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  • Report: Lockheed-Rheinmetall Team to Compete for Germany’s Helicopter Replacement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed-Rheinmetall Team to Compete for Germany’s Helicopter Replacement Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have agreed to team up for a potential $4.9 billion contract to provide the German military with new heavy-lift helicopters designed to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. The partnership came nearly two months after Germany cleared a plan to begin the competition for the contract that seeks to buy […] More

  • Sikorsky's Black Hawk Weapons System Completes Military Standard Qualification Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Weapons System Completes Military Standard Qualification Tests

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed the qualification procedure for a comprehensive weapons system developed for S-70M and S-70i Black Hawk helicopters. An independent qualification assurance board confirmed the effectiveness and conformance of Sikorsky’s Black Hawk weapons system to military airworthiness, operational safety and firing standards, Lockheed said Monday. The system employs an electro-optical infrared sensor technology and designed […] More

  • Andreas Bernhard: Sikorsky Uses New Digital Tools in CH-53K Devt Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andreas Bernhard: Sikorsky Uses New Digital Tools in CH-53K Devt Process

    Andreas Bernhard, CH-53K chief engineer at Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business, has said Sikorsky has adopted software tools such as LCA and CATIA V5 and other digital technologies to produce a paperless design of the CH-53K helicopter, Rotor & Wing International reported Monday. “It’s all model based; there are no more drawings,” he said at the SciTech […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Helicopter Featured in New Television Series - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Helicopter Featured in New Television Series

    The S-92 helicopter of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has been announced to be featured on a new television series on the Science Channel. Mega Machines is a new engineering-centered show that will exhibit the performance of the S-92 on a debut episode which will air 10 PM eastern standard time, Thursday, Lockheed said Tuesday. Cougar Helicopters will operate […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s Concept for Future Vertical Lift Rotorcraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s Concept for Future Vertical Lift Rotorcraft

    Lockheed Martin has released a new video that shows the concept for the future vertical lift helicopter based on the X2 demonstrator, New Atlas reported Thursday. David Szondy writes Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary partnered with Boeing to develop the helicopter concept that comes in attack and assault variants. The proposed vertical lift aircraft has fly-by-wire flight controls, co-axial […] More

  • San Diego to Procure Sikorsky-Built Helicopter for Aerial Firefighting Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    San Diego to Procure Sikorsky-Built Helicopter for Aerial Firefighting Mission

    The city of San Diego, California, plans to award Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary a contract to supply one S-70i Black Hawk helicopter. Lockheed said Monday a specialist outfitter will modify a baseline configuration of the multimission helicopter platform from Sikorsky into a Firehawk model for use by the San Diego Fire Department. Firehawk is designed to have a 1,000-gallon water tank, […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Delivers 2 Black Hawk Helicopters for LA Fire Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Delivers 2 Black Hawk Helicopters for LA Fire Dept

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed the delivery of two S-70i Black Hawk helicopters that will be modified into a specialized configuration for the use of the Los Angeles county’s fire department. The turnover ceremony for the future Firehawk-configuration aircraft occurred in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Lockheed said Wednesday. Thomas Ewald, deputy fire chief of the L.A. County Fire Department’s air […] More

  • FAA OKs LifePort Ballistic Protection Tech for Bell Helicopter Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA OKs LifePort Ballistic Protection Tech for Bell Helicopter Integration

    LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received supplemental type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate ballistic protection technology into a Bell Helicopter aircraft platform. Lockheed said Monday the certification allows LifePort to equip Bell 412EP combat utility helicopters with the Ballistic Protection System. BPS operators can configure the system to address ballistic threat […] More

  • SIPRI: 2016 Global Military Arms Sales Hit $375B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SIPRI: 2016 Global Military Arms Sales Hit $375B

    A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says military arms and services sales worldwide reached a total of $374.8 billion during 2016. SIPRI said Monday the figure reflects a 1.9 percent increase from 2015 and represents the first year of growth in arms sales since 2010. Sales of U.S. arms manufacturers rose by 4 percent […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Navy Order for Executive Transport Helicopter Rework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Navy Order for Executive Transport Helicopter Rework

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary has been awarded a $15.1 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to perform rework services on two helicopter platforms built to transport high-level government officials. Sikorsky will provide security, project and sustainment engineering, integrated logistics, training, programming and material support services for the VH-3D and VH-60N  helicopters, the Defense Department said Wednesday. […] More

  • Report: Lockheed to Unveil New CH-53K Helicopter at Berlin Air Show - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed to Unveil New CH-53K Helicopter at Berlin Air Show

    Lockheed Martin has obtained approval from the U.S. military to demonstrate its new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter at an April 2018 air show in Berlin, Germany, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told Reuters that the event will mark the international debut of the Sikorsky-built helicopter, which will compete with Boeing‘s CH-47 Chinook twin-rotor platform for a potential $4.7 billion […] More

  • BAE Enters Hawk Fleet Support Partnership With UAE-Based Aircraft MRO Firm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Enters Hawk Fleet Support Partnership With UAE-Based Aircraft MRO Firm

    BAE Systems has partnered with an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company based in the United Arab Emirates to provide support services for the country’s fleet of Hawk trainer planes. The British defense company said Wednesday its partnership with the Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center will cover the provision of spares, repairs and engineering services for Hawk […] More