The Italian Army’s two AW169 basic training twin engine helicopters, designated as UH-169B, have set an important milestone by accruing 1,000 flight hours in operation. The type has been in service with the Italian Army since July 2020 when the first aircraft was delivered to the 2nd Army...
Industry teams submitted their bids on June 25 for the US Army's Enhanced Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance (EMARSS) aircraft, the latest scaled-down iteration of the service's former Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) program. The Army specified the small, twin-engine King Air 350ER ...
The first two engines that will power the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototypes are scheduled to be delivered by the end of this month, the Army announced Wednesday. Under the Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), General Electric Aerospace's T901 flight test engine was accepte...
The Mi-17 can climb at a rate of 8m/s. The maximum speed and cruise speed of the helicopter are 250km/h and 225km/h respectively. The range of the helicopter is 465km and the service ceiling is 6,000m. The aircraft weighs around 7,489kg and its maximum take-off weight is 13,00...
Weapons The aircraft is equipped with two outboard 20mm cannons, pod-mounted rockets and two 12.7mm machine guns. Countermeasures The search-and-rescue helicopter is fitted with a radar warner and a missile launch warning system. The helicopter also has radar and infrared jammers and a chaff and...
ahead—i.e. the Apache, Blackhawk, and Chinook—more robustly. In theory, the Army will also use freed-up funding to field a new generation of less costly, unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft that it can deploy in larger volumes, informed by the revolution in drone warfare observable...
overt attempts, there has been the natural evolution of arming helicopters and moving to aircraft with greater payloads, including twin-engine aircraft. Starting with small numbers of very light aircraft, the air Army has become a significant customer of the large aerospace companies. The Army's ...
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The helicopter is fitted with six BGM-71 tube-launched optically tracked (TOW) air-to-air missiles or four rocket pods. The BGM-1 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile designed and developed by Hughes Aircraft. The maximum operational range of the missile is 3,750m. It weighs around 3.9kg...
That’s right, the concept of the Japanese “Zero” and twin-engine bombers was secretly on the drawing boards in the late 1920s by German designers. Coincidentally, in 1921 German Jesuits showed up in Japan! In addition, Herbert Smith [famous aircraft designer for Sopwith] was asked by ...