Reporter: Ground Forces/Marine Corps
Defense Daily
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Dan Parsons
Articles By Dan
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ArmyU.S. Army Ready to Award First CH-47 Block II Contract to Boeing
The U.S. Army is set to award Boeing [BA] the first contract for low-rate production of the CH-47 Chinook Block II upgrade program. In a presolicitation posted Jan. 10 on […]
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Homeland SecurityDEA: Drone Drug Smuggling Likely to Increase, Defying Potential Border Wall
Part of the White House argument for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border with Mexico has been that a barrier will impede the flow of drugs into the United […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBell Unveils Ducted-Fan, Hybrid Electric Vertical Flight Vehicle
Bell [TXT] plans to have a fully-autonomous capable, ducted-fan driven, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle flying the mid-2020s. It’s name is Nexus and it could be the air […]
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ArmySikorsky Upgrading UH-60 Black Hawks to Prevent Corrosion
Sikorsky [LMT] is upgrading the U.S. military’s fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks to fight corrosion, increase the number of available flight days for the rotorcraft in Afghanistan and other deployed […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAfter Gatwick, Government Agencies Weigh Tracking and Defeat Technology For Small Drones
As airports and governments step up their efforts to track unmanned aircraft and deter their disruption of commercial air operations, the FAA is hinting that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems […]
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ArmyBoeing, Partners End 2018 With Billion-Dollar Rotorcraft Work Windfall
Atop winning several of the largest and most contentious military acquisition competitions of 2018, Boeing [BA] in the month of December alone took home a share of nearly $2 billion […]
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ArmyBoeing to Upgrade Spanish Chinooks Under First FMS Deal For Huge CH-47 Block I Contract
Spain has finalized a deal for Boeing [BA] to upgrade its CH-47D Chinooks to the most-modern version of the heavylift helicopters. Under the deal, part of a total $1.3 billion […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky-Boeing Defiant Rolls Out Toward Early 2019 First Flight
Just after Christmas, Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing [BA] released two photographs of the SB-1 Defiant compound helicopter prototype, which has been completed and rolled out of the West Palm Beach, […]
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ArmyAVX, L3 Submit Team Proposal For Future Army ‘Knife Fighter’ Helicopter
AVX Aircraft Company and L3 [LLL] have submitted a joint proposal for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototype program that seeks a next-generation armed scout helicopter to […]
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Air ForceFLIR Will Provide Infrared Sensors For Air Force Huey Replacement
Boeing [BA] has chosen FLIR Systems [FLIR] to provide the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) surveillance sensor for the U.S. Air Force UH-1N replacement helicopters it is building in concert with Leonardo. The […]