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UncategorizedIndia’s First CH-47 Takes Flight As Boeing Prepares For Massive Foreign Chinook Campaign
India’s first Ch-47F made its maiden flight from the Boeing flight line July 23 outside the factory where it builds the tandem-rotor heavylift aircraft for the U.S. Army and 19 […]
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Air ForceWith Billions in Contracts, Boeing Builds $100 Million V-22 Osprey Factory
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Flush with a $4 billion multiyear deal for at least 58 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing [BA] is investing $100 million in a brand-new production line to crank […]
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Navy/USMCPitching H135 as US Navy Trainer, Airbus Hopes Lightning Strikes Twice
Airbus Helicopters hopes the commercial approach it took providing the UH-72 Lakota as the U.S. Army’s primary helicopter trainer will appeal to the Navy when it chooses its own new […]
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ArmyCongress Adds Funding And Training Dollars, Calls For Aviation Studies To Divert Crisis
Included in the compromise defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019 is more than $40 billion aimed squarely at ending the aviation crisis that already has claimed 25 servicemembers’ lives in […]
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ArmyIndia’s First CH-47 Takes Flight As Boeing Prepares For Massive Foreign Chinook Campaign
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — India’s first Ch-47F made its maiden flight July 23 from the Boeing flight line July 23 outside the factory where it builds the tandem-rotor heavylift aircraft […]
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Report: Mexico to Cancel MH-60R Deal
Mexico’s president elect, set to take office Dec. 1, will reportedly cancel the country’s planned purchase of eight Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters from the U.S. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told legislators […]
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Lockheed, Northrop Partnership Brings In $170 Million For Apache Radar Upgrades
The Longbow, LLC joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] has sealed a $170.5 million deal to provide the U.S. Army and three other nations with AH-64E Apache gunship radar upgrades. Announced July […]
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ArmyBoeing Doing Brisk Business With Half-Billion Dollars In Chinook Contracts
With an Army contract for 150 CH-47 helicopters July 19, Boeing [BA] in one week has sold more than half a billion dollars worth of Chinooks and support services for […]
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ArmyLockheed, Northrop Partnership Brings In $170 Million For Apache Radar Upgrades
The Longbow, LLC joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] has sealed a $170.5 million deal to provide the U.S. Army and three other nations with AH-64E Apache […]
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Air ForceWithout Funding, US Air Force UH-1N Replacement Program At ‘High Risk’ Of Two-Year Delay
The program to replace aging U.S. Air Force UH-1N Hueys could be delayed two years unless Congress extends access to $83.4 million beyond September, according to a Defense Department reprogramming […]