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Boeing to Start Delivering Modernized Little Birds to Night Stalkers

Frank Wolfe

Friday, May 17th, 2019

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Boeing to Start Delivering Modernized Little Birds to Night Stalkers

MH-6 Little Bird

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Boeing [BA] is preparing to start delivery of modernized A/MH-6M helicopters to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the "Night Stalkers," at Ft. Campbell, Ky. "One of the things we do uniquely in the vertical lift business is modernize the blades or transmissions," said David Koopersmith, Boeing's vice president and general manager for vertical lift at the company's pre-Paris Air Show media tour. "When you look at the Advanced Composite Rotor Blade on the [CH-47 Block…

Space

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Congress

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Space

Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

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Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

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