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May
14
2025

How Lightning Doomed Pan Am Flight 214 in 1963

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Thankfully, today’s travelers are unlikely to experience a tragedy such as the one on Pan Am Flight

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Mar
10
2025

Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS in Helicopter and Airplane Modes

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STRATFORD, Conn, March 10, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and airplane modes. Powered by batteries, the 115 pounds (52kg) twin prop-rotor prototype has demonstrated operational stability and maneuverability across all flight regimes, and the potential to scale the unique vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) design to larger sizes requiring hybrid-electric propulsion.

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Tags: Lockheed Martin Sikorsky UAS
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Apr
17
2025

SKYTRAC Announces New Real-Time HUMS Solution for the Sikorsky S-92® Helicopter

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KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA,  April 16, 2025  – SKYTRAC Systems Ltd (SKYTRAC), a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) and intelligent connectivity solutions, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, today announced an agreement regarding the development of a next-generation real-time health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for the S-92® helicopter.

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Tags: Lockheed Martin S-92 Sikorksky SKYTRAC
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Feb
21
2025

California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing Begins Transition to the HH-60W

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The 129th RQW, located at Moffett ANG Base, Mountain View, has now received the first two new HH-60W

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Mar
02
2025

The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II

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In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the

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Mar
17
2025

VIP Movement Notification - New York, NY

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20 MAR, 2025New York, NY5 NMR – 4,999FT MSL Specific instructions and restrictions are available at

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Jun
17
2025

France signs framework agreement for Airbus VSR700 programme

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Paris, France, 17 June 2025  – Sébastien Lecornu, the French Minister for the Armed Forces has signed a framework agreement with Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters and Marie-Laure Bourgeois, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing of Naval Group for the future acquisition of the Systèmes de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM: uncrewed aerial systems for the Navy). The agreement also paves the way for cooperation with other nations via government to government agreements. 

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Tags: Airbus
Categories: Press Releases


Dec
05
2024

Bell Releases First Image of X-Plane Model Used in Wind Tunnel Testing for DARPA SPRINT Program

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The wind tunnel testing was carried out to validate the company’s Stop/Fold Jet Transition

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Dec
28
2024

Eurofighter Partners Sign LTE Contract to Keep Typhoon Effective into the 2060s

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The Eurofighter program hit a new milestone on its journey to develop a mid-life upgrade for the

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Mar
28
2025

Russian Il-38 ‘Buzzes’ USS Carl Vinson While Escorted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 and F-35C

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Video footage emerged showing an apparently recent close encounter between U.S. and Russian forces

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