Bell Aircraft News

The first Iranian helicopter produced on home ground will be tested during the country's air force exercises to be held in the near future, Fars news agency quoted deputy commander of the Iranian ground force Kioumars Heidari as saying on Wednesday.

National Guard helicopters that spend hundreds of hours in the air during the growing season looking for clandestine marijuana grows could be on the ground more often next year under Obama administration budget proposals under protest by Oregon sheriffs and member of Congress.

The sale is reported to include patrol boats, air defense systems, fighter jet parts, and night-vision equipment.

A powerful House defense spending panel has recommended adding more than $5.3 billion to the Pentagon's procurement accounts in 2013 to buy more aircraft, ships, vehicles and weapons, according to a report.

U.S. House budget writers who oversee military spending authorized a multiyear contract Thursday to purchase 98 V-22 Ospreys over the next five years, U.S. Rep.

Editor's Note: The followingA are two news releases that were issued by the Office of Public Affairs, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. A Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is set to open its doors to the community for a very special open house and air show weekend May 12 and 13.

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is set to open its doors to the community for a special open house and air show weekend on May 12 and 13.

It's the new reality facing the U.S. military and, by extension, the industry that designs and builds helicopters for it.