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Army Exploring Potential Replacement For Airbus’ UH-72A As Main Training Helicopter

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

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Army Exploring Potential Replacement For Airbus’ UH-72A As Main Training Helicopter

UH-72A Lakota Photo: Airbus.

The Army is seeking industry’s input to inform its future approach to initial rotary-wing flight training, to include potentially exploring a replacement for Airbus Helicopters’ UH-72A Lakota as its primary training helicopter. A new Request for Information (RFI) notice from the Army Aviation Center of Excellence notice published on Tuesday details an intent “to transform” Initial Entry Rotary-Wing (IERW) Flight Training at Fort Novosel, Alabama with an aim to “reduce costs, gain efficiencies and maintain or increase aviation training quality.”…

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]