Flying the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey

The Bell/Boeing CV/MV-22A Osprey tilt rotor aircraft is a technological marvel. It has the ability to take off and land like a helicopter, and...
Airbus-Helicopters

Serbia receives first out of nine H145Ms

The Serbian Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin visited the Airbus Helicopters Donauwörth site to accept the first H145M for the Serbian Air Force. In...

Senior Czech Air Force Military to speak at Helicopter Technology Central and Eastern Europe...

SMi Reports: Czech Air Force set to give keynote host-nation presentations at the 4th annual Helicopter Technology Central and Eastern Europe conference, taking place...
Boeing’s new AH-64E Guardian

Decision Time

The decision to discard the Airbus Helicopters/Eurocopter EC-665 Tiger-ARH (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter) gunship announced in the Australian government’s Defence White Paper this February has...

Russian Helicopters invites Armada International to Russia for update briefings

Editor Andrew Drwiega has just returned from several days in Russia where he visited the Ansat/Mi-38/Mi8/17 production facility in Kazan, the largest city and...

Afghan Air Force Failed to Turn Up – On Many Occasions

The failure of the best resourced and trained branch of the Afghan armed forces, the Afghan Air force, contributed to the Taliban's rapid victory...

Registration closing soon for SMi Group’s 6th Annual Helicopter Technology Central and Eastern Europe...

SMi Group reports: Registration will be closing soon for the virtual Helicopter Technology Central and Eastern Europe conference this month. There are less than 2...

Record Performance at Bell: V-280 Valor Reaches 280 Knots True Airspeed

Building on a full year’s worth of testing and more than 85 hours of flight time, Bell’s V-280 Valor reached its namesake cruising speed...
danish-air-force

Safran to support Royal Danish Air Force Arriel engine fleet

Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a contract with Denmark's Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), to support 11 Arriel 1D1-powered AS550C2 Fennec operated by...
Crowsnest

Sightless Carrier Force

A 24 June report from the UK National Audit Office (NAO) confirmed that the Royal Navy’s new Crowsnest radar system is 18 months late,...

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