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DHS Plans to Grant Exclusive License to NIHS for Unified Incident Command Software The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Notice of Intent […]

CBP Awards InfoPro $46M for Border Enforcement and Management Systems InfoPro, Inc., has won a one-year, $45.9 million bridge contract from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to provide […]

Army Issues Pre-solicitation Notice for JBTDS EMD The Army has issued a pre-solicitation notice for a full and open competition for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the […]

The Navy’s newest version of the unmanned Fire Scout helicopter has flown for the first time as the service continues to develop a system designed to provide longer endurance than […]

Boeing [BA] is now producing eight CH-47G heavy lift Chinook helicopters for the Special Operations community. The total fleet will be 69 aircraft, with 61 delivered. The remaining eight will be […]

The first six of some 30 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters produced by Boeing [BA] have arrived in Taiwan under a $2 billion deal under then-President George W. Bush that included other defense […]

BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System variants for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft both hit major milestones recently, with the fixed-wing variant wrapping up a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) proving […]

Satellite communications (SATCOM) provider ViaSat [VSAT] created a new radio frequency (RF) waveform for its VR-12 Ka-band airborne antenna system to transmit information through the rotors of a helicopter, according to a […]

Boeing’s [BA] AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter is on an accelerating path to its first customer–the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG)–and more demonstrations in coming months.  A Letter of Agreement with the […]

Sikorsky Aircraft said on Oct. 31 that it has completed the initial rotor blade tests for the Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy lift helicopter.   With 12 percent more surface area than the […]