Russian pilots use the “world’s first helicopter ejection mechanism” to jump from their KA-52 helicopter, dubbed “Jumping From Alligator’s Mouth.”
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Russian pilots use the “world’s first helicopter ejection mechanism” to jump from their KA-52 helicopter, dubbed “Jumping From Alligator’s Mouth.”

In a dramatic video that has gone viral on social media, a Russian Ka-52 Alligator aircraft is shown being struck by what seems to be a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile. The helicopter crew then appeared to be ejecting owing to the world’s first helicopter ejection mechanism. The video first appeared on the internet […]

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Bell Unveils New Attack-Recon Helicopter With Sleek, Stealthy Design
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Bell Unveils New Attack-Recon Helicopter With Sleek, Stealthy Design

Bell’s new 360 Invictus is a stealthy, high-speed attack helicopter being offered for the Army’s Future Assault Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). Laser-guided Hydra 70 rockets, RF-driven Hellfire missiles, Spike NLOS ωεɑρσռs, the emerging Joint Air to Ground Missile and even unanticipated, yet-to-exist ωεɑρσռs will all fire from Bell’s new 360 Invictus, […]

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To prepare Kuwaiti pilots for Super Hornet deliveries, Boeing was given a $70 million contract
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To prepare Kuwaiti pilots for Super Hornet deliveries, Boeing was given a $70 million contract

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $70,704,608 cost-plus-fixed-fee reimbursable contract to provide integrated logistics support for the government of Kuwait in support of preparing Kuwait pilots for delivery of the Kuwait F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The support will include […]

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Meet the First Domestically Manufactured Attack Helicopter from South Africa
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Meet the First Domestically Manufactured Attack Helicopter from South Africa

The Atlas/Denel AH-2 Rooivalk is an early example of how South Africa successfully built up its own arms industry. The Atlas (now Denel) AH-2 Rooivalk (Red Kestrel) is in many ways a legacy of South Africa’s effort to develop an indigenous arms industry due to the international arms embargo that was in effect throughout the 1970s […]

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32 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters are purchased by the Philippine Department of National Defense
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32 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters are purchased by the Philippine Department of National Defense

  PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company has signed a contract award with the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) to manufacture 32 additional S-70i Black Hawk® utility helicopters for the Philippine Air Force. Delivery of all 32 aircraft by 2026 will dramatically increase the operational capacity of the Philippine […]

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