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13-Dec-11 Bell AH-1W Yuma, US-Arizona

13-Dec-11 Bell AH-1W Yuma, US-Arizona

13-Dec-2011

Pilot elected to make an emergency landing, which was executed safely with no damage to the helicopter... Read more

Minnesota National Guard dedicates retired AH-1 and UH-1

Minnesota National Guard dedicates retired AH-1 and UH-1

3-Oct-2011Source: St Cloud Times

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... Read more

ATK receives $58.7M ammunition contract for AH-1 and others

ATK receives $58.7M ammunition contract for AH-1 and others

29-Sep-2011Source: ATK

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,... Read more

28-Sep-11 Bell AH-1W Helmand Province, Afghanistan (1F)

28-Sep-11 Bell AH-1W Helmand Province, Afghanistan (1F)

28-Sep-2011

First Lt. Ryan K. Iannelli, died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Air Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, MCAS New River, N.C.... Read more

EFW awarded $9.4M more for AH-1W helmet system

EFW awarded $9.4M more for AH-1W helmet system

20-Sep-2011Source: US DoD

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.... Read more

19-Sep-11 Bell AH-1W Camp Pendleton, US-California (2F)

19-Sep-11 Bell AH-1W Camp Pendleton, US-California (2F)

19-Sep-2011

The helicopter went down at approximately 1:00 p.m. Monday in a training area in the southeast corner of Camp Pendleton.  A small brush fire broke out as a result of the crash. Fire crews are on scene working to contain the flames.  The two fatalities were later named as Capt. Jeffrey Bland, 37, and 1st... Read more

18-Aug-11 Bell AH-1 Topsogut, Turkey (1F)

18-Aug-11 Bell AH-1 Topsogut, Turkey (1F)

18-Aug-2011

Fatality was Captain Erhan Kind, survivor named as Kamuran Sönmezay... Read more

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules

25-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

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,... Read more

30-May-11 Bell AH-1 Isfahan, Iran (2F)

30-May-11 Bell AH-1 Isfahan, Iran (2F)

30-May-2011

A military helicopter belonging to Iran’s Air Force has crashed near the central city of Isfahan, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a senior Iranian official says.  Deputy Governor of Isfahan Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said that the crash was caused by technical problems in the helicopter.... Read more

