Army
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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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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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ArmyArmy Awards Raytheon $205 Million For Phalanx Weapon System Support
The Army has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a five-year, $205 million deal to continue providing support for its Phalanx weapon system, the Pentagon said on Dec. 27. Raytheon will provide services […]
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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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ArmySAIC Strikes Out On Mobile Protected Firepower, Plans To Remain In Combat Vehicle Market
Even though SAIC [SAIC] was eliminated from the Army’s new light tank program, the company’s second major vehicle loss in the last year, the company will continue exploring combat vehicle […]
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ArmyArmy To Start Fielding New Light Tank In 2025, Seeking Platform To Fight In ‘Worst Conditions’
The Army will start fielding its new light tanks for infantry brigades in 2025, with officials pushing vendors BAE Systems and General Dynamics [GD] to prove their vehicle offerings are […]
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ArmyV-280 Marks First Year of Flight
FORT WORTH, Texas – The V-280 Valor on Dec. 18 celebrated a full year of flight during which it has flown more than 80 hours and reached speeds of more […]
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ArmyBAE, GD Nab Army Awards To Prototype New Light Tank
BAE Systems and General Dynamics [GD] have each been selected by the Army to build 12 prototypes for the Army’s new light tank for its infantry brigades. The two companies […]