Boeing AH-64 Apache

Cancellation of the U.S. Army’s scout helicopter program is driving focus on UAS and uncrewed teaming.

The U.S. Army within the past few weeks ran a GE Aerospace T901 engine on Sikorsky’s Raider X prototype to evaluate it.

Looming rotary-wing retirements across the Hellenic armed forces have attracted significant investment under the country’s defense recapitalization.

Safran Helicopter Engines has won a £241 million ($305.2 million) contract to support the RTM322 engines used on the UK Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters.

Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

The British Army Air Corps has marked the impending retirement of its locally assembled Apache attack helicopters with a flypast around the UK.

Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.

The Army National Guard on Feb. 27 announced a stand-down of all helicopter units following two crashes of Boeing AH-64D Apaches.

Militaries in the region are looking to evolve their attack helicopters.

Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.

Maj. Ingkiriwang Reeve and Maj. Eugene Chua explain the complex manouevers required for the integrated Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow and F-15SG.aerial display.

Longbow operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will undergo a Life Extension Program that will see the fleet operate beyond 2030.

An Apache and an F-15SG from the Republic of Singapore Air Force are together headlining the aerial display segment at Singapore Airshow 2024.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

Rearmament in Europe is focused on strengthening combat and support aircraft capacity and ground-based air defenses.

Airworthiness testing included eight firings of a Raafel Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from the latest version of the heavy attack helicopter, Lockheed said.

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The Apache acquisition is part of a major recapitalization of Morocco's armed forces in response to neighboring Algeria’s burgeoning military capability.

The UK has been OK’d to purchase up to 3,000 Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) to equip its new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.

The city-state’s air force and army participated in Exercise Forging Saber with novel artificial intelligence systems to maintain a strategic edge.

Boeing on Oct. 11 completed the first flight of an upgrade to its AH-64E Apache about two years after an award from the U.S. Army.

U.S. financial analysts do not see the latest Middle East conflict rising to the same level for a long-term arms buildup like the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.

The U.S. State Department has given the green light for the largest potential export contract for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, for Poland.

Poland’s helicopter procurement plans dwarf those of other European countries.