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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has demonstrated supervised autonomous operations of a Black Hawk military helicopter as part of a testing program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aimed to reduce pilot workload while ensuring flight safety.

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $94.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce six additional Black Hawk helicopters intended for medical evacuation use. The branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract to procure lot 45 HH-60M choppers, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

Aviation equipment supplier Erickson has pitched an autonomous version of its S-64F Air Crane firefighting aircraft to the U.S. Army to help free up the service branch's heavy-lift helicopter fleet, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.

The U.S. Army has announced its intent to seek proposals for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program, Defense News reported Thursday.

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAE a subcontract to manufacture sensor technology for integration onto the U.S. Navy's MH-60R Seahawk anti-surface warfare and antisubmarine helicopters.

General Electric's aviation business has reported design, development and demonstration milestones for its aircraft engines over the past year in line with the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program.

A test pilot of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter talked about his flying experience and the capabilities of the aircraft's X2 Technology during a webcast hosted Wednesday by Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary as part of the Association of the United States Army conference, Aviation Today reported.

Bell has offered a glimpse into a new facility in Fort Worth, Texas, where the Textron subsidiary will create technologies necessary for the production of tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program and other military helicopter offerings.

Bell has opened an office in Wichita, Kan., that will house the Textron subsidiary's corporate, manufacturing, supply chain and engineering functions and programs that support aerospace customers. The new facility is part of an investment to grow Bell operations after the U.S. Army selected the aircraft manufacturer to participate in two of the service branch's modernization programs, Textron said Thursday.

A team that includes Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has reached a milestone for the SB-1 Defiant helicopter that serves as its bid for a U.S. Army program, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.

A team consisting of Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has conducted a flight demonstration for its SB-1 Defiant helicopter to help inform the U.S. Army's requirements for future long-range assault aircraft, Military.com reported Thursday.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has selected United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace unit to provide a rescue hoist technology to be used on a fleet of S-70i Firehawk helicopters. Collins Aerospace said Wednesday it will supply Goodrich 44318 hoists to CAL FIRE and the fire departments of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties.

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary and United Rotorcraft have delivered three multi-role helicopter units to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at California.

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has named Continuous Composites winner of the ninth Entrepeneurial Challenge for developing a 3D printing technology designed to manufacture carbon fiber components.

Karem Aircraft has introduced the design for a rigid main rotor helicopter that will potentially support the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday.