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InternationalRussia Completes Testing of Su-57 Avionics System Upgrade
The communications, navigation and surveillance systems featured on the Su-57 are described by its developers as an integrated avionics “complex” featuring a network centric architecture with a unique approach to […]
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Navy/USMCNew VH-92 Presidential Helo Performed Test Landings at White House In September
With surprisingly little notice or fanfare, a developmental VH-92 Presidential Helicopter flew from Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland in September and landed on the White House South Lawn. […]
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IIOT AerospaceBelgium Picks General Atomics MQ-9B For High-Altitude Surveillance
Belgium’s government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian. As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General […]
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Air ForceTrump Makes Picks For Aviation Safety Panel Include Textron CEO
President Trump on Nov. 9 made his four appointments to the National Commission on Aviation Safety that will delve into and report on the recent spike in military aviation mishaps. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Drops Draft RFP For Helicopter Trainer Replacement
The U.S. Navy released a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its new training helicopter and gave industry hopefuls about two weeks to provide comments on how the final document, […]
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CongressHASC Leaders Make Appointments to Aviation Safety Commission
Both of the top two lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee have made their appointments to the eight-member blue-ribbon panel charged with studying an ongoing military aviation crisis. The […]
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UncategorizedBlack Hawk to Trial DARPA/Sikorsky Robotic Co-Pilot
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a drop-in kit to enable the automation or remote-control of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Called Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky To Provide $700 Million in H-53 Sustainment Over Four Years
Sikorsky [LMT] was recently awarded a $717 million performance-based logistics contract to provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps legacy CH-53E Super […]
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ArmyBoeing Gets Order for Four More Special Ops Chinooks
Boeing [BA] on Nov. 2 received a $43 million boost to a contract it already holds to build MH-47Gs for U.S. Special Operations Command. The $42.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification […]
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UncategorizedHelicopter Helmet Lawsuit Heads to Appeals Court
The subject of the 2016 film, War Dogs, 32-year-old Efraim Diveroli once held a place in a shadow arms market for the Afghan government, as he ran the now defunct […]