CPI Aero announces order from Bell for AH-1Z structural panels

CPI Aero announces order from Bell for AH-1Z structural panels

16-Mar-2011Source: CPI Aero

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.... Read more

Washington State retires AH-1 fleet from firefighting duties, adds two UH-1s

Washington State retires AH-1 fleet from firefighting duties, adds two UH-1s

14-Mar-2011Source: Washington State DNR

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... Read more

Cutaway and review – Bell AH-1Z Viper

Cutaway and review – Bell AH-1Z Viper

20-Dec-2010Source: Flightglobal

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... Read more

AH-1Z earns US Navy approval for full rate production

AH-1Z earns US Navy approval for full rate production

10-Dec-2010Source: Bell

[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... Read more

AH-1Z approved for full rate production

AH-1Z approved for full rate production

1-Dec-2010Source: US Navy

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... Read more

Elbit wins $45M contract for AH-1W Night Targeting System Upgrade

Elbit wins $45M contract for AH-1W Night Targeting System Upgrade

26-Oct-2010Source: Elbit Systems

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)... Read more

Kollsman awarded $45M contract for AH-1W night targeting system upgrades

Kollsman awarded $45M contract for AH-1W night targeting system upgrades

30-Sep-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

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.... Read more

AH-1Z successfully completes OpEval

AH-1Z successfully completes OpEval

30-Sep-2010Source: U S Marine Corps

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... Read more

ATK receives more than $50M for AH-1 20mm ammunition

ATK receives more than $50M for AH-1 20mm ammunition

24-Sep-2010Source: ATK

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... Read more

Projects Unlimited awarded wiring contract for UH-1Y and AH-1Z programs

Projects Unlimited awarded wiring contract for UH-1Y and AH-1Z programs

16-Sep-2010

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... Read more

Bell awarded $12M contract for H-1 upgrade program

Bell awarded $12M contract for H-1 upgrade program

10-Sep-2010Source: US Dept of Defense

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... Read more

Turkish Government denounces reports of block on Cobra purchase

Turkish Government denounces reports of block on Cobra purchase

9-Sep-2010Source: World Bulletin

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.... Read more

USMC prepare residents for V-22, AH-1 and UH-1s in Hawaii

USMC prepare residents for V-22, AH-1 and UH-1s in Hawaii

11-Aug-2010Source: US Marine Corps

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... Read more

Bell continues to increase H-1 production

Bell continues to increase H-1 production

19-Jul-2010Source: Bell

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... Read more

Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters

Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters

30-Jun-2010Source: Today's Zaman

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.... Read more

Marine Light Attack Squadron 773 arrives at Robins AFB

Marine Light Attack Squadron 773 arrives at Robins AFB

25-Jun-2010Source: Macon

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.... Read more

Lockheed Martin Receives $44M USMC AH-1Z Targeting System Production Contract

Lockheed Martin Receives $44M USMC AH-1Z Targeting System Production Contract

22-Jun-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

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... Read more

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

LockMart’s Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Completes Limited Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Testing

14-Apr-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

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... Read more

U.S. to provide Pakistan with 13 Cobras for spare parts use

U.S. to provide Pakistan with 13 Cobras for spare parts use

19-Mar-2010Source: US Embassy in Islamabad

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... Read more

AH-1W Cobra crew complete integrated testing of APKWS – Operational assessment follows

AH-1W Cobra crew complete integrated testing of APKWS – Operational assessment follows

2-Feb-2010Source: BAE Systems

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... Read more

Elbit Systems Awarded $15.6M Contract for USMC AH-1W Tactical Video Data Link

Elbit Systems Awarded $15.6M Contract for USMC AH-1W Tactical Video Data Link

20-Jan-2010Source: Elbit Systems

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... Read more

Elbit Awarded $8.2M Contract for Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) for USMC AH-1W

Elbit Awarded $8.2M Contract for Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) for USMC AH-1W

13-Jan-2010Source: Elbit Systems of America

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... Read more

Pakistan seeks 20 AH-1W gunships

Pakistan seeks 20 AH-1W gunships

8-Jan-2010Source: Strategy Page

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.... Read more

US to sell Cobra helicopters to Turkey

US to sell Cobra helicopters to Turkey

26-Oct-2009Source: Zaman

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.... Read more

Bell celebrates groundbreaking of new H-1 Flight Hanger

Bell celebrates groundbreaking of new H-1 Flight Hanger

14-Oct-2009Source: Connect Amarillo

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.... Read more

Hueys, Super Cobras expected back by July

Hueys, Super Cobras expected back by July

17-Jun-2009Source: Marine Corps Times

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5-May-09  Bell AH-1 Ma'ale Efraim, Israel

5-May-09 Bell AH-1 Ma'ale Efraim, Israel

5-May-2009

5-May-09 Bell AH-1 Ma'ale Efraim, Israel... Read more

Navair grounds six UH-1Y and one AH-1Z helicopters

Navair grounds six UH-1Y and one AH-1Z helicopters

2-May-2009Source: Aviation Week

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.... Read more

US Air Force airmen, Marines work together to test-load helicopters

US Air Force airmen, Marines work together to test-load helicopters

23-Apr-2009Source: US Air Force

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.... Read more

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Iranian Army Bell AH-1 Cobra

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Iranian Army Bell AH-1 Cobra

6-Apr-2009Source: Airliners.net

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07-Mar-09  Bell AH-1 Buyukcaylak region of Pinarbasi town in Kayseri province, Turkey (2F)

07-Mar-09 Bell AH-1 Buyukcaylak region of Pinarbasi town in Kayseri province, Turkey (2F)

7-Mar-2009

7-Mar-09 Bell AH-1 Buyukcaylak region of Pinarbasi town in Kayseri province, Turkey... Read more

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