Army
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ArmyBell: V-280 Built From Scratch As Production-Ready Aircraft
Call it a prototype or an experimental aircraft, but with the V-280 Valor, Bell is offering the Army a vertical lift platform it can take almost directly into production, according […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Receives $358 Million ATACMS Deal, Readying Precision Strike Missile Testing In 2019
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $358 million deal to produce ATACMS missiles for the Army and a foreign customer, while the company readies to begin testing in 2019 for […]
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ArmyArmy Wants Experimental Attack Helicopters Flying By 2023
Within the next five years, the Army wants at least two AH-64 Apache-sized armed reconnaissance helicopter prototypes up and flying, according to a notice the service issued June 22. […]
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ArmySikorsky/Boeing ‘Defiant’ Utility Rotorcraft Prototype On Schedule For 2018 First Flight
In Palm Beach, Fla., a team of Sikorsky and Boeing [BA] engineers is diligently progressing toward a 2018 first-flight of the SB-1 Defiant next-generation rotorcraft. “We continue to achieve milestones in […]
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ArmySikorsky’s Prototype Attack Chopper Lifts Off After Nearly A Year On The Ground
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider’s flight test program has lifted off after being grounded for nearly a year. The demonstrator met its flight objectives Tuesday. Sikorsky Vice President for Future Vertical […]
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ArmyArmy Needs New Cyber, Hypersonics Technologies To Meet ‘Changing Character Of War,’ Milley Says
The Army chief of staff wants to see an industry push on critical cyber and hypersonics technologies to surpass near-peer adversaries race toward emerging capabilities he described as “changing the […]
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ArmyL-3 Receives $391 Million To Deliver Army’s Next-Gen Night Vision Binoculars
L3 Technologies [LLL] officials Monday announced a three-year, $391 million to deliver the Army’s next-generation binocular night vision goggles. The contract for L3’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B), awarded in […]
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ArmyArmy Looking For Industry Solutions To Expand Soldier Control Of Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles
PARIS–The Army is actively looking to industry for new robotics capabilities to tether unmanned ground and air systems, including tools to allow soldiers control over multiple autonomous vehicles from one […]
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ArmyArmy Safety Chief: No Link Between Flight Hours, Fatal Mishaps
There is no direct correlation between how much time U.S. Army pilots get in the cockpit and the recent spike in catastrophic non-combat mishaps, according to the service’s safety director. […]
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ArmyLockheed Moving Miniature Hit-To-Kill Missile Into Development Phase
PARIS—Lockheed Martin [LMT] is moving its new miniature missile into development following an Army deal, announced Wednesday, to mature the close-range lethality interceptor to meet requirements for the Extended Mission […]