Sikorsky announced Monday that it had been awarded a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system into a testbed UH-60M… Continue reading "DARPA Taps Sikorsky Flight Automation For Army Black Hawk Testbed"
Portugal has strengthened its aerial firefighting capabilities by procuring three additional UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. This recent acquisition, finalized on 6 September, is part of a broader effort to modernize… Continue reading "Portugal Acquires More Black Hawks For Its Firefighters"
Lockheed Martin announced on 5 April, that the government of Greece has signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of 35 UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, which… Continue reading "Greece Officially Signs Contract For UH-60M Black Hawk Purchase"
The Albanian Air Force has received the first two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the United States. On January 13, a US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III heavy… Continue reading "Albania Receives Its First Two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters"
Australia’s defence ministry has announced that it expects the next batch of UH-60M Black Hawks it has ordered to arrive in early 2024, after a request to the United States… Continue reading "Next Batch Of Australian Black Hawks Scheduled For Early 2024"
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has recovered the flight recorder of a UH-60JA that crashed with 10 people on board on April 6th in waters south of Okinawa. The flight recorder… Continue reading "Flight Recorder Of Crashed Japanese Blackhawk Recovered"
Japanese authorities are conducting search and rescue efforts for a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Blackhawk that went missing south of Okinawa on Thursday. According to Japan’s defense ministry, radar contact… Continue reading "Missing Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Blackhawk Feared Crashed"
Since 2001 the Swedish Armed Forces have utilized 18 NH90TTH helicopters in the utility/transport configuration. Eight of them were intended for the Swedish Coast Guard (Kystvakten) and six of them… Continue reading "Sweden Moving Away From NH90"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We continue to deliver more fascinating news from around the World regarding… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (7-11 February)"
On Saturday, 5 February, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully flew an unmanned UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. This was the first time a… Continue reading "DARPA Successfully Flight Tests Unmanned Black Hawk"