Frank Wolfe
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UncategorizedArmy to Trim CH-47 Upgrades by 10 percent, McCarthy says
U.S. Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy said on Wednesday that the Army will buy 10 percent fewer Boeing [BA] CH-47F Block II upgrades than planned to fund top modernization priorities, such […]
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ArmyArmy Lays Out $790 Million Funding Request for Future Vertical Lift R&D
The Pentagon FY 2020 budget request includes about $790 million for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) research and development. That includes about $94 million for FVL technology under basic research and […]
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Bell Demonstration Pilot Cites Stability, Digital Capabilities in Bid for Navy Trainer
ATLANTA–Proud Puerto Rican native, Genaro Camacho, a demonstration pilot for Bell [TXT] and a former U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior pilot, remembers flying 8 to 10 hours with his hands […]
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ArmyATEC Protests Army Engine Award to GE, as ATEC President Calls T900 ‘Clearly’ the Best Value
The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) on Feb. 19 lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office on the U.S. Army’s recent decision to award General Electric [GE] a $517 […]
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Unmanned SystemsRussia Unveils ‘Kamikaze’ Drone at IDEX 2019 Show
Russia’s ZALA Aero Group, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Kalashnikov, unveiled a “kamikaze” drone–the KUB-BLA–at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 17. […]
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BudgetAerospace Industries Association Urges Flexibility in Export Policy on UAS
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is urging policy makers to consider the weight, speed, and range of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) so as to allow U.S. company exports of such […]
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InternationalBell To Receive $240 million as Part of Planned Delivery of 12 AH-1Zs to Bahrain
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Bell [TXT] a more than $240 million contract as part of the delivery of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Bahrain under the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFuture Vertical Lift Capability Set 1 ‘Likely Replacement’ for Little Bird Fleet, SOCOM Official Says
A variant of the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Capability Set 1 is a “likely replacement” for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s fleet of A/MH-6M Little Bird (MELB) helicopters, […]
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UncategorizedSOCOM Wants Industry Ideas On More Automation for AC-130J
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to make the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AC-130J gunship “more crew friendly” and to reduce crew size through artificial intelligence and machine learning, James Smith, the […]
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Boeing AH-64E May Receive Software Fixes to Improve Accuracy of 30mm Gun
The Boeing [BA] AH-64E may receive software fixes to improve the accuracy of the helicopter’s Northrop Grumman [NOC] 30 mm gun. “Operational units have reported that the 30 mm gun […]