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Australia puts Black Hawk helicopter fleet up for sale

The Australian defense ministry is planning to offer up to 27 Black Hawk helicopters for sale as it prepares to retire the helicopter type by December 2022. According to a tender notice from last month, the potential sale is still subject to various US government and Australian defense ministry a
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Australia is replacing the Black Hawks with the NHIndustries MRH90 helicopters. The country is also in the process of acquiring up to 16 four-ton class helicopters under Project LAND 2097 Phase 4 that will replace the Black Hawk in the special operations support role.
 
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For the first time, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, flew its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototype in two demonstrations this week for service leaders and soldiers at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

In demonstrations Tuesday and Thursday, the S-97 Raider, which is based on the company's X2 coaxial-rotor technology, flew high-speed passes, hovered and showed off its maneuverability, according to a Lockheed Martin news release.

Sikorsky's S-97 is competing against Bell Textron Inc.'s 360 Invictus single-rotor prototype helicopter for the Army's FARA program, designed to fill a capability gap left by the retirement of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters. FARA is the Army's top priority in the Future Vertical Lift, or FVL, effort, which modernization officials see as a critical tool for penetrating enemy air defense networks.
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Sikorsky's S-97 Raider Recon Helicopter Performs First Flight Demos for Army Leaders

Sikorsky's S-97 is competing against Bell Textron Inc.'s 360 Invictus single-rotor prototype helicopter for the Army's FARA program.
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Norjalla on edellyt todella hitaasti NH90:n käyttöönotto, toimitukset ovat vieläkin kesken ja FOC on arvioitu saavutettavan 2025. Tässä varmaan haetaan jotain väliaikaisratkaisua takaamaan toimintaa sinne asti kun on liisaamisesta puhe.
 
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Routine Inspections Discover Cracks On Almost All The Canadian CH-148 Cyclone Fleet

The RCAF highlighted the importance of the Airworthiness Program that led to the of discovery this issue, allowing the start of the urgent repair works.
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“Each of these helicopters costs more than $150 million, and the oldest helicopter in the fleet is only five years old. So the fact that there is this problem does raise some very serious concerns as to the quality of the helicopters, the safety of the helicopters.”

"Ken Hansen, an independent defence and security analyst and former navy commander which was part of the CH-148 program, said to CBC that the cracks were likely caused by the significant power that is used when the Cyclones land and take off. “The engines that Canada had put into that aircraft were 25 per cent more powerful than the engines that were in the design aircraft, so that’s even more power and more force. Evidently, there’s a problem with the structural strength of the aircraft to withstand that force.”"
 
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