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Air Force

Sikorsky To Offer Modified UH-60M For Air Force’s CRH Program

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

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Sikorsky [UTX] will respond to the Air Force’s latest attempt to replace its HH-60 helicopter with a modified UH-60M Black Hawk, according to a company official. Tim Healy, Sikorsky’s director of Air Force programs, told Defense Daily in a phone interview last week that he believes the modified UH-60M is the best replacement because it is a proven commodity. “We’re compliant with the Air Force’s requirements, we’re very low risk, very low cost, technically compliant and it’s a proven platform…

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

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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. […]