Triumph Group has secured a $17.3M delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply updated digital electronic control units for two U.S. Army helicopter fleets.
Read More »Bell to Demo V-280 Tiltrotor Aircraft Under Army Program
Textron’s Bell subsidiary is slated to test the autonomous flight feature of a tiltrotor aircraft’s fly-by-wire control system as part of the U.S. Army’s one-year extension to the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration initiative, Asia Times reported Tuesday.
Read More »Triumph Awarded Second DLA Delivery Order for Helicopter Electronic Control Units
Triumph Group secured a $12.4M delivery order with the Defense Logistics Agency to provide the U.S. Army with digital electronic control units for aircraft.
Read More »Lockheed Subsidiary Plans Full Demo of Autonomous Helicopter Tech in 2020
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, plans to conduct a fully autonomous flight of the S-70 helicopter as an optionally manned aircraft by 2020, Military.com reported Thursday.
Read More »Triumph Receives $77M Contract Extension to Update Army Aircraft Electronic Control Units
Triumph Group's integrated systems business will produce digital electronic control units for two U.S. Army aircraft types under a potential $77M contract extension from the Defense Logistics Agency.
Read More »Ron Hutter, Mike Sousa on General Electric’s Proposed Engine for Army Helicopters
Ron Hutter and Mike Sousa of General Electric told Defense News in an interview published Thursday about the company’s proposed technology for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program. ITEP seeks to build a new engine for integration with the service branch’s existing helicopters and aircraft under the Future Vertical …
Read More »Report: Bell Performs V-280 Tiltrotor Flight Demo in Arlington
Textron’s Bell subsidiary has conducted a flight demonstration of its proposed offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program, the Dallas Morning News reported Friday. The pilots flew the V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft on Thursday at Bell’s flight research center in Arlington, Va., 10 months after the plane made its initial flight …
Read More »Sikorsky to Demo Black Hawk Utility Helicopter With Autonomous Tech
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary is conducting ground checks to prepare a medium-lift utility helicopter equipped with a robotic co-pilot kit for initial flight tests slated to commence by the end of the year, Rotor & Wing reported Friday. The upcoming flight demonstration of an automated UH-60A Black Hawk will culminate a decade-long collaborative effort of …
Read More »Army Reviews Design of GE’s New Military Helicopter Engine
The U.S. Army has completed a preliminary design review of an engine technology General Electric‘s aviation business developed under a 24-month, $102 million contract awarded in September 2016. GE said Wednesday the PDR represents a milestone for the technology maturation and risk reduction phase of the service branch’s Improved Turbine Engine Program. …
Read More »Sikorsky, Romaero Enter Black Hawk Assembly, Maintenance Partnership
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Romaero have signed a partnership agreement with the goal to encourage Romanian defense companies to support in-country assembly and maintenance of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Romaero said Wednesday Lockheed authorized the Bucharest-based aerospace company to host a regional center that will assemble, equip, customize and maintain the multimission aircraft in …
Read More »Report: Army Eyes 2018 Solicitation for Light Ground Mobility Vehicle Platform
The U.S. Army looks to issue a request for proposals in 2018 to acquire a light ground mobility vehicle designed for transportation of infantry troops across future combat zones, Defense News reported Thursday. Col. Shane Fullmer, joint light tactical vehicles program manager at the Army, told reporters at the Association of …
Read More »Sikorsky, Kaan Air, StarFlight Enter $50M Agreement to Refurbish Black Hawk Helicopters in Australia
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, Kaan Air Australia and StarFlight Australia have entered a $50 million agreement to refurbish up to 20 ex-U.S. military UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Australia. Sikorsky will initially refurbish and maintain 10 Black Hawks in Brisbane as part of the agreement, which includes an option for 10 more helicopters, Lockheed said Thursday. StarFlight …
Read More »Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to repair 381 tail rotor blades of the service branch’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Wednesday contract work will run through March 31, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The Army Contracting Command obligated $18.4 million at the time of …
Read More »L-3 to Produce Electro-Optical IR Turrets for Middle East Country’s UH-60 Fleet
L-3 Communications has been chosen to supply electro-optical and infrared designating turrets for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of a Middle Eastern defense customer under a foreign military sales agreement. New York City-headquartered L-3 said Tuesday its Wescam MX-10D EO/IR turrets will work to help the customer execute counterterrorism missions from UH-60s helicopters. The company added its integrated …
Read More »Sikorsky’s Colombia Facility to Support Black Hawk Operators in Mexico
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will provide maintenance, repair and pilot simulator training support to Mexico’s UH-60 Black Hawk operators through Sikorsky’s facility in Colombia. Lockheed said Thursday Black Hawk operators in Mexico can go to the helicopter flight simulator center at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar to utilize its five-axis flight simulator as well as …
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