Airbus UH-72

The U.S. Army is narrowing the field as it seeks a replacement for the Airbus UH-72 Lakota helicopters currently used for rotary-wing training at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Light helicopter manufacturers are battling it out to win the U.S. Army’s next-generation training fleet contract.

The U.S. Army set a five-month deadline starting from June 3 for companies to submit bids to replace the UH-72 as the primary trainer for helicopter pilots.

Robinson Helicopters thinks the time is right for a foray into U.S. military programs as the Army plans to reshape its pilot training.

Airbus and Shield AI will integrate the Hivemind autonomy software on an uncrewed, cargo-carrying variant of the UH-72A Lakota helicopter.

The U.S. Army is overhauling most of its major aircraft fleets, including rotary-wing, C4ISR and uncrewed platforms.

Rotorcraft manufacturers are seeking partners and preparing bids for the U.S. Army’s updated training plans.

Forty companies responded to a request for information (RFI) issued by the service last October.

New orders are rolling in, buoyed by upticks in defense spending and increased demand from the public safety, air ambulance and energy sectors.

The Army on Oct. 9 released a request for information (RFI) for its future helicopter pilot training.

A mock-up shows the Airbus plan to convert the cockpit of the UH-72 into an extension of the main cabin for carrying cargo.

The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen Leonardo’s AW139 medium helicopter to demonstrate autonomous logistics resupply.

Boeing modifies the Leonardo AW139 for the U.S. Air Force’s crewed Grey Wolf configuration.

The announcement makes Airbus the first of four companies to identify themselves as participants in Phase 1 of the Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program.

Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.

Airbus is to establish a final assembly line for the company’s H145 twin-engine light helicopter in the U.S.

A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.

The HASC was poised to consider more than 800 amendments during debate on the legislation June 21

The biggest change is in procurement of the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, which is reduced as planned to 36 aircraft from 74 in 2020.