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 Logi... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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 co... Read more
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 Septem... Read more
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 maintenan... Read more
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 New... 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 helicopt... Read more
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 helicopter... Read more
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 milita... Read more
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 facili... Read more
Lockheed Martin has tested a new sensor system onboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to check the product’s capacity to detect and track targets using an airborne platform. Lockheed sa... Read more
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-co... Read more
Mathew Hannah: Army Works on Acquisition Strategy for Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System Program
The U.S. Army is in the process of crafting an acquisition strategy for a program that seeks to develop platforms for helicopter pilots to see and operate in degraded visual environments, Br... 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