Bell awarded $50M for UH-1Y and AH-1Z long-lead parts
Source: US DoD, 28-May-13
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $50,631,117 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-13-C-0023) to provide additional long lead parts and components required for the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 11 UH-1Y Build New aircraft and 10 Lot 11 AH-1Z Build New aircraft for the Marine Corps. [...]
EFW awarded $11.8M contract for AH-1W Helmet Display Tracker Systems
Source: US DoD, 10-May-13
EFW, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $11,837,950 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the Helmet Display Tracker Systems (HDTS) in support of the AH-1W helicopters. This contract includes the manufacture and delivery of 11 P-kits, 65 A-kits, 11 installations, and non-recurring engineering and program support. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Fla. [...]
HFI to display three heritage helicopters at Heli-Expo 2013
Source: HFI, 01-Mar-13
At HELI-EXPO 2013, Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) is proud to again feature a Heritage of Helicopters display in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. HFI has secured the loan of these historic aircraft from several museums and foundations, and curators from these museums will speak about their respective rotorcraft and their unique [...]
Iran’s new Toufan 2 helicopter looks rather like a Cobra
03-Jan-13
Iran has unveiled its latest combat helicopter Toufan 2 during a ceremony attended by the country’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. (see full story)
Bell awarded $20M delivery order for Cobra parts repair/overhaul
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $19,637,400 for delivery order #7002 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of 12 gearbox assemblies, 12 Cobra main rotor hub assemblies, 60 Cobra main rotor blades, 11 right hand stub wings, and 10 left hand stub wings required to support the H-1 helicopter. Work [...]
South Korea reduces attack helicopter shortlist to three
Source: Hurriyet, 01-Jun-12
The contest to supply 50 attack helicopters has been reduced to three bidders – Boeing’s Apache, Bell’s Cobra and the T129 Mangusta being bid jointly by AgustaWestland and partner TAI (see full story)
Bell awarded $11M contract for H-1 repairs
Source: US DoD, 01-Mar-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.*, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $11,057,924 for delivery order 7001 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of four items supporting the H-1 helicopter: Cobra main rotor blade; combining gearbox assembly; right hand stub wing; and left hand stub wing. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and the expected [...]
MAD restores retro-painted AH-1 for Centennial of Naval Aviation
Source: US Navy, 23-Dec-11
The Marine Aviation Detachment (MAD) at China Lake completed two major restoration projects for the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA), an AV-8A Harrier and a J-model AH-1 helicopter. Both aircraft are prominently displayed in front of the MAD headquarters at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake. In 2010, MAD members and volunteers repainted the [...]
Minnesota National Guard dedicates retired AH-1 and UH-1
Source: St Cloud Times, 03-Oct-11
Honoring the history of Minnesota National Guard aviation, two Army helicopters were dedicated as part of a permanent display Thursday outside the Army Aviation Support Facility in St. Cloud. (Full story) File photo
ATK receives $58.7M ammunition contract for AH-1 and others
Source: ATK, 29-Sep-11
ATK has received an order valued at more than $58.7 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Direct Fire Munitions Branch, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock Island, Ill., to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU-series ammunition. This is the third order under a contract originally signed in September 2008. If all options are exercised, [...]
EFW awarded $9.4M more for AH-1W helmet system
Source: US DoD, 20-Sep-11
EFW, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $9,449,387 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0057) to provide hardware, installations, non-recurring engineering, technical data, and installation support of the Helmet Display Tracking System in AH-1W helicopters. Work will be performed in Haifa, Israel (51 percent), Fort Worth, Texas (25 percent), and Melbourne, Fla. [...]
Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules
Source: US DoD, 25-Jul-11
Federal Program Integrators, Indian Island, Maine, was awarded a $15,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of two flexible test modules for the transmission test systems to test transmissions and gearboxes on AH-1, AH-64, CH-47, OH-58, UH-1N and UH-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in Indian Island, Maine, and Corpus Christi, Texas, [...]
CPI Aero announces order from Bell for AH-1Z structural panels
Source: CPI Aero, 16-Mar-11
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero(R)”) (NYSE Amex: CVU) announced today that it has received a purchase order from Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, for the manufacture of various structural panel assemblies for the AH-1Z ZULU attack helicopter. The ZULU is a twin-engine attack helicopter used by the United States Department of Defense. [...]
