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Sikorsky–a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [UTX]–is allowing Turkish defense contractors to manufacture and assemble a Turkish version of its Black Hawk called the T-70. The company said March 4 […]

As telegraphed by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Feb. 25, the Army’s $120.5 billion portion of the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2015 divests OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters and moves […]

The Air Force will continue its competition for a new Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH), while the Navy delays the CH-53K Super Stallion, according to the FY ’15 budget requests released […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 4 said it is seeking $38.2 billion in net discretionary funding in FY ’15 from Congress, including rotary aircraft for the Coast […]

Sikorsky Aircraft‘s [UTX] Matrix™ Technology autonomy research program has progressed to the second phase of flight test activities with the installation of advanced sensors that will allow the Sikorsky Autonomy […]

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.–The Army Apache Project Office, Army testers and Lockheed Martin [LMT] brought the future to life in a test flight of the AH-64E Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) last month. […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.– Lockheed Martin [LMT] Feb. 20 said it received a $92 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract in December 2013 from the Army to sustain the AH-64 Apache helicopter Modernized Target Acquisition […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requests $7.459 billion in Fiscal Year 2015 to develop and deploy the systems that constitute the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The BMDS is being […]

The Pentagon wants to pour more money into training and maintenance for combat readiness and to continue three major Air Force acquisition programs, paying for these multibillion-dollar spending boosts by […]

Sequestration would have a “dangerous” effect on the U.S. Strategic Command and its ability to defend the country, STRATCOM Commander Adm. Cecil Haney and members of the Senate Armed Services […]