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The United States will keep a close eye on how countries use drones they received under new rules announced by the State Department this week that will allow for the […]

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) chose Leidos [LDOS] as the preferred bidder for the Logistics Commodities and Services (Transformation) (LCS(T)) program, both the company and the ministry said Feb. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a long-awaited rules proposal for small unmanned aircraft operations in national airspace, a key first step toward the integration of drones in domestic […]

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded Haskell a $22 million contract to design and construct a helicopter operations facility at Joint Base Andrews, the company said on Feb. 6. The […]

The U.S. Army approved a $220.5 million contract to Airbus for the production of 41 UK-72A Lakota helicopters, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Defense […]

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth almost $649 million with Boeing [BA] for in-service support of the Chinook helicopter, the government said on Feb. 17. Prime […]

Airbus Helicopters decided to concentrate on the ARRANO engine type from Turbomeca for its X4 helicopter program, dropping Pratt & Whitney Canada, the company said on Feb. 18. Airbus originally […]

Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] and the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) launched the Collaboration for Rotorocraft Innovation to accelerate the development of rotorcraft engineers in Brazil, the company said on […]

The Chinese military sees major weaknesses in its own cyber domain, according to a new report from RAND. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sees cyber, along with space, and electronic […]

Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] and the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) launched the Collaboration for Rotorocraft Innovation to accelerate the development of rotorcraft engineers in Brazil, the company said on […]