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Kaman Corp. [KAMN] April 30 said its Aerosystems division would continue making helicopter components for Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] under a five-year contract that could be worth more than $25 […]

The State Department the week of March 16 approved a possible $1.05 billion Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to the Netherlands for 17 CH-47F cargo helicopters and associated equipment, parts, […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide infrared missile protection countermeasures on its fleet of CH-14F Chinook helicopters, the company said on March 25. The company […]

Raytheon [RTN] March 26 said it signed its second Letter of Intent with MESKO, Poland’s leading missile and ammunition manufacturer. The areas of cooperation will focus on Raytheon’s solutions for […]

Airbus’ first UH-72A Lakota configured to serve as the Army’s training helicopter rolled off the company’s production line around 11 a.m. EDT March 25 in Columbus, Miss., according to a […]

The Army’s Aviation Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) continues to be a bone of contention as far as moving National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopters to the active component, an issue pursued […]

The impact of a return of sequestration on the services would likely prove to have the biggest effect on special operation forces (SOF), not cuts to its own programs, officials […]

The Air Force and the Defense Department’s acquisition team are working on changing the Pentagon’s launch capability contract with incumbent launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in response to competition […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the service’s ninth Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-9) March 25 at 2:36 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral […]

NASA has 10 months of funded schedule reserve on James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as the program enters a challenging phase, key stakeholders testified March 24. NASA Associate Administrator for […]