Washington State retires AH-1 fleet from firefighting duties, adds two UH-1s
Source: Washington State DNR, 14-Mar-11
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is making improvements to its wildland firefighting helicopter program that are estimated to save taxpayers at least $300,000 annually, following the recommendations of a recently completed legislative audit. DNR will retire four AH-1 “Cobra” helicopters from duty and has secured federal funding to replace them with two [...]
Cutaway and review – Bell AH-1Z Viper
Source: Flightglobal, 20-Dec-10
Initially envisioned as an effort to modernise the drive train of the US Marine Corps’ AH-1W fleet, the AH-1Z Viper has essentially evolved into a new aircraft
AH-1Z earns US Navy approval for full rate production
Source: Bell, 10-Dec-10
[This is Bell's formal press release. Here on HeliHub.com we ran this story on 1st December] FORT WORTH, TEXAS (December 8, 2010) Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, was approved for full rate production Nov. 28. The H-1 program office [...]
AH-1Z approved for full rate production
Source: US Navy, 01-Dec-10
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra was approved for full rate production Nov. 28. The H-1 program office received official word on the milestone III approval decision from Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Dr. Ashton B. Carter through an acquisition decision memorandum. “This [...]
Elbit wins $45M contract for AH-1W Night Targeting System Upgrade
Source: Elbit Systems, 26-Oct-10
Haifa, Israel, October 26, 2010 – Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) announced today that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded a $45.5 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana for the supply of the Night Targeting System Upgrade (NTSU) [...]
Kollsman awarded $45M contract for AH-1W night targeting system upgrades
Source: US Dept of Defense, 30-Sep-10
Kollsman, Inc., Merrimack, N.H., is being awarded a $45,478,845 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for procurement of night targeting system upgrades and associated line items for the for the AH-1W Cobra helicopter. The electro-optics system provides infrared and range finding capability to augment existing optical and radar sensors for the purpose of detecting and identifying asymmetric threats. [...]
AH-1Z successfully completes OpEval
Source: U S Marine Corps, 30-Sep-10
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra has successfully completed its Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL). On Sept. 24, NAVAIR’s H-1 Upgrades program office received official notification from the Navy’s Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force that its AH-1Z helicopters were found to be “operationally effective [...]
ATK receives more than $50M for AH-1 20mm ammunition
Source: ATK, 24-Sep-10
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received an order valued at more than $50 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock Island, Ill., to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU ammunition. This is the second order under a contract originally signed in September 2008. If all options are exercised, ATK’s [...]
Projects Unlimited awarded wiring contract for UH-1Y and AH-1Z programs
16-Sep-10
Projects Unlimited, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to build Wiring Integrated Assemblies in support of the UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopter for Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The contract, which exceeds $9.8 million dollars, continues Projects Unlimited, Inc.’s manufacturing role to include wiring integrated [...]
Bell awarded $12M contract for H-1 upgrade program
Source: US Dept of Defense, 10-Sep-10
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,246,216 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical and logistics services and products in support of H-1 helicopters upgrade program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (96 percent), and Afghanistan (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds [...]
Turkish Government denounces reports of block on Cobra purchase
Source: World Bulletin, 09-Sep-10
Turkish FM denounced news reports alleging that U.S. House of Representatives had bowed in to pressure from Jewish lobbies to cancel some weapons sales to Turkey.
USMC prepare residents for V-22, AH-1 and UH-1s in Hawaii
Source: US Marine Corps, 11-Aug-10
The Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the basing and operation of MV-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft and H-1 Cobra and Huey attack helicopters in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force elements stationed in Hawai’i. Because the squadrons would train on land owned or controlled by the [...]
Bell continues to increase H-1 production
Source: Bell, 19-Jul-10
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, continues to ramp up its production of H-1 helicopters after receiving a $546 million contract in June for the manufacture and delivery of Lot 7 of the U.S. Marine Corps H-1 Upgrade program. The contract includes 18 UH-1Y utility helicopters and 11 AH-1Z attack helicopters. Final assembly [...]
Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters
Source: Today's Zaman, 30-Jun-10
Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül has said that, in addition to an earlier decision to buy nine Italian AgustaWestland-made A129 attack helicopters, Turkey has also decided to lease nine A129s to meet the urgent needs of the Turkish military.
Marine Light Attack Squadron 773 arrives at Robins AFB
Source: Macon, 25-Jun-10
The first two helicopters of the Marine Light Attack Squadron 773 — an AH-1W Super Cobra and a UH-1N Huey — arrived at Robins recently. Seven additional helicopters will be following in the coming days and weeks.
Lockheed Martin Receives $44M USMC AH-1Z Targeting System Production Contract
Source: Lockheed Martin, 22-Jun-10
ORLANDO, FL, June 21st, 2010 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $44 million follow-on production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra. The agreement authorizes production of 18 additional units. “I am confident that TSS is exactly [...]
LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing
Source: Lockheed Martin, 14-Apr-10
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment at Redstone Arsenal, AL. The tests successfully validated the capability and technological maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker, a critical element [...]
U.S. to provide Pakistan with 13 Cobras for spare parts use
Source: US Embassy in Islamabad, 19-Mar-10
Pakistan has procured 13 AH-1F Cobras from the United States for use as spare parts for its helicopter fleet. The helicopters will be shipped from a U.S. facility in Alabama later this year. The 13 aircraft are part of a larger 2007 transaction under which Pakistan also procured and refurbished 12 AH-1F Cobras for its [...]
AH-1W Cobra crew complete integrated testing of APKWS – Operational assessment follows
Source: BAE Systems, 02-Feb-10
Aviators from the U.S. Marine Corps completed the integrated test phase of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) program Jan. 5, firing five rounds against stationary and moving targets. All five shots hit their intended targets within 2 meters of the laser designator’s spot. In the final series of shots in integrated testing, five [...]
Elbit Systems Awarded $15.6M Contract for USMC AH-1W Tactical Video Data Link
Source: Elbit Systems, 20-Jan-10
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has been awarded a contract from NAVAIR for Elbit Systems’ Tactical Video Data Link (TVDL) for the USMC AH-1W Attack Helicopter. The contract effort covers the development, production and installation of retrofit kits to incorporate TVDL into the AH-1W [...]
Elbit Awarded $8.2M Contract for Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) for USMC AH-1W
Source: Elbit Systems of America, 13-Jan-10
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. ( ESLT) announced receipt of contracts from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for Elbit Systems of America Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) for the USMC AH-1W Attack Helicopter. The contract effort covers the development of retrofit kits to incorporate HDTS [...]
Pakistan seeks 20 AH-1W gunships
Source: Strategy Page, 08-Jan-10
Pakistan wants more helicopter gunships, in particular it wants 20 AH-1W models, to supplement, and replace the 32 AH-1S and AH-1F gunships. The 6.6 ton W model was configured for naval use, and has two engines and protection against sea water corrosion.
US to sell Cobra helicopters to Turkey
Source: Zaman, 26-Oct-09
Until the attack helicopters that Turkey will produce in cooperation with Italian Agusta Westland over the next five years begin to enter service, the Cobras are planned to be used as an interim measure.
Bell celebrates groundbreaking of new H-1 Flight Hanger
Source: Connect Amarillo, 14-Oct-09
Bell Helicopter is celebrating the groundbreaking for their new H-1 Flight Hanger right now. The ceremony is taking place at the company’s Amarillo plant near Rick Husband International Airport.
Bell will pay to repair Marine copter gearboxes damaged by faulty component
Source: Star Telegram, 06-May-09
Navair grounds six UH-1Y and one AH-1Z helicopters
Source: Aviation Week, 02-May-09
Navair issues temporary grounding bulletin on six UH-1Y Hueys and one AH-1Z Cobra due to extensive damage to the main rotor gearbox on two of the new Hueys.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bell AH-1J of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force
Source: Airliners.net, 01-May-09
US Air Force airmen, Marines work together to test-load helicopters
Source: US Air Force, 23-Apr-09
Playing a game of inches, a team of Airmen and Marines worked together April 20 to test-load two Marine helicopters into a C-5C Galaxy. The UH-1Y is used to carry Marines and supplies to forward operating locations. The AH-1Z is used to provide overwatch and show of force for coalition troops.
