:

Air Force

Air Force’s New Combat Rescue Helicopter on Track to Start Production Next Month

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, September 9th, 2019

SHARE:

Air Force’s New Combat Rescue Helicopter on Track to Start Production Next Month

SikorskyDevelopment Flight Center West Palm Beach, Florida Date August 6, 2019 A Sikorsky Combat Rescue helicopter lifts an eight thousand pound external load.

The path appears clear for the Air Force to approve its new combat rescue helicopter to enter production and deployment, the industry partner's program director said Sept. 9. The new HH-60W rotorcraft, under development by Sikorsky [LMT], has undergone over 116 hours of test flights across five aircraft since first flight occurred this past May. The company completed all flight test data necessary to reach a Milestone C decision and submitted it to the Air Force on Aug. 23, said…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]