MILITARY :: HEAVYLIFT

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November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Last U.S. Army Operational UH-1 Huey Gone
MILITARY/AIRFRAMES The last of some 10,000 UH-1 Hueys built for the U.S. Army has now left operational service, ending a four-decade run as the “workhorse” of U.S. Army Aviation and solidifying forever the role of the helicopter in military...

September 1, 2009
Feedback
Clarification The caption for the image on pages 26 and 27 of the August 2009 issue stated that it was an unmanned K-MAX aerial truck. Several people wrote in to point out that, in fact, there was a person on...

September 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: EADS LUH Platform Meets Key U.S. Army Armed Aerial Scout Profile
MILITARY A standard, commercial EC145, the platform that serves as the baseline for the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), has completed a series of successful high/hot flight demonstrations. These...

September 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Canada Places Order for 15 New CH-47F Chinooks
MILITARY Boeing has obtained a $1.15-billion contract for 15 new CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters from the Canadian government. As part of the agreement, Boeing will partner with Canadian companies and...

September 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Marines Seek Helicopter UAV Assistance
MILITARY The U.S. Marine Corps, eager to reduce the number of troops exposed to roadside bombs laid to ambush convoys in Afghanistan, took a step Aug. 5 toward producing unmanned helicopters to deliver...

August 1, 2009
Program Insider: Australia to Upgrade Tigers
Australia’s latest defence capability plan (DCP), released July 1, reveals plans to upgrade or replace three types of helicopters in service with the country’s Defence Force (ADF). In particular, it looks...

August 1, 2009
Design Challenge: Franco-German Heavy Lift
France and Germany want to procure a common heavy lift helicopter. This will be a difficult and ambitious task given the numerous needs of both countries. To say that it is an ambitious product would be an...

August 1, 2009
V-22: It's Time to Move On
The V-22 Osprey has had a long, expensive and very chequered history, and in addition to highly publicized — and very deadly — crashes it has suffered more than its share of criticism....

July 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Europe to Build Heavy-Lift Helicopter
MILITARY | HEAVY LIFT The European Union has decided to build its own heavy-lift helicopters to replace its aging CH-53 Sikorsky Sea Stallions. The project is led by the European Defense Agency. It is a...

July 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Italian Chinooks
MILITARY | HEAVY LIFT Boeing and AgustaWestland will be jointly supplying and supporting 16 new Chinook helicopters for the Italian military. The contract is worth $1.23 billion and will run until 2017. The...

July 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Mi-38 Engine Confusion
COMMERCIAL | MEDIUM LIFT Russia’s second Mi-38 medium lift helicopter has been assembled by the Kazan Helicopter Works — without Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127TS engines. Instead, Kazan has installed two...

June 18, 2009
Sling-Load Training in S. Korea
Members of the 304th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion in Camp Mobile, South Korea, practiced attaching a vehicle to the underbelly of a Chinook this week. Two helicopters...

June 17, 2009
Pilot Training
The National Research Council Canada (NRC) provides specialized training for test pilot schools at its flight research lab in Ottawa. The two-week sessions train pilots on advanced handling qualities. The pilots go to the...

June 1, 2009
Eurowatch
Europe’s Helicopter Shortage and Other Stories PARIS — European nations field several hundred military helicopters, for heavy transport, battlefield utility, and various attack missions. Yet, six years after the beginning of military operations in...