 upgrade kits

Bell Boeing awarded $23M for eight V-22 upgrade kits

29-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $23,865,065 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of eight V-22 Block A to B 50 – 60 series upgrade kits.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (80 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2014.  Contract... Read more

US Army shuts down A160 Hummingbird production

US Army shuts down A160 Hummingbird production

28-Jun-2012Source: Wired

This month, the Army planned to deploy to Afghanistan an unusual new drone: an unmanned eye-in-the-sky helicopter programmed to use high-tech cameras to monitor vast amounts of territory. But now the drone might be lucky to be deployed at all, as the Army has moved to shut down production — possibly ending the program forever.... Read more

Boeing delivers the 100th modified CH-47F Chinook

Boeing delivers the 100th modified CH-47F Chinook

25-Jun-2012Source: Boeing

Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the 100th modified CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army today in a ceremony at the company’s modification center in Millville. “The Boeing Millville team is proud to have delivered 100 modified Chinooks to the Army on time, using efficient, cost-saving processes,” said Peri Widener, Boeing vice president of Rotorcraft Support.... Read more

Bell Boeing awarded $74M for one combat-replacement CV-22

Bell Boeing awarded $74M for one combat-replacement CV-22

22-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $74,399,436 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee V-22 multi-year production contract (N00019-07-C-0001) to provide one additional CV-22 combat loss replacement aircraft for the Air Force.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (56 percent); Amarillo, Texas (43 percent); and El Paso, Texas (1 percent). ... Read more

22-Jun-12 Boeing CH-47 Kandahar province, Afghanistan

22-Jun-12 Boeing CH-47 Kandahar province, Afghanistan

22-Jun-2012

Helicopter damaged, although extent of damage not stated.  One occupant injured.... Read more

Four companies awarded $12M for logistics support of H-60, H-1, CV-22 progams

Four companies awarded $12M for logistics support of H-60, H-1, CV-22 progams

21-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Creative Business Solutions, Inc., Mitchellville, Md.; Cirrus Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; Infinite Services and Solutions, Inc., Columbus, Ga.; and Standard Technology, Inc., Warner Robins, Ga., are being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable no-fee contract to provide logistics support for the acquisition, fielding, and sustainment of H-60, H-1 (variant), CV-22, and other special mission aircraft modification... Read more

Japan – over 5,000 protest over V-22 deployment

Japan – over 5,000 protest over V-22 deployment

19-Jun-2012Source: Japan Times

Around 5,200 people in Okinawa staged a rally against the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma later this year, ramping up opposition to the move after an MV-22’s recent crash in Florida. (see full story)... Read more

Boeing to move unmanned helicopter tests out of Victorville

Boeing to move unmanned helicopter tests out of Victorville

15-Jun-2012Source: Victorville Daily Press

After 17 years at Southern California Logistics Airport, Boeing will soon move its A160T Hummingbird flight test program to Arizona (see full story)... Read more

13-Jun-12 Boeing CV-22B Navarre, US-Florida

13-Jun-12 Boeing CV-22B Navarre, US-Florida

13-Jun-2012

Crashed on training mission out of Hurlburt Field’s Eglin Range, injuring all five occupants... Read more

450 Tactical Helicopter Sqn reborn under historical number

450 Tactical Helicopter Sqn reborn under historical number

11-Jun-2012Source: Canadian Armed Forces

The reactivation of 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, which is to be the home of the Canadian Forces’ Chinook Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopter, was formalized on May 2, 2012, by an official Canadian Forces order. As confirmed on May 2, 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, under the command of 1 Wing and based in Petawawa, Ontario, will be... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $10M contract to repair 18 V-22 engines

Rolls-Royce awarded $10M contract to repair 18 V-22 engines

5-Jun-2012Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $10,754,334 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of 18 CV-22 low power repairs for AE1107 C Turboshaft engines for the Air Force.  Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed... Read more

05-Jun-12 10-08079 Boeing CH-47F Hadley, US-Massachusetts

05-Jun-12 10-08079 Boeing CH-47F Hadley, US-Massachusetts

5-Jun-2012

Precautionary landing on flight out of the Army Support Facility in Windsor Locks, CT.  Pilot had noticed unusual engine noise and seen smoke... Read more

Selex Galileo wins contracts for British Chinooks and US Army Apaches

Selex Galileo wins contracts for British Chinooks and US Army Apaches

4-Jun-2012Source: Finmeccanica

Finmeccanica has been awarded new orders for a value worth EUR 220 million through its companies Ansaldo Energia, SELEX Galileo, SELEX Elsag and Telespazio. Ansaldo Energia, through its subsidiary Ansaldo Nucleare, has signed a service contract worth EUR 104 million with Nucleoeléctrica Argentina – Sociedad Anonima (NASA). The aim of the contract is to upgrade... Read more

South Korea reduces attack helicopter shortlist to three

South Korea reduces attack helicopter shortlist to three

1-Jun-2012Source: Hurriyet

The contest to supply 50 attack helicopters has been reduced to three bidders – Boeing’s Apache, Bell’s Cobra and the T129 Mangusta being bid jointly by AgustaWestland and partner TAI (see full story)... Read more

RAF Odiham unveils Chinook gate guardian

RAF Odiham unveils Chinook gate guardian

1-Jun-2012Source: Basingstoke Observer

Government defence secretary Philip Hammond  was at RAF Odiham last Thursday to meet serving RAF personnel and unveil a new ‘Gate Guardian’ – a retired Chinook helicopter which had been donated by Boeing Rotorcraft UK. (see full story) File photo Editor update – the said aircraft flew as 03-08003 in the US Army, and the... Read more

Boeing awarded $97M for Apache foreign military sales

Boeing awarded $97M for Apache foreign military sales

30-May-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $97,268,761 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Block III Apache AH-64D attack helicopters in support of Foreign Military Sales.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2017.  One bid was... Read more

28-May-12 Boeing AH-64D Wardack Province, Afghanistan (2F)

28-May-12 Boeing AH-64D Wardack Province, Afghanistan (2F)

28-May-2012

NATO officials said two coalition members were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan Monday. Initial reports said there was no enemy activity in the area.  Two named as Capt. John R. Brainard, 26, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; and Chief Warrant Officer 5 John C. Pratt, 51, of Springfield, Va., were assigned to the 12th... Read more

Columbia Helicopters to diverisfy into military engine maintenance

Columbia Helicopters to diverisfy into military engine maintenance

23-May-2012Source: Columbia Helicopters

Seeing a growing business opportunity in military helicopter engine repair services, Columbia Helicopters has built upon its long-time relationship with engine manufacturer Honeywell International, and is in the process of opening a second test cell at its Aurora, Oregon, maintenance base. Under its new agreement with Honeywell, which was finalized in March, 2012, Columbia Helicopters is now... Read more

V-22 Osprey is saved from budget cuts

V-22 Osprey is saved from budget cuts

23-May-2012Source: Delaware County Daily Times

V-22 Osprey program escaped the federal budget chopping block once again after local members of the U.S. House of Representatives voiced opposition about an amendment that would have stripped funding for the tilt-rotor aircraft. (see full story)... Read more

Training device falls from US Army Apache

Training device falls from US Army Apache

17-May-2012Source: US Army

At approximately 8:15 p.m. May 15 the Fort Hood Police Station received a call from a Killeen resident to report an unknown object falling into an open field adjacent to Aquarius Drive and Trimmier Drive in Killeen, Texas, from an AH-64 Apache helicopter. Killeen Police Department responded and located the object which was impaled into... Read more

15-May-12 Boeing AH-64 Killeen, US-Texas

15-May-12 Boeing AH-64 Killeen, US-Texas

15-May-2012

Missile training device accidentally dropped from Apache helicopter out of Fort Hood.... Read more

3rd MAW showcases helicopter firefighting capabilities

3rd MAW showcases helicopter firefighting capabilities

14-May-2012Source: US Marine Corps

Third Marine Aircraft Wing Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., participated in a Wildland Firefighting Exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 10. The exercise was presented in the form of a demonstration to local military and fire departments as to what 3rd MAW, military assets, and local fire departments bring to the fight.... Read more

Hensel Phelps awarded $43M contract for MH-47 hangar at Fort Campbell

Hensel Phelps awarded $43M contract for MH-47 hangar at Fort Campbell

11-May-2012Source: US DoD

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $32,450,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the design and construction of the MH-47 aviation maintenance hangar at Fort Campbell, Ky.  Work will be performed in Fort Campbell, Ky., with an estimated completion date of March 8, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet,... Read more

Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Successfully Engages Moving Target in Apache Demonstration

Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Successfully Engages Moving Target in Apache Demonstration

9-May-2012Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR)successfully tracked and engaged a moving target in a recent demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. “DAGR hit a moving target from 3.5 kilometers,” said Hady Mourad, DAGR program director in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “Defeating high-value targets on the move is a critical capability, and demonstrating... Read more

UK – First live fire tests of Hellfire from Apache

UK – First live fire tests of Hellfire from Apache

8-May-2012Source: Royal Navy

For the first time the tank-busting Hellfire missile has been fired in the UK as HMS Illustrious and the Army Air Corps let rip off the Scottish coast during the biggest military exercise of the year. Two Apache helicopters from 656 Squadron Army Air Corps fired one Hellfire missile each at a training target that... Read more

Boeing awarded $486M for Apache Block III work

Boeing awarded $486M for Apache Block III work

7-May-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $486,370,418 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the AH-64D Apache Block III low rate initial production and related support.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. ... Read more

Boeing awarded $171M for foreign Apache work

Boeing awarded $171M for foreign Apache work

7-May-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $171,777,672 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of Apache Block III aircraft and related services in support of Foreign Military Sales.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid... Read more

04-May-12 Boeing CH-47 Florennes, Belgium

04-May-12 Boeing CH-47 Florennes, Belgium

4-May-2012

Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot heard a strange noise shortly after takeoff from the base of Florennes and elected to put the helicopter down in a field.  No damage... Read more

Netherlands suspends Apache demo team for 2012

Netherlands suspends Apache demo team for 2012

3-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com

The Dutch Ministry of Defence has recently announced that their Apache aerobatic display team will not be present at air shows and other events this year. The Royal Netherlands Air Force currently has cited insufficient resources and headcount to commit to running the team. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com... Read more

Japan – HMM-265 Dragons return to Atsugi

Japan – HMM-265 Dragons return to Atsugi

30-Apr-2012Source: US Marine Corps

One year after rendering assistance to Japanese tsunami victims during Operation Tomadachi from a base of operations in Atsugi, the Dragons of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced) returned for an encore. Three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters and 16 Marines, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Air Combat Element, conducted a humanitarian assistance and... Read more

Boeing and World Class Aviation Academy open international Chinook training facility

Boeing and World Class Aviation Academy open international Chinook training facility

27-Apr-2012Source: Boeing

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its Dutch partner the Rotary Wing Training Center (RWTC) officially opened a state-of-the-art CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintenance training facility near Royal Netherlands Air Force base Gilze-Rijen on April 25. The RWTC is a subsidiary of the Netherlands’ World Class Aviation Academy (WCAA). “Partnering with the WCAA and RWTC means... Read more

Boeing given $9.6M to add rotor brakes to Australian CH-47s

Boeing given $9.6M to add rotor brakes to Australian CH-47s

25-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded a $9,611,350 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the addition of a rotor brake system on the Australian Defense Force CH-47 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid... Read more

First 5 of 24 Block III Apaches arrives at Fort Riley

First 5 of 24 Block III Apaches arrives at Fort Riley

21-Apr-2012Source: WIBW

The first of 24 new Apaches landed at Marshall Airfield on Tuesday. They are replacing the Apache Block II’s that Fort Riley has been using. (see full story)... Read more

DynCorp wins $25M Kuwait Air Force Apache contract

DynCorp wins $25M Kuwait Air Force Apache contract

16-Apr-2012Source: DynCorp

DynCorp International (DI) today announced that it has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army to provide a Maintenance Augmentation Team (MAT) for the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) AH-64D Apache helicopter maintenance program. “This is a great win because it reaffirms our valuable relationship with the U.S. Army. We take pride in the confidence... Read more

Fatal MV-22 accident in Morocco

Fatal MV-22 accident in Morocco

12-Apr-2012Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site.  Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred.  Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches,... Read more

11-Apr-12 Bell-Boeing MV-22 southern Morocco (2F)

11-Apr-12 Bell-Boeing MV-22 southern Morocco (2F)

