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April 19, 2011
Quad-A, the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual gathering was kicked-off in earnest by MG Anthony Crutchfield on the first morning when he...April 18, 2011
EADS North America has brought its AAS-72X to Nashville Intl Airport (BNA) for flight demonstrations during Quad-A, which runs through Wednesday. Along with American Eurocopter...April 18, 2011
Bell Helicopter has promoted Mitch Snyder to executive vice president of Military Programs. He will oversee all...April 18, 2011
Bell Helicopter has conducted the maiden flight of the first OH-58 Block II demonstrator. The...April 6, 2011
Polish Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary PZL Mielec has started conducting S-70i flight tests out from its new facility. Late...April 1, 2011
So a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey completed a very publicly reported CSAR mission in Libya (OK, the real name for this is TRAP—Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel—as the...April 1, 2011
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFUR-A) presented a briefing at the United...April 1, 2011
Late last year, Rotor & Wing went to Fort Rucker, Ala., the home of U.S. Army Aviation, to meet with Brig. Gen. Tim Edens (then colonel), deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE), together with members of his staff including Ellis Golson, director of the Capability Development and Integration Directorate (CDID). While Edens’ responsibility is focused on the...April 1, 2011
In Rotor & Wing we often report about the dangers facing our deployed warriors. It’s not often that we get to report on dangers faced right here at home. The warfighters, in this case, are those aircrew and security forces who currently fly 1960s-era UH-1Ns and the danger appears to be an acquisition system which may be ignoring their validated needs in order to create a “politically...March 31, 2011
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFUR-A) presented a briefing at the United Kingdom’s Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London on March 23. The following represents some highlights from the discussion that took place related to his presentation: “The International Mission in Afghanistan.”...March 31, 2011
Chief Warrant Officer Chase Magann is being given the “Ironhorse Soldier of the Week,” award from 4th Infantry Division for responding to an improvised rocket attack in Diyala Province, Iraq. Magann was piloting an...March 31, 2011
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Joint Program Office (PMA-275) recently marked 100,000 total flight hours...March 31, 2011
The U.S. Marine Corps Bell AH-1Z Cobra has achieved initial operating capability (IOC). The Marines are...March 23, 2011
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has named the Sikorsky X2 demonstrator as the recipient of the 2010 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The coaxial helicopter was chosen over other nominees, including teams...March 7, 2011
The new CEO of Russian Helicopters, Dmitry Petrov, took time out of his busy schedule on Sunday to sit down with Rotor & Wing and explain his organization’s reasons for attending the tradeshow. Like most other exhibitors and visitors, Petrov leads a team that is looking for answers—either to confirm that their view of the world is the right one, or gain intelligence to put them on the right...March 6, 2011
By Andrew Drwiega, Military Editor As AgustaWestland officially uncovers the AW169 for its initial run at Heli-Expo, CEO Giuseppe Orsi made a point Saturday of restating his company’s commitment to the tiltrotor, and the future of vertical commuter transportation. The AW169—unveiled for the first time at the Farnborough Airshow in 2010—is the company’s latest light-twin 4.5-ton...March 6, 2011
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- Northrop Grumman Touts MQ-8C as 'Rotary UAV of the Future'
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