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The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $102 million contract to modernise 25 of Egypt’s Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters to AH-64E Apache Guardian standard. The upgrade announcement comes 19 months after the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) approved a larger foreign military sales (FMS) deal, worth an estimated $2.3 billion, to upgrade a total of 43 Egyptian Apache attack helicopters. Thus, it appears a possibility that 18 of the aircraft m...

Mi-28NM Havoc is the successor to the Hind Mil Mi-24, which is a vast improvement over the older and large helicopter gunship

Chinese helicopters on parade over Beijing, September 3, 2015. Xinhua/Liu Junxi via Getty Images China's rapid military modernization has stoked

China's helicopters haven't gotten the same attention as its missiles or warships, but those helos could play a central role in an attack on Taiwan.

The deal would see 350 civilian contractors and two U.S. government officials oversee maintenance to keep Saudi Arabian helicopters and their weapons operational, train crew to operate them, and implement upgrades.

The British Army showcased its latest Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter to the media during an event at the type's main operating base at Wattisham Airfield on 20 January. The British Army has so far received 14 of 50 Boeing AH...

The British Army showcased its latest Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter to the media during an event at the type's main operating base at Wattisham Airfield on 20 January. The British Army has so far received 14 of 50 Boeing AH...

Boeing has handed over the first CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for Saudi Arabia, a company representative told on 24 January. Janes Saudi Arabia has received its first CH-47F Chinook helicopters, similar to this US Army model. Confir...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Lockheed Martin to upgrade the sensors of Egypt's Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters as the first step in a planned modernisation of the fleet to the latest AH-64E Apache Guardia...

The British Army showcased its latest Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter to the media during an event at the type's main operating base at Wattisham Airfield on 20 January. The British Army has so far received 14 of 50 Boeing AH...