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National Defense
April 2005
Roxana Tiron
Special Ops Aviators Hone Skills for Desert, Over-Water Group 18, the air wing of the United Arab Emirates' special operations command, flies in challenging conditions to protect the royals and resources of United Arab Emirates. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Breanne Wagner
Air Force Search-and-Rescue Crews Stressed by War, Say Commanders The intense pace of operations of Air Force search-and-rescue crews is straining units and is causing frustrations because medevac procedures differ among the services. mark for My Articles similar articles
Outside
April 2003
Jason Paur
Worry Birds Last year was a low point for Search-and-Rescue helicopters. Could this year be even more dangerous? mark for My Articles similar articles
Aviation History
January 2007
Otto Kreisher
The Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2005
Roxana Tiron
Gulf Nation Focuses on Training, Educating Air Crews Close to fielding one of the most advanced air forces in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates is pushing to match the aircrews' proficiency with their sophisticated equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo
Underway with the USCG Mellon While helicopter operations are familiar to U.S. Coast Guard vessels, more than just guns are added to the equation when they are armed mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Kalee Thompson
Flying High in Coast Guard Chopper Rescue School At America's elite helicopter rescue academy, Coast Guard professionals are put to the test by ocean cliffs, sea caves and a treacherous stretch of coastline known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson
Delivery of Armed Recon Helicopter Delayed One Year A crucial test to determine whether the Army's new armed reconnaissance helicopter is ready for production has slipped at least six weeks due to problems integrating a new sensor package. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Michael Peck
Combat Rescue Units See Shift in Missions Air Force combat rescue teams increasingly are shifting their training and resources to the evacuation of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, instead of just focusing on the recovery of downed pilots. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005
John McHale
Coast Guard unveils new helicopter Just in time for the boating season, new HH-65C Dauphine helicopters will be replacing the HH-65B helicopters at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City as part of the Deepwater Programs modernization and recapitalization of the Coast Guard. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Roxana Tiron
Gulf Nation Poised to Lead Region In Production of Unmanned Aircraft United Arab Emirates seeks to improve on its surveillance program to increase homeland security. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2006
Harold Kennedy
Service Teams Seek More Cooperation to Save Lives With U.S. forces heavily engaged in combat, peacekeeping and disaster-relief missions around the world, military search-and-rescue units are trying to figure out how to work more closely together while saving lives. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Eric Beidel
Manufacturers: Technology Will Make Rotorcraft Faster, Safer The Pentagon's investment in rotorcraft science and technology has decreased dramatically over the past 25 years, but companies have been tinkering around in their own shops trying to fill innovation gaps. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Harold Kennedy
Race Is on to Replace Air Force Search and Rescue Helicopter Maneuvering already has begun in a competition for a lucrative contract for a new Air Force "personnel recovery vehicle," built to rescue downed aircrews and others who find themselves isolated on the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2011
Eric Beidel
New Aircraft Concept Promises More Speed, Endurance An engineer has designed a vertical take-off and landing aircraft that may be able to fly faster and farther than today's helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2006
Harold Kennedy
Boeing to Build New Search-and-Rescue Helicopter The Air Force has awarded Boeing Helicopter a contract worth a possible $15 billion to build 141 next-generation combat search-and-rescue helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Michael Peck
Air Force, Air Guard Pilots Merge in F/A-22 Wing Air National Guard pilots are training to fly the F/A-22 Raptor as part of an experimental combat unit that combines active duty and Guard fighter members. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Roxana Tiron
Personnel Locator System Helps Rescue Downed Pilots Cubic Defense's V12 has been used in the U.S as well as by NATO forces. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Future Vertical Lift Could Be Shot in the Arm for Industry The Army's forthcoming future vertical lift program -- which would replace thousands of aging helicopters -- will rejuvenate the United States' stagnant military helicopter market, experts and executives said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean
Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard Defending the nation's capital from an aerial attack might seem a good enough reason to give a wing commander whatever he needs. But it has not worked out that way for the aviators of the District of Columbia Air National Guard. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Grace V. Jean
Air Force Responding to Insatiable Demand for Surveillance Drones To meet the voracious need for unmanned aircraft surveillance in combat zones, the Air Force's 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing is creating a new Predator squadron, relocating its training units and expanding base operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
October 26, 2009
Joe Pappalardo
Why Helicopter Missions in Afghanistan are Unusually Dangerous Helicopter accidents in Afghanistan claimed the lives of 14 Americans today. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
Lawrence & Jenney
