http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:35 EDT The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a £15 million ($22.9 million) contract to replenish its stocks of Lockheed Martin’s AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. These are used on the British Army Air Corps (AAC) WAH-64D Apaches and reportedly on the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Reaper unmanned... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/British-MoD-Restocks-Supplies-of-Lockheed-Martin-Hellfire-Missile_79299.html Tue, 21 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Fort Worth, Texas-based EFW Inc. has obtained an $11.8-million U.S. Navy contract to supply helmet display tracker systems (HDTS) for the Bell... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/U-S-Navy-Buys-Helmet-Trackers-from-EFW_79214.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Sikorsky Aircraft has obtained FAA approval of its automated S-92 “Rig Approach” system for offshore operators developed with PHI Inc. The approach lowers cockpit workload by 60 percent and increases performance in bad weather and other operating conditions, according to Sikorsky. The creation of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/S-92-Platform-Approach-System-Gets-FAA-Seal_79186.html Tue, 7 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Northrop Grumman and partner DRS Technologies have conducted flight testing of the new Mast Mounted Sight-Diode Pumped (MMS-DP) laser rangefinder/designator (LRF/D) on a Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/DRS-Northrop-Grumman-Flight-Test-Helicopter-Laser_79008.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Boeing has confirmed the initial airworthiness of its latest CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter—the Mk6 Chinook—with a March 15 flight in... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/Boeing-UKs-Mk6-Chinook-Completes-First-Flight_79007.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT L-3 Wescam has completed flight demonstrations for several new weapon systems at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, using MD500 helicopters.      MD500E. Photo courtesy of L-3 Wescam   The flight tests demonstrated L-3 Wescam's MX series... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/L-3-Wescam-Completes-MD540-Flight-Demos-for-MX-Series_78977.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT With the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) currently focused on how it is going to manage the capability sustainment program of its Apache Longbow attack helicopters, Lockheed Martin is keen to add its VUIT video networking technology to the potential package of improvements. U.S. Army Apache D models... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/Lockheed-Martin-Offers-VUIT-Video-Networking-for-UKs-Apache-Upgrades_78980.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The United Kingdom’s 24 upgraded Royal Air Force (RAF) Pumas are to receive new self-sealing fuel tanks, thanks to a contract between Eurocopter, the OEM delivering the upgraded helicopters, and GKN Aerospace. It has already delivered some of the new tanks... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/GKN-Develops-New-Fuel-Tanks-for-Upgraded-RAF-Pumas_78918.html Thu, 4 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Helicopter mission equipment provider Simplex Aerospace announced a new Japanese STC for its fire attack system, Model 326GII, on the AgustaWestland AW139. Simplex said its fire attack system is the lightest belly tank system per gallon... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/Japan-Certifies-Simplex-AW139-Fire-Attack-System_78897.html Wed, 3 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Cobham HeliSAS is an autopilot system designed for light helicopters.    Cobham, the avionics firm based in Mineral Wells, Texas, arrived at Heli-Expo 2013 with HeliSAS, the company’s sleek autopilot system specifically designed for the light helicopter market. Weighing in at a scant 15 lbs.... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/mission-equipment/Cobham-Displays-HeliSAS-on-Bell-407_78885.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT