UH-60 Blackhawk
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ArmyGuard Troops, Dozens Of Aircraft Deployed To Fight West Coast Wildfires
At least 1,500 National Guard troops with more than two-dozen aircraft have deployed to fight the wildfires raging through Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. The largest of several wildfire […]
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InternationalState Department Clears Latvia For UH-60M Purchase
Latvia is cleared to buy four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky [LMT] under a potential $200 million deal approved by the U.S. State Department. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation […]
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UncategorizedAir Force To Outfit Rescue Choppers With Collision-Avoidance Systems
The U.S. Air Force has chosen FreeFlight Systems to provide FAA-mandated collision-avoidance systems for the Sikorsky [UTX] HH-60G Pave Hawk, the service’s primary combat search-and-rescue helicopter. FreeFlight’s 1203C satellite-based augmentation […]
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US Army Aviation to Establish Master Open Architecture Lab by December
By December, U.S. Army Aviation expects to open its new Combat Aviation Brigade Architecture Integration Lab (CAB AIL) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to integrate government and industry prototyping and improve […]
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ArmyCongress Adds Funding And Training Dollars, Calls For Aviation Studies To Divert Crisis
Included in the compromise defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019 is more than $40 billion aimed squarely at ending the aviation crisis that already has claimed 25 servicemembers’ lives in […]
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Air ForceSierra Nevada Submits Final Huey Replacement Bid With Upgraded UH-60s
Sierra Nevada Corp. submitted its final bid and proposal to replace the Air Force’s aging UH-1N Hueys with its upgraded UH-60 Sierra Force helicopters, the company said Monday. Other bidders […]
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InternationalReport: Mexico to Cancel MH-60R Deal
Mexico’s president elect, set to take office Dec. 1, will reportedly cancel the country’s planned purchase of eight Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters from the U.S. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told legislators […]
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ArmyUH-60V Enters User Test With Northrop Avionics Software Delivery
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered software to the U.S. Army for the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter to enter limited user testing (LUT) ― a critical milestone leading into production. Under […]
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InternationalReport: Switching From Russian To U.S. Helicopters Undercuts Afghan Capability
Afghanistan’s military is fielding UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that lack the lift capacity and flight capabilities of the Russian Mi-17s it currently flies, which are also simpler to fly and […]
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Army
Army Safety Chief: No Link Between Flight Hours, Fatal Mishaps
There is no direct correlation between how much time U.S. Army pilots get in the cockpit and the recent spike in catastrophic non-combat mishaps, according to the service’s safety director. […]