Australian Army Tiger helicopter pilots have agreed not to fly the aircraft after a recent incident and the decision not to ground the fleet.
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WAH64D to be redundant by 2017?
The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that defense officials have warned the British Apache fleet could be redundant because the U.S. will stop support for the model by 2017.
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Chile shopping for light attack helicopters
Chile is looking at the Eurocopter EC 635, the Bell 407 AH and the Boeing AH-6i as candidates for its light attack helicopter contest.
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Philippines lost opportunity to acquire French helicopters
Philippines defense department spokesman Peter Galvez said Manila has lost an opportunity to acquire 10 attack helicopters from France.
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U.S. Army officials keen to buy new armed scout helicopter
U.S. Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu and other officials have backed a plan to buy new armed scout helicopters instead of extending the life of the OH-58.
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