Helo News game related.

[MarkSheppard]

https://www.defensenews.com/industry...d-in-40-years/

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/12/...ce-black-hawk/

WASHINGTON — Textron’s Bell has won the U.S. Army’s competition to build the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, the service’s largest helicopter procurement decision in 40 years.

The deal for the next-generation helicopter is worth up to $1.3 billion and is set to replace roughly 2,000 Black Hawk utility helicopters and around 1,200 Apache attack helicopters around 2030. FLRAA will not serve as a one-for-one replacement for existing aircraft, but it will take over the roles of the Black Hawk, long the workhorse of the Army for getting troops to and around the battlefield, and the Apache, focused on attack missions.

So looks like the Army gets mini V-22 in 2030 or so...

[Suhiir]

The tilt-rotor design of the V-22 makes it problematic to create an "Attack" version of it. So don't expect AH-1s or AH-64s to go away any time soon.

[Suhiir]

I suppose this is helo related since the Hellfire is normally a helo weapon system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srgEp7QXPks

[DRG]

There seems to be a lot of testing new applications for weapons like the Hellfire.... brimstone instantly comes to mind and from what I found online was the Hellfire is cheaper to build than either the Brimstone or the Javalin so ground launch vehicles could very well become reality in the near future and both the Brimstone and Hellfire have a greater range than a Javalin but the Javalin is, of course, man-portable

There are all kinds of old tank / APC hulls in storage that could be adapted to be missile carriers






Or just adapt the helo mount for vehicles would seem doable

[blazejos]

Here nice photo of Mi-8AMTSh which is actually modern version of Mi-8 in Russian Army

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/china-send...the-sanctions/




Airbus H125 Ecureuil are still delivered they belong to Border Guard but as Ukrainians said they also are use in military duties.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/state-bord...w-helicopters/

[blazejos]

Now pass around a year from this event a Mi-8 and Mi-24 supply raids to azovstal. Here short movie 5:12

https://youtu.be/XxZDQ_dKpQI

[whdonnelly]

Osprey in it's current configuration may be officially dead, perhaps too many design flaws.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/...C=eb_230327.nl

[Suhiir]

New tech, and the Osprey is still essentially new tech, ALWAYS has problems (ask any engineer).

Only fools expect 100% reliability and safety from anything, even more-so if they're dumb enough to expect it from new tech.

[blazejos]

Articles with nice photos about Black Hawk i Ukrainian service
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/how_t...tary-6411.html
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...ideo-6417.html


Mi-8 and Mi-24 actually livery


Sea King in their service with photos
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-ukrain...g-helicopters/
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and..._war-6395.html

AW101 for Polish navy expected this summer

[blazejos]

Info about lose of Mi-8MTPR-1 EW helicopter which looks like ordinary new Mi-8
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-russia...ew-helicopter/
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...n_20-6704.html