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Boeing won a $1 billion modification for the Apache AH-64E full-rate production. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of December 31, 2027. The Apache attack helicopter is a combat proven
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Defence Ministry wants to buy 82 Airbus H-145M civilian helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters to r.
Boris Pistorius' (SPD) Ministry of Defense apparently wants to buy 82 civilian helicopters to replace the ailing fleet of Tiger combat helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters - and this against explicit warnings from several internal units in the force. This emerges from internal documents of the Bundeswehr, which are exclusively available…
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany s Defence Ministry wants to buy 82 Airbus H-145M civilian helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters to replace its Tiger combat fleet, Business Insider reported, citing military internal documents. Germany last year shifted its defence policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, committing 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to modernize the Bundeswehr, Germany s armed forces. Berlin, which has been reluctant to buy into an upgrade of Airbus s Tiger attack helicopter due to operational problems, wants to buy the 82 aircraft for 3.05 billion euros ($3.3 billion) and arm 24 of them with anti-tank missiles, the German news outlet said. The Defence Ministry was not immediately available for comment. The H-145M helicopters are approved for military use but are not designed as combat aircraft and the Bundeswehr has concerns about the machine s combat suitability and crew protection, which the ministry has ignored so far, the report added. The Bundeswehr se
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Defence Ministry wants to buy 82 Airbus H-145M civilian helicopters and convert some of them into combat helicopters to r.