http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 6:11:30 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy is making design changes to its CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter to adjust the center of gravity and to switch to a new rotory damper that will continue to provide increased reliability for the aircraft, a Navy official said. Additionally... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2690.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Navy is in the process of preparing to release a request for proposal (RFP) in June for Increment II of its presidential helicopter, as the service looks to put the troubled program back on track. The RFP is required because of the changes the Navy has... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2645.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Raytheon [RTN] announced it has teamed with Swift Engineering Inc. to provide the Navy and Marinea with KillerBee, an unmanned aircraft system for their respective small tactical unmanned aircraft systems and Tier 2 missions. Raytheon leads the team and... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2646.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products and Israel's Elbit Systems' [ESLT] wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylarkr II Small Tactical /Tier II-class Unmanned Aerial... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2647.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Security Cooperation Agency April 21 notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of CH-47D Chinook helicopters as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2648.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of preparing to release a request for proposal (RFP) in June for Increment II of its presidential helicopter, as the service looks to put the troubled program back on track The RFP is required because of the changes... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2589.html Wed, 7 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products and Israel's Elbit Systems' [ESLT] wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylarkr II Small Tactical /Tier II-class Unmanned Aerial... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2530.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Security Cooperation Agency April 21 notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of CH-47D Chinook helicopters as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2531.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Boeing's [BA] ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA) logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight hours with Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Iraq and 1,000 shipboard recoveries with the Navy, the company reported. ScanEagle is a... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2532.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Reliability issues with the AQS-20 sonar's cable winch system aboard the MH-60S Seahawk, have led the Navy to suspend the system's operational evaluation (OPEVAL) while an independent team reviews the effort. Recently the Navy told lawmakers that it was... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2533.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Security Cooperation Agency April 21 notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of CH-47D Chinook helicopters as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2464.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt The Pentagon's top acquisition official wants to find out when the Army and Air Force can merge their unmanned aerial vehicle programs and then accelerate the process. "It looks to my team like there are benefits," to merging the... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2445.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt The first prototype flight of the Block III version of the AH-64 Apache helicopter is scheduled for July 9, according to Army and Boeing [BA] officials. The Block III Apache was not designed for Apache battalion commanders, Mark Hayes, Army... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2389.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) said its advanced Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) installed on Army AH-64 Apache helicopters is credited with accurately detecting and diagnosing impending tail rotor... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2347.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Modifications and procurement changes account for a program cost increase of more than 11 percent for the Army's new Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), produced by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), officials said. The most... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2351.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The first prototype flight of the Block III version of the AH-64 Apache helicopter is scheduled for July 9, according to Army and Boeing [BA] officials. The Block III Apache was not designed for Apache battalion commanders, Mark Hayes, Army Training and... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2352.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Army's Extended Range Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft Weapon System made its debut here April 8 at the Army Aviation Association of America's annual convention. "What a great opportunity to preview our first representative production... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2353.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Modifications and procurement changes account for a program cost increase of more than 11 percent for the Army's new Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), produced by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), officials said. The most recent Defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2354.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) said its advanced Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) installed on Army AH-64 Apache helicopters is credited with accurately detecting and diagnosing impending tail rotor swashplate bearing... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2355.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force does not yet know if a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle that ran off a runway in Iraq recently week can be repaired, or what caused the accident, the service said. "Our skilled maintenance craftsmen will evaluate the wreckage to... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/2356.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT