Collins Aerospace [RTX] is looking for its Enhanced Vision System (EVS) to gain traction within the U.S. Air Force C-130 community for a number of missions, including low-level flying at night, formation refueling for special operations forces, and Air National Guard firefighting. Air Force Special ...

The Silent Arrow glider, developed by California-based Yates Electrospace Corp., looks for a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award by AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory this spring for flight testing aboard the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] CV-22 tiltrotor employed by Air ...

U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) research and development into the “Armed Overwatch” program continues in expectation of a flight test this year and a procurement request in the upcoming fiscal 2022 budget, Air Force Lt. Gen. James Slife, the commander of Air Force ...

As the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) ponders a follow-on to the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] CV-22 tiltrotor and materiel to support future close air support/precision strike and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, the AFSOC commander suggested on Nov. 23 that ...

Kongsberg is in the process of finalizing a $500 million extension with the Army to take the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) program out to 2023, with the official deal expected to be awarded in December. Scott Burk, vice president for business development and government relations ...

Boeing [BA] has delivered the first MH-47G Block II Chinook heavy-lift aircraft to U.S. Special Operations Command, the company said Tuesday. “This delivery marks a major step for the Chinook program,” Andy Builta, Boeing’s H-47 program manager, said in a statement. “The new Chinook will ...