The Marine Corps is planning to partner its development of a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system with an Army-led effort to develop helicopter replacements for the joint force, according to a Marine official.
Vertical Flight
December 09, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
December 09, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army, which is currently focused on the mid-sized airframe within the Future Vertical Lift family of systems, has yet to determine the best path forward on an attack aircraft, says the TRADOC capability manager for FVL.
December 09, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army and the Defense Department have provided new information on the White House's request for additional funding to support the modernization of the Afghan military's helicopter fleet.
December 09, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army has the lead role on the first aircraft pursued under Future Vertical Lift, a multiservice initiative to overhaul the Defense Department's rotorcraft fleet, but that may not be the case for further capability sets.
December 08, 2016 |
Daily News
The State Department has approved $8.6 billion worth of potential foreign military sales packages to countries in the Middle East, the bulk of which would come from a pair of helicopter deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to a series of Thursday notices from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
December 07, 2016 |
Daily News
Sikorsky completed its training systems preliminary design review for the Combat Rescue Helicopter in August, and has built a new laboratory complex to test the helicopter's main flight systems, the company announced Wednesday.
December 02, 2016 |
Daily News
The Air Force released a draft request for proposals for its UH-1N Huey replacement program on Friday, announcing its intent to procure up to 84 helicopters through an open competition.
November 23, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The Navy is planning to stretch out the next multiyear procurement contract for V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to seven years, according to a recent industry notice.
November 22, 2016 |
Daily News
The decision by House and Senate leaders to delay action on a full-year fiscal year 2017 spending bill until the spring could restrain Pentagon plans to increase funding across a wide range of modernization programs, including the entire strategic weapon system recapitalization portfolio and marquee projects critical to each military service.
November 11, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The Marine Corps is working with Spain and Italy on a component improvement program for the F-402 Pegasus propulsion system on the AV-8B Harrier, according to Naval Air Systems Command.
November 07, 2016 |
Daily News
The Navy has agreed to continue contracting with Sikorsky Aircraft for presidential helicopter maintenance as part of a deal to rein in production costs on the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter program.
November 04, 2016 |
Daily News
The Defense Department has concluded that a planned family of systems to overhaul the Army's aviation fleet can proceed, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
October 25, 2016 |
Daily News
The Army has clarified its requirements for the first Future Vertical Lift aircraft ahead of a key acquisition decision this week.
October 21, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit recently deployed to the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific regions achieved an average readiness rate of 70 percent with its V-22 Ospreys, a marked improvement over past units using the tiltrotor aircraft.
October 21, 2016 |
Daily News
The Marine Corps' $29 billion project to modernize its heavy-lift helicopter fleet has completed a two-week evaluation of the CH-53K King Stallion -- a key event in the campaign to ready the aircraft development program for low-rate production by prime contractor Sikorsky in early 2017.
October 04, 2016 |
Daily News
The Defense Department has begun contract negotiations with Boeing to buy 275 Apache AH-64E helicopters, an estimated $3.3 billion, five-year deal that marks the first such multiyear procurement of the Army's premier attack helicopter, according to a service official.
September 23, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The Army is working to tackle a potential requirement for optional manning of the aircraft in the Future Vertical Lift family of systems, as the Defense Department eyes a materiel development decision for the first platform next month.
September 23, 2016 |
Inside the Army
The impending shift from the OH-58D Kiowa to the AH-64 Apache will augment the capabilities of the Army's "most rapidly deployable" Combat Aviation Brigade, according to its commander.
September 23, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The Navy is preparing to analyze what work its fleet of MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters will require to keep the rotorcraft flying and operationally relevant into the 2030s, according to the head of the program.
September 09, 2016 |
Inside the Navy
The Navy's International Programs Office is working with NATO headquarters to facilitate potential sales of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to European allies, according to the officer in charge of the service's international programs.