The Fastest Helicopter on Earth Sikorsky aims to break the helicopter speed record mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Eric Braganca
Affordable Options Available to Upgrade Military Helicopters While many portions of the defense budget are shrinking, the portion allocated to purchasing helicopters is falling through the floor over the next few years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2014
Valerie Insinna
Decline of U.S. Helicopter Procurement on the Horizon After a decade-long period of surging sales and rapid expansion, the military helicopter buying boom is coming to an end. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2010
Austin Wright
U.S. Helicopter Suppliers Fear Losing Innovation War The military helicopter business is booming, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army's aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2006
Robert H. Williams
Moving Map Display Unveiled Two technology companies are offering a moving, digital map for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Dan Parsons
Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2011
Eric Beidel
Coast Guard Turns Navy Cast-Offs Into New Aircraft The Coast Guard is using Navy scraps to replace helicopters it has lost in crashes during 2010. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Marine Harriers, Hornets Headed To Iraq This Fall The Marine Corps will be deploying fighter jets to Iraq, not necessarily to drop bombs, but to take over reconnaissance and surveillance missions previously performed by helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Eric Beidel
European Helicopters Look to Take Off in U.S. Military Market At a helicopter exposition in Orlando last month, CEOs of European manufacturers made it clear: They are both partners and competitors of their U.S. counterparts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
January 13, 2010
Joe Pappalardo
Tragedy in Haiti: The American Response When calamity on the level of Haiti's earthquake strikes, the first U.S. responders bear a heavy load. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, Navy sailors, Coast Guardsmen and professional urban rescue teams will be some of the first to save lives amid the rubble. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
December 2005
Matt Welch
They Shoot Helicopters, Don't They? How journalists spread rumors during Katrina: Reporters failed to exercise enough skepticism in passing along secondhand testimony from victims (who often just parroted what they picked up from the rumor mill), and they were far too eager to broadcast as fact apocalyptic statements from government officials. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2005
Roxana Tiron
Local Shipbuilder Thrives, Eyes Expansion in Gulf Region As the United Arab Emirates boosts the power of its sea service, business is booming for an indigenous company that not only is grabbing a large share of navy contracts, but also is planning to spread out in the region. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2008
Breanne Wagner
Army Pushes Forward With Troubled Scout Helicopter Despite a string of delays and billions of dollars in cost increases, the Army has regained confidence in its ARH-70A armed reconnaissance helicopter. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Joe Pappalardo
Taking Off Upgrades and a surge of new U.S. military orders should make the next 10 years a busy decade for rotorcraft manufacturers, according to a recent study by Forecast International Inc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2014
Valerie Insinna
Tiltrotor Sales Unlikely to Take Off, Industry Veteran Says Sergei Sikorsky is skeptical that tiltrotor aircraft will take the place of conventional helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009
In Brief Lockheed Martin delivers first Target Sight System production unit to U.S. Marine Corps... Raytheon demonstrates next-generation antenna technology during test flight... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
January 2007
Liz Welch
Things I Can't Live Without: Jerry Airola This former police officer and owner of Silver State Helicopters weighs in on these toys: Nikon Coolpix 4600... Ruger .357 magnum... AvMap EKP IV GPS... 2006 Ford GT... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Robert H. Williams
German Rescue Station Aids Katrina Victims A German armed forces air-conditioned mobile rescue station with its own power and water supply has been sent to Mississippi to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Roxana Tiron
Biometrics Systems Help Strengthen Border Security in Persian Gulf Nation Having to deal with a daily onslaught of immigrants and visitors, the United Arab Emirates has had to resort to advanced technology to strengthen its border control and to weed out potential terrorists. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Stew Magnuson
Oil Wealth Helps Gulf Nation Build Domestic Arms Industry The relatively rapid rise of the Abu Dhabi Ship Building facility is indicative of this small Gulf nation's aspirations to become not only a consumer, but a producer of military and security hardware. mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
July 1, 2002
Rebecca Dorr
Come Fly With Me The founder of Comnet gets his highs by taking to the skies in a helicopter. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson
Ghost of Comanche Haunts Army Helicopter Leaders as They Push for New Models Army Aviation officers want a family of new helicopters. Not now, but 20 years from now. Two decades may sound like a long time - but its is not when developing Army rotary wing aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Joe Pappalardo
Are Iran's New Anti-Helicopter Missiles A Real Threat to Apaches? An Iranian colonel this week spoke publicly about a "special weapon" that was tailor-made to destroy U.S. Apache attack helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Harold Kennedy
U.S. Coast Guard Launches Long-Delayed Communications System The Coast Guard's delayed and expensive search-and-rescue communications network has made its debut in Virginia and at an air station in New Jersey. mark for My Articles similar articles