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ArmySuccessful First Flight For Sikorsky’s X2 Technology Demonstrator
Sikorsky [UTX] last week successfully completed the first flight of its X2 Technology Demonstrator, maneuvering the prototype aircraft through hover, forward flight, and a hover turn, in a test flight […]
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Fire Scout Completes First Flight With BRITE Star Payload
The Navy is moving closer to conducting Technical Evaluation with its Northrop Grumman [NOC]-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV)., the company reported. Fire […]
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Business/FinancialFinmeccanica’s Pending Buy of DRS Clears A Hurdle
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission last week granted early termination of an anti-trust review period of Italian aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica‘s pending $4 billion acquisition of […]
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First UH-1Y Detachment Reports To Miramar For Training, AH-1Z Faces Two-Year Delay
Although the Navy’s efforts to develop the AH-1Z helicopter are now facing a two-year schedule slip, service officials point out that the UH-1Y just achieved its initial operational capability (IOC) […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Critical Solid-State Laser Milestone, Sets Records
By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] says it set new industry records in all aspects of high-power solid-state laser production, demonstrating the readiness of these compact, portable, speed-of-light weapons to […]
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Reliability Issues Continue To Delay Navy’s AMCM OPEVAL For MH-60S
Issues with the Navy’s MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) system has led to a two-year delay in the program and landed the effort on the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Stevens Still Standing. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)–the former Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee ranking member who was indicted in July […]
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Army, Boeing Sign $4.3 Billion CH-47F Helicopter Deal
Boeing [BA] received a five-year, $4.3 billion Army contract for 181 CH-48F Chinook helicopters and 10 more Chinooks under fiscal year 2008 supplemental funding. The award contains options for an […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Acquires Tenix’ Interest In RLM Holdings
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said that it has completed its acquisition of Tenix Group’s interest in RLM Holdings Pty Ltd, which had been a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and […]
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International
Cobham To Acquire ADG Microwave Systems Unit For $26 Million
Britain’s Cobham plc said on recently that it has agreed to acquire the Global Microwave Systems (GMS) unit of The Allied Defense Group [ADG] for $26 million in cash in […]