Air Center Helicopters won a potential $43.8M contract to provide personnel recovery training services to the U.S. Air Force’s 68th Rescue Squadron. Training will be held at various locations, including Davis-Monthan AF Base, Ariz. and Naval Air Station North Island, Colo.

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Air Center Helicopters will provide flight services to the U.S. Antarctic Program under a potential $53.6M indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of the Interior, according to an award notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps. 

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NASA-designed collision avoidance software has been tested onboard two research helicopters of Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky division as part of efforts to evaluate the autonomous technology to enable advanced air mobility. Five software systems were loaded into the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft, a modified S-76B converted into a flying lab, and the larger Optionally Piloted Vehicle Black Hawk.

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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has delivered the initial airframe replacement for the MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters to the U.S. Coast Guard. The delivery forms part of a 10-year life extension program aimed at prolonging the service life of the 45-helicopter fleet into the 2040s, Lockheed said Thursday.

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Helicopters are one of the most innovative inventions that changed the game for defense, warfighting, transportation, and disaster relief missions. Many models have been invented to fulfill various government efforts, but the Sikorsky line of helicopters is one that has proven to be a consistent force to be reckoned with when it comes to defending […] More

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense pioneers innovation for the nation’s defense industry through its satellite, geospace, intelligence, cyber, space, and communications systems portfolio. The company strengthens the government’s aerospace capabilities by working closely with the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, National Security agencies, and other aerospace-focused partners. Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.’s Leaders, […] More

Top government contracts won by Airbus U.S. Space Defense, Inc. often serve the defense and space sectors. The company’s international government relations often involve providing logistics support and manufacturing equipment for specific missions. Airbus is a defense and space contractor based in France, established in the late 1960s to match the American manufacturers. Airbus has […] More

Leonardo‘s helicopters business is establishing a 113,000 sq. ft. facility at Whiting Aviation Park in Milton, Florida, to accommodate repair and overhaul, transmission work on aircraft components. The company said Monday the Leonardo Helicopters Florida Support Center will have four large hangar bays, Dynamic Test Bench, full-sized paint booth, tooling and equipment as well as […] More

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command has partnered with Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, to develop best practices and methods for certifying the airworthiness of military avionic systems that use multicore processor architectures. Collins Aerospace said Monday it entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Army CCDC Aviation and Missile Center […] More

Lockheed Martin and its Sikorsky subsidiary are considering linking future helicopter offerings to the F-35 aircraft and other fighter jets, Defense One reported Wednesday. Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, said the military aircraft manufacturer will use a Black Hawk helicopter as a surrogate model for a proposed Army Future Vertical Lift vehicle and equip the […] More

Arctos has secured a spot on a potential eight-year, $44 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide third-party logistics services for helicopters handled by the U.S. Army’s Multi-National Aviation Special Project Office. The company said it will deliver rotary-wing aircraft equipment, supplies and support services to MASPO and the Army’s aviation program executive office. In support of […] More

PteroDynamics will provide three vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system prototypes to support a program under the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The company said Monday the VTOL aircraft design will be used for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS, an autonomous vehicle intended to deliver cargo to and from ships at sea. […] More