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Dan Parsons
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ArmySenate Defense Panel Wants Army Plan to Accelerate Black Hawk Replacement
Senate lawmakers want the Army to consider speeding up acquisition of a futuristic replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk and want a tailored acquisition plan to do so delivered […]
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ArmyArmy Puts Boeing On Contract For Seven More Special Ops Chinooks
U.S. Special Operations Command on July 12 awarded Boeing [BA] a $194 million contract to build a second lot of MH-47G Block II Chinooks. The award is a modification to […]
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Army
HASC More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding
Concerned that canceling Block II upgrades for the Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopters could harm Boeing [BA] and its supply chain, the House Armed Services Committee wants to more than double […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky’s Optionally Piloted Black Hawk Makes First Flight, ‘Zero-Pilot’ Flights Planned for 2020
For the better part of an hour on May 29, one of the oldest existing UH-60 Black Hawks was flown with a full-authority fly-by-wire flight control system that eventually could […]
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ArmyHouse Authorizers ‘Concerned’ With Lack of Army Aviation Strategy
The House Armed Services Committee’s tactical air and land forces panel wants the U.S. Army to submit by March 30 next year a “comprehensive strategy … for Army aviation to […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Wants to Withhold CH-53K Funds Until Navy Reports on Progress
U.S. House lawmakers want limitations placed on CH-53K King Stallion procurement spending until the Secretary of the Navy can report on the heavylift helicopter’s progress. In a summary of its […]
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InternationalBoeing Pitches F-model Chinook As Germany’s Next Heavylift Helicopter
Boeing [BA] has formally offered the German Air Force a version of the CH-47F Chinook helicopter as that country’s next heavylift helicopter. The German defense ministry’s acquisition arm issued a […]
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InternationalSikorsky Offers CH-53K to German Air Force
Sikorsky [LMT] has formally offered the CH-53K King Stallion as the German Luftwaffe’s next heavy lift helicopter. A formal request for proposals for the “Schwerer Transporthubschrauber” (STH) program is expected this […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New Rescue Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight
The Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter lifted off for the first time May 17, flying for more than an hour and included hover control checks, low speed flight, and […]
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Army
CBO: Annual Cost of Replacing Army Aircraft Could Peak at Nearly $5 Billion
Starting at about $4 billion a year in 2018, replacing the Army’s 4,300 aircraft will become less expensive over the next decade before shooting up to nearly $5 billion a […]