Army

MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) this week said its new MD 540F, a candidate for any potential Army Armed Scout Helicopter program, successfully completed the first phase of live fire exercises. […]

Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland this week took the wraps off its Project Zero—a tiltrotor technology demonstrator already secretly flown over the past two years. The demonstrator was designed and built in less […]

BAE Systems this week said it has been awarded a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology […]

Army aviation’s premier association tells members it is “absolutely going forward” with its annual professional forum, despite budget woes causing the Army to be unable to provide funds for soldiers […]

Though the Defense Department identified the cause of an engine blade crack on an F-35A that lead to a fleet-wide grounding, the long-term durability of the F135 engine is unknown, […]

The Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) yesterday said it intends to re-compete the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contract, W900KK-09-D-0006, currently with Electronic Consulting […]

BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa recently revealed its latest manned turret, called the  Overhead Manned Turret (OMT), a new generation, low profile turret designed for vehicles such as Light […]

 Sikorsky and Boeing Image Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.[UTX], and Boeing [BA] yesterday said they will submit a joint proposal by March 6 to build a demonstrator aircraft–based on Sikorsky’s X2™ Technology […]

The impact of existing and looming budget cuts facing the Defense Department from an ongoing budget resolution and sequestration in FY ’13 alone would have a severe impact on some […]

Lockheed Martin [ LMT] yesterday said it recently demonstrated the ability of its Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) missile to launch from a ground vehicle during a series of flight […]