helicopter

BIZ BRIEF: Mitsubishi Electric delivers world’s...
March 28, 2013
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said March 28 that it has delivered the world’s first helicopter satellite communication system to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency...
China helicopters pose new threat to Senkakus...
Satoshi Morimoto, shown in December 2012, when he was defense minister (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
February 08, 2013
Chinese maritime surveillance vessels made apparent preparations last year to deploy helicopters inside Japanese territorial waters, which would have directly challenged...
@BEIJING: Chinese military flaunts state-of-the-art ...
Two Chinese soldiers use microphones to explain functions of the Z-9WZ, a state-of-the-art armed helicopter demonstrated to reporters on July 24 at a military base outside Beijing. (Kenji Minemura)
August 23, 2012
A buzz of rotors from the mountainside heralded the appearance of a fleet of four Z-9WZ helicopters, state-of-the-art Chinese military aircraft.
United Technologies sent military copter tech to...
U.S. Attorney David B. Fein speaks at a news conference in Bridgeport, Conn., on June 28. A division of United Technologies Corp. pleaded guilty to crimes related to the illegal export of software that U.S. officials say was used by China to develop the country's first modern military attack helicopter. Fein, said Pratt & Whitney Canada knowingly committed the violations because it wanted to become the exclusive supplier for a helicopter market in China with projected revenues of up to $2 billion. (AP Photo)
June 29, 2012
WASHINGTON -- United Technologies Corp. on June 28 admitted selling China software that helped Beijing develop its first modern military attack helicopter, one of hundreds of...
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