UK increases Ukrainian military support, delivers first helicopter

UK increases Ukrainian military support, delivers first helicopter
UK increases Ukrainian military support, delivers first helicopter

The latest equipment approval arrives after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a £50 million ($60 million) support package to Ukraine during a recent visit to Kyiv.

Sweden follows Norwegian lead and axes NH90 helicopter fleet

Sweden follows Norwegian lead and axes NH90 helicopter fleet
Sweden follows Norwegian lead and axes NH90 helicopter fleet

The decision, announced by Gen. Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, was announced as part of newly issued defense modernization and procurement guidance.

India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants

India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants
India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants

Boeing, Lockheed, Dassault Aviation of France, the European Eurofighter consortium, Sweden’s Saab, and United Aircraft Corporation of Russia are all jockeying for position for an Indian fighter contract worth $15 billion for 110 planes, and an $8 billion navy program of around 60 aircraft.

The Navy’s Potential New Frigate Connects Crew, Lots of Space for Commandos

The Navy’s Potential New Frigate Connects Crew, Lots of Space for Commandos
The Navy’s Potential New Frigate Connects Crew, Lots of Space for Commandos

Five shipbuilders are fighting it out to build 20 of the U.S. Navy’s new frigates, and one competitor is sailing though a whirlwind East Coast tour.

Rites of Spring: Mating V-280 Wing And Fuselage

Rites of Spring: Mating V-280 Wing And Fuselage
Rites of Spring: Mating V-280 Wing And Fuselage

CORRECTED: 280 knots equals 322 mph, not 245. Spring has sprung and at the Bell Helicopter factory in Amarillo, Texas, it’s mating season, of a sort. If all goes well, by September of next year a bird of a different feather will take flight – the V-280 Valor, a medium-lift tiltrotor transport whose wing and…

What’s In A Name? Is Sikorsky’s S-97 A Helicopter?

What’s In A Name? Is Sikorsky’s S-97 A Helicopter?
What’s In A Name? Is Sikorsky’s S-97 A Helicopter?

WASHINGTON: When is a helicopter not a helicopter? The question arises because Sikorsky Aircraft’s new S-97 Raider got airborne for the first time the other day and company officials all but declared the dawn of a new age in aviation — or at least the birth of a new type of aircraft. “This was, we…

Apache Crash Video Gets Laughs Online – But Helicopter Risks Are Deadly Serious

A YouTube video of an American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashing in Afghanistan has gone viral, with commentators expert and otherwise chiming in on the pilot’s mistakes and appropriate punishments. The International Security Assistance Force told the Pentagon-supported newspaper Stars and Stripes that they “believe the video shows a crash which occurred in Paktika province…