11-Apr-2012

Two killed and two seriously injured in Osprey accident in southern Morocco during exercise “African Lion”.  V-22 assigned to VMM-261 out of MCAS New River.  The fatalities were later named as Cpl. Robby A. Reyes and Cpl. Derek A. Kerns... Read more

11-Apr-12 Bell-Boeing V-22 Amarillo, US-Texas

11-Apr-12 Bell-Boeing V-22 Amarillo, US-Texas

11-Apr-2012

Precautionary field landing on test flight out of Amarillo... Read more

Rolls-Royce awarded $150M for 265 V-22 engines

Rolls-Royce awarded $150M for 265 V-22 engines

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $150,920,770 firm-fixed-price contract to procure V-22 AE1107C turboshaft engines for the Navy (232) and the Air Force (33).  Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in October 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. ... Read more

Boeing awarded $26M for Chinook long lead items

Boeing awarded $26M for Chinook long lead items

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

The Boeing Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded a $26,928,440 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the chinook cargo helicopter advance procurement, long lead items.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $28M for new V-22 instrumented aircraft

Bell-Boeing awarded $28M for new V-22 instrumented aircraft

9-Apr-2012Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $28,846,120 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) to provide a new V-22 instrumented aircraft (NVIA).  The NVIA will support V-22 structural test capability by replacing an existing engineering, manufacturing, and development test aircraft which is increasingly difficult and expensive... Read more

07-Apr-12 Boeing CH-47D Yuma, US-Arizona

07-Apr-12 Boeing CH-47D Yuma, US-Arizona

7-Apr-2012

Royal Air Force Chinook suffered unspecificed “mishap” during training exercise.  It is known that Chinooks ZA671, ZA711 and ZA712 (and maybe a fourth?) are all currently based in Yuma on training work, so subject aircraft will be one of these.... Read more

31-Mar-12 Boeing CH-47 San Martino, Italy

31-Mar-12 Boeing CH-47 San Martino, Italy

31-Mar-2012

Emergency landing while firefighting, possibly due to broken hydraulic lines... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $9M more for V-22 long lead components

Bell-Boeing awarded $9M more for V-22 long lead components

29-Mar-2012Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $9,000,000 modification to the previously awarded V-22 Lot 17 advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-2001) to provide additional funding for long lead components required for the manufacture and delivery of four, fiscal 2013 Lot 17 CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the Air Force.  Work will be performed in... Read more

Australian Chinooks return to operations in Afghanistan

Australian Chinooks return to operations in Afghanistan

29-Mar-2012Source: Australian MoD

The Australian Defence Force’s CH-47 “Chinook” helicopters have returned to duty in Southern Afghanistan, providing medium lift transport capability to Australian and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) units. The helicopters will be operated by the men and women of Rotary Wing Group 7 (RWG 7) who recently commenced their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation... Read more

L-3 MAS to provide tech pub service for Canadian Chinook fleet

L-3 MAS to provide tech pub service for Canadian Chinook fleet

27-Mar-2012Source: L-3 MAS

L-3 MAS announced that it has received a contract from The Boeing Company to provide technical publication services for Canada’s new Medium-to-Heavy Lift Helicopter (MHLH), the CH-147F Chinook. L-3 MAS will provide language translation for aircrew technical publications products, as well as data conversion, language translation and development of S1000D Issue 4.0.1-Compliant Interactive Electronic Technical... Read more

Congressman continues fight for Chinook, Osprey jobs at Boeing

Congressman continues fight for Chinook, Osprey jobs at Boeing

22-Mar-2012Source: Patrick Meehan

U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan (PA-07) continued his fight today for Pennsylvania workers who build and service the CH-47 Chinook and V-22 Osprey at Boeing’s Ridley facility. In a letter to Appropriations Committee leaders Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-WA), and Defense Subcommittee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL), Meehan urged support for multi-year... Read more

Four Apaches lost in 2007 thanks to smartphone geotagging

Four Apaches lost in 2007 thanks to smartphone geotagging

20-Mar-2012Source: US Army

“Is a badge on Foursquare worth your life?” The question was posed by Brittany Brown, social media manager of the Online and Social Media Division at the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs. It may sound outlandish, but in the age of social geotagging, it can be a reality. There are a number of... Read more

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