GE Aerospace has partnered with Arizona-based StandardAero to help build and sustain the CT7-2E1 propulsion systems that will power the UK Armed Forces’ New Medium Helicopter (NHM) fleet. The collaboration follows the July selection of GE’s CT7 engine by Leonardo to power 23 AW149 multirole airframes it was contracted to deliver to the…
Two new royal helicopters that came into service earlier this year have already notched up 58,000 miles between them – the equivalent of flying twice around the Earth. The AgustaWestland AW139s, used by senior royals to traverse the UK, racked up 420 hours of flying time between Feb 25 and the end of November. The…
A Hong Kong man who went missing for more than 12 hours during a hike in Yuen Long was found by an employee of Tai Lam Tunnel on Monday morning. The force received a report from a 57-year-old woman, surnamed Lee, at 5.22pm on Sunday, saying that her 28-year-old son was missing after going off…
Images circulating online suggest Pakistan’s military has received a shipment of Chinese-made advanced attack helicopters, a version of which has been deployed by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) near China’s mountainous border with India. In the past week, photos and videos of the Z-10ME, the export version of the Chinese multirole attack helicopter, have appeared…