UH-60 Blackhawk

If not showered in funding, military rotorcraft procurement at least is funded at levels requested by the Defense Department in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal […]

Aside from developing a revolutionary new family of rotorcraft, the Army’s ongoing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program includes building a next-generation unmanned aerial system that will fly in formation with […]

The Marine Corps has fielded the first open-architecture mission-systems computer aboard the UH-1Y utility helicopter and AH-1Z gunship. Northrop Grumman [NOC] manufactured and delivered its Tech Refresh Mission Computer (TRMC) […]

When the Army buys new gear for its helicopters, the acquisition community and industry view it as adding capability to an existing platform, but actually integrating new sensors and weapons […]

The Army wants to add another 114 Black Hawk utility helicopters to a five-year, $3.8 billion multi-year deal it signed with Sikorsky last month. In a solicitation published July 19 […]

Once the Army lands on a design for its next-generation helicopter, it is more important to establish coherent open architecture standards than to decide what weapons and avionics systems the […]

The historic sale of arms to Saudi Arabia announced on President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip is expected to bestow hundreds of billions of dollars on the U.S. defense industry, […]

Several companies this week have revealed their offerings to replace the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey fleet, including Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and possibly Textron [TXT]. The UH-1N Replacement […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed the first flight of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter with its partner, the U.S. Army Prototype Integration Facility, the company said Monday. Northrop Grumman provides […]

The Army’s 10th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) on Feb. 9 began offloading more than 700 pieces of equipment, including 86 aircraft in Antwerp, Belgium, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. […]