RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Boeing [BA] is preparing to start delivery of modernized A/MH-6M helicopters to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the “Night Stalkers,” at Ft. Campbell, Ky. “One of the things we do uniquely in the vertical lift business is modernize ...

Collins Aerospace [UTX] is looking to leverage its years of experience building military actuation systems to gain a foothold in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) programs, the Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program and Air Force and Navy efforts to build a fighter aircraft to succeed the Lockheed ...

Converting a Boeing [BA] CH-47 from a cargo transport with the Helicopter Internal Cargo Handling System (HICHS) to a passenger helicopter used to take up to six hours, but the Collins Aerospace [UTX] Cargo On/Off Loading System (COOLS) installed by the U.S. Army in the helicopter over the last ...

On May 10, Boeing [BA] delivered an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter to the Indian Air Force–India’s first–in a ceremony at the company’s Mesa, Ariz., production line. Indian Air Marshal AS Butola accepted the AH-64E on behalf of the Indian government at the ceremony. The ...

The State Department has approved a $3 billion sale of 24 Boeing [BA] AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS), to Qatar. Last year, the department approved a $1 billion sale of ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As the U.S. Navy moves to fulfill a 355-ship goal, the service is “going to a more distributed force” that “puts more emphasis on our helicopter fleet,” Navy Deputy Director of Air Warfare Angie Knappenberger told the Navy League’s ...