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Nuclear ModernizationThirty Pits a Year by 2030 or Sooner; First Pit in 2024, Los Alamos Weapons Chief Says
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – By December 2024, the Los Alamos National Laboratory will produce a proof-of-concept pit for a new intercontinental ballistic missile warhead, a senior lab official said here […]
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Unmanned SystemsFour Companies Now Will Compete to Replace Army Shadow Drones
Four companies now will compete to build a replacement for the U.S. Army’s RQ-7 Shadow drone after the service added another two challengers to the $100 million program. The Army […]
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ArmyThe First Public Flight of Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider
Test pilot Bill Fell was zooming southward, approaching Sikorsky’s [LMT] runway outside West Palm Beach, Florida, at about 190 knots when he decided that was as fast as the S-97 […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo TH-119 Becomes First Single-Engine Helicopter In Decades To Gain FAA Instrument Certification
Leonardo’s TH-119 is now cleared by the FAA to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules, the first single-engine helicopter in decades to earn that certification. “The TH-119 is […]
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GeneralErickson Upgrades Defense Fleet With Airbus H225 Super Pumas
Erickson recently completed the first flight of its Airbus H225 Super Puma, which will provide the operator’s customers with new advanced avionics, increased payload and increase range for various missions. […]
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InternationalGreece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment
The U.S. State Department has given the go-ahead for Greece to purchase seven Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R Seahawk helicopters under a $600 million foreign military sale. “The proposed sale will […]
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UncategorizedVH-92 Presidential Helicopter Replacement to Make Debut At July 4 Celebration in D.C.
The still-experimental VH-92 Presidential Helicopter will make its first official public appearance during President Trump’s July Fourth extravaganza, according to multiple reports. Several of the Sikorsky-built aircraft are in flight […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUPDATED: SB-1 Defiant Team Gathering Ground Data For ‘Tweaks’ Before Envelope Expansion Flights
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After three test flights, Sikorsky and Boeing are gathering more data from the ground-based propulsion system test bed (PSTB) before it returns to the air, […]
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Air ForceBack on Schedule: Sikorsky Carves Five Months From Combat Rescue Helicopter Program
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Recovering from a stinging Pentagon program evaluation in 2018, Sikorsky [LMT] has addressed design deficiencies in its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter development and was able […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky Using Raider to Refine Future Army Attack Aircraft Design
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sikorsky [LMT], now testing its S-97 Raider compound helicopter weekly, has transitioned the aircraft to a team focused on creating the company’s Future Attack Reconnaissance […]
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