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Dan Parsons
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InternationalState OKs India Apache, Weapons Buy Worth Nearly $1 Billion
The U.S. State Department has cleared the way for India to buy nearly $1 million worth of Boeing [BA] AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and associated weapons, sensors, mission systems and […]
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ArmyFive Cities Merit Visits From Army Before It Chooses Futures Command HQ
A list of 15 cities that could host a headquarters for the Army’s new Futures Command has been whittled to five, of which two still await visits from an information-gathering […]
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Navy/USMCRobotic Rotorcraft Brain Resupplies US Marines During Live Exercise
During a recent exercise in California, Marines at a simulated combat outpost were resupplied by a robotic rotorcraft that could locate, fly to and land at their position without human […]
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Unmanned SystemsMarines Want Shipboard VTOL Drone For $20 Million A Copy
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Currently the only U.S. military service without a high-end unmanned aircraft, the U.S. Marine Corps is in the market for a high-altitude long-endurance drone that can launch […]
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UncategorizedBoeing Adds $26 Million To Saudi CH-47F Sales Contract
Boeing [BA] has sealed a $26 million deal with Saudi Arabia for eight CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters, adding to the contracts the company has inked with the Royal Saudi Land […]
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InternationalBoeing Adds $26 Million To Saudi CH-47F Sales Contract
Boeing [BA] has sealed a $26 million deal with Saudi Arabia for eight CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters, adding to the contracts the company has inked with the Royal Saudi […]
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BudgetSenate’s 2019 Defense Bill Fully Funds Pentagon Rotorcraft Request
If not showered in funding, military rotorcraft procurement at least is funded at levels requested by the Defense Department in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCReport: Downwash Culprit In Fatal V-22 Crash Off Australia
Neither pilot error nor aircraft malfunction caused a V-22 Osprey to slam into the deck of an amphibious transport ship in August off the coast of Australia, according to an […]
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Business/FinancialBell Opens Advanced Rotorcraft Center Near Pentagon
Foreseeing major future investment by the Defense Department in advanced vertical lift technologies, Bell [TXT] has opened up shop in the Pentagon-adjacent forest of commercial high rises where its primary […]
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ArmyArmy To Industry: Help Us Team Drones With Helicopters And Tanks
In keeping with the Army’s new spirit of outreach to industry, the service wants to know what the private sector can do to better team drones with manned aircraft. The […]