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Dan Parsons
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Navy/USMCBell Takes Home Half-Billion Dollars in AH-1Z Work for US Marine Corps
Bell [TXT] recently was awarded a contract worth more than half a billion dollars to build new attack helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The $509 million deal covers the […]
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UncategorizedUS Government Lets Hundreds of Millions In Contracts for Afghanistan Rotorcraft Services
The Defense Department on Aug. 24 let more than a quarter-billion-dollars in helicopter-related contracts, mostly for rotorcraft services in support of the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Columbia Helicopters, based in […]
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ArmyModern Aircraft Modeling Software May Save Army From Past Development Pitfalls
Using modern, high-fidelity computer modeling and simulation software, Army engineers are solving the issues that crashed earlier attempts to develop leap-ahead helicopter technologies, which service officials say should shave time, […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Lays Out Requirements For Next-Generation H-1 Rotorcraft Replacement
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The U.S. Marine Corps is beginning to develop its own requirements for a next-generation rotorcraft and hopes to find common ground with the Army as […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Readies H-1 Fleet For Operations Into 2040s
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–Nearing the end of production for the most-advanced H-1 utility and attack helicopters, the U.S. Marine Corps is planning for how it will efficiently maintain […]
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Unmanned SystemsGeneral Atomics To Quadruple Footprint At U.S. Drone Research Park
Drone maker General Atomics will nearly quadruple its footprint in the Grand Forks, N.D., industrial park dedicated to unmanned aerial systems research and development. GA Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) currently occupies […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Marine Aviation Commanders Failing To Report Accurate Readiness Rates
Marine Corps aviation squadron commanders incorrectly reported the number of aircraft ready for combat, leading to inaccurate accounting of readiness rates across the service’s aviation units, according to the Defense […]
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UncategorizedState Department Clears Latvia For UH-60M Purchase
Latvia is cleared to buy four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky [LMT] under a potential $200 million deal approved by the U.S. State Department. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced […]
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ArmySikorsky’s Defiant Prototype Registered With FAA As ‘S-100’ Before First Flight
In preparation for first flight later this year, Sikorsky registered the SB-1 Defiant with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which gave the experimental prototype the designation S-100. An FAA registry […]
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Uncategorized‘Hot Blade’ Exercise Focuses On Interoperability Of European Aviation Forces
The most recent in a series of European Defense Agency (EDA) exercises demonstrating interoperability among European militaries was held May 7-24 at the Beja Airbase in Portugal. Called “Hot Blade” 2018, […]