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Sikorsky [UTX] has chosen Rockwell Collins [COL] as the avionics supplier for the Air Force’s HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH), the companies said Sept. 14. Sikorsky was awarded the CRH […]

The Army’s choice of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] counter-infrared countermeasures (CIRCM) to protect its helicopters from heat-seeking missiles will ensure that the systems can be affordably upgraded almost indefinitely as technology […]

Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), a long-term partner of Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT], was awarded a contract for 150 new UH-X multi-purpose helicopters to replace the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) […]

If the United States wants to create a missile defense system with Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the Middle East, policy changes will be necessary to enable the integration of […]

NASA on Sept. 16 said the Orion space vehicle would fly with humans no later than April 2023. NASA said in a press release officials completed a critical milestone for […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Boeing [BA] is not currently interested in divesting United Launch Alliance (ULA)–to Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] or anyone else. “Divesting ULA is not in our thinking at this time,” […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force’s effort to procure a next-generation rocket propulsion system would be put on hold if lawmakers can’t pass a fiscal year 2016 budget and, instead, pass […]

A cash offer, as opposed to stock, could make the rumored Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] offer for United Launch Alliance (ULA) legitimate, according to a veteran industry executive. “I could see […]

Blue Origin will expand its existing BE-4 engine production capability already established at its Kent, Wash.-development facility to accommodate the initial production rate needed for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) next-generation […]

The state of Florida is “years away” from acquiring a NASA-owned property located at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., (KSC) that would serve as its “holy grail” for attracting commercial space […]