:

Business/Financial

Navy Grounds Six UH-1Ys, One AH-1Z For Faulty Components

DDN

Friday, May 1st, 2009

SHARE:

The Navy yesterday issued a temporary grounding bulletin on six Marine Corps UH-1Y and one AH-1Z helicopters until the aircraft have been inspected for potential faulty components in each aircraft's transmission gearbox, a source familiar with the program said. This grounding bulletin is a precautionary measure, the source said. Aircraft found to have faulty components would remain grounded until replacement gearboxes are delivered and installed. An engineering root cause and corrective action investigation continues, according to the source. Bell Helicopter…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]