NASHVILLE — The attraction of commercial airline pay has lured helicopter pilots away from the U.S. Army, but career incentive pay may help keep them, Maj. Gen. William Gayler, the commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence in Fort Rucker, Alabama, told the Army Aviation Association ...

NASHVILLE — Representatives of UTC Aerospace Systems [UTX] believe that the company’s Vehicle Management Computer may benefit the Army Future Vertical Lift program, the company said during the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual conference last week. Future Vertical Lift & ...

The Army on Friday released a list of communications and electromagnetic spectrum projects the service will go after through the rest of 2019 under its new partnership with the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC). The NSC signed a five-year prototype cooperation agreement with the Army in October, ...

The Defense Department has ended its role in the search-and-rescue efforts following the disappearance of a Japanese F-35A Joint Strike Fighter last week, but continues to work with its Japanese counterparts to assist as needed, officials said this week. Acting Pentagon Spokesman Charles Summers ...

Mercury Systems [MRCY] on April 18 said it has acquired two small developers and manufactures of defense electronics capabilities that will strengthen the company’s technology portfolio and boost the size of its potential market opportunities. Mercury said it paid $46 million combined for The ...

This week the U.S. Navy finished three international naval exercises with allies and partners in the 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet area of operations. On Thursday, the U.S. Navy, United Kingdom Royal Navy, and France Marine Nationale finished the Artemis Trident 19 5th Fleet mine countermeasures exercise ...