Boeing AH-64 Apache

Australia is working to modernize, upgrade, and strengthen its strategic capabilities across the spectrum of its missions and the work is beginning to show.

Poland’s Defense Minister has approved calls from commanders to allow non-commissioned officers to fly the country’s new Boeing Apache attack helicopter fleet.

Warsaw is looking to translate large fighter, helicopter and weapons purchases into a stronger defense industrial footprint.

The discussions are still at an early stage, said Adam Hodges, head of business development for Boeing’s vertical lift program.

Army pilots scored an alarmingly high 2.01 flight mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours through the first 10 months of fiscal 2024.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Global events continue to drive military aircraft markets, and the AH-64E’s success is a useful example of the phenomenon.

The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.

Poland’s government has signed the largest-ever export deal for Boeing’s Apache attack helicopter.

Warsaw plans to acquire 96 of the aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters’ Polish affiliate, PZL-Swidnik, has opened a production line on which AW149 battlefield support rotorcraft will be built for Poland.

The Dutch Defense Ministry has given the green light to upgrade electronic warfare suites on its AH-64, CH-47 and NH90 helicopters, the government says.

Australia’s new defense strategy includes pricey acquisitions for both the Australian navy and air force, but data from Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Military tool suggest that a commensurate increase in aviation-related contract opportunities may not be in the offing.

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.