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Dan Parsons
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Set For Full-Rate Production on H-65 Dolphin Upgrades
The Coast Guard is set to start full-rate production of an overhaul program to extend the life of its Airbus H-65 Dolphins by 10,000 flight hours and at the same […]
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ArmyGE Promises Major Investments, Hundreds of Jobs to Support T901 Engine Production
General Electric’s [GE] big win in the race to re-engine U.S. Army attack and utility helicopters will support jobs in at least 12 states, including 100 engineering positions at the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGE Wins Huge Army Contract To Develop Black Hawk, Apache Replacement Engines
General Electric [GE] has prevailed in its bid to develop a drop-in replacement engine for the U.S. Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters with a half-billion-dollar engineering contract […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Futures Command to Examine Whether Small Companies Can Respond to UAS Demand
MESA, Ariz. — As the U.S. Army Futures Command opens its doors in Austin, Texas, one of its primary tasks will be “taking a new look at how we’re acquiring […]
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ArmyToo Few Pilots, Maintainers Threaten Incoming Afghan UH-60 Fleet
There are too few Afghan Air Force pilots to operate a new fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks as they are delivered and no plan in place for teaching maintainers to […]
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ArmySB-1 Defiant Completes First Round of Ground Runs
The SB-1 Defiant has begun spinning rotors in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team is readying the compound helicopter prototype for its first flight early this […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWithout Further Army Investment, Textron May Pull Funding From V-280
Bell needs significantly more investment by the Army in its Future Vertical Lift program or parent company Textron [TXT] may be forced to pull funding from the advanced tiltrotor development […]
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Homeland SecuritySB-1 Defiant, AW139 Under Consideration As Coast Guard MH-65 Replacement
Among options eyed by the U.S. Coast Guard for a replacement of the service’s Airbus MH-65 Dolphin–first fielded in 1984–are the SB-1 Defiant prototype under development for the U.S. Army […]
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ArmyLeonardo Wins Nearly $400 Million Contract To Keep U.K. Apaches Flying
Leonardo Helicopters has been awarded a $377 million contract by the U.K. government to maintain its fleet of AH MK1 Apache gunships until they are removed from service in 2024. […]
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InternationalHindustan Aeronautics Conducts First Successful Helicopter Air-to-Air Missile Test in India
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) recently “achieved a unique milestone” in the successful firing of an air-to-air missile on a moving aerial target, HAL said on […]