http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:12:07 EDT The U.S. Department of Defense and Russian defense firm Rosoboronexport have inked a contract for 30 Mi-17V5 helicopters for the Afghan Army, with an option for a further 12 helicopters, according to a report issued during the Paris Air Show by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. According to the report... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/U-S-Army-Buys-More-Mi-17s-for-Afghanistan_79522.html Wed, 19 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The team from Russian Helicopters came to the Paris Air Show to talk about the Ka-52, but more particularly to open dialogue with potential customers who may wish to “use their own systems and tailor the aircraft to their own national needs,” according to Sergey Mikeev, Kamov’s chief design... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Kamov-Ka-52-Hunts-for-International-Orders_79512.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT A group of six high-ranking officials from AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky took part in a CEO panel on May 21 during the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International’s Forum 69 in Phoenix, Ariz. Rotor & Wing International Bureau Chief Andrew... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Panel-Helicopter-Industry-Needs-to-Develop-Science-and-Technology-Faster_79473.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The European Defence Agency’s (EDA) annual Hot Blade exercise is taking place in July this year and will be centered on the Ovar air base close to Porto in northern Portugal. Wing Commander Andrew Gray, the EDA’s helicopter program manager, is particularly pleased that an agreement between... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/EDA-Graduates-First-Helicopter-Tactics-Instructors_79450.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy has granted an $8.4-million extension of an existing contract to Rolls-Royce of Indianapolis for further engineering services related to the AE 1107C powerplants on... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Rolls-Royce-Secures-V-22-Engineering-Contract_79413.html Fri, 7 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy has issued a contract for more than $7.5 million to Lynn, Mass.-based General Electric covering the critical hard tooling required for the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/GE-Gains-CH-53K-Tooling-Support-Contract_79348.html Mon, 3 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT AgustaWestland is making its expectations for success in the North American market very clear. With opportunities in the U.S. government markets expected to top $20 billion over the next 15 years, according to AgustaWestland North America Chairman and CEO R. Scott Rettig, the company seems bullish in the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Agustas-Westernland-Expansion-Philadelphia_79321.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Admiral Tony Dalton became head of Helicopter Systems for the ADF in September 2012. He joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1980, graduating as a pilot in 1981 and going on to fly helicopters with four RAN helicopter squadrons, an exchange posting with the UK’s Royal Navy and a tour flying... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/A-Decade-of-Change-for-Australias-Military-Helicopters_79364.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT   When U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the cancellation of the acquisition of a new presidential helicopter – the VH-71 Kestrel – in the summer of 2009, he may have been demonstrating his intention to be tough on wasteful defense spending, but in effect he was merely delaying a problem... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Looking-for-Evidence-of-Lessons-Learned_79370.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army has granted a $135.8-million payment to Sikorsky Aircraft as part of a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/Sikorsky-Receives-$135-Million-Denmark-FMS-Procurement_79341.html Fri, 31 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT