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Oct
24
2023

Sikorsky’s RAIDER X® Team Begins Installation Process Of U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 24, 2023 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) is beginning the installation process of the U.S. Army’s new Improved Turbine Engine (ITEP) on its RAIDER X® aircraft designed for the Future Attack Reconnaissance (FARA) program. The U.S. Army and Sikorsky engineers reviewed the engine after its arrival at the company’s West Palm Beach facility and then transferred it to the engine integration test lab next to the RAIDER X assembly area on Oct 20.

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Tags: Lockheed Martin RAIDER X Sikorsky US Army
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Oct
05
2023

U.S. ARMY AWARDS NEAR EARTH AUTONOMY AND KAMAN AIR VEHICLES CONTRACT TO DEMONSTRATE HEAVY LIFT VTOL CAPABILITY

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PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 4, 2023–Near Earth Autonomy, Inc. (Near Earth) and Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Corporation (NYSE: KAMN), announced today that they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to demonstrate a resupply uncrewed aerial system (UAS) capable of moving loads with a minimum of 800 pounds and flying distances over 100 miles. This heavy-lift vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAS will take Soldiers out of harm’s way and supplement resupply trips through added uncrewed lift capacity.

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Tags: Kaman US Army
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Sep
25
2023

US Army now largest ICARUS Device user

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ICARUS Devices is proud to announce that the US Army is now the largest user. The rapid adoption has been led by National Guard units and 30% of states are now ICARUS users.

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Tags: ICARUS US Army
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Aug
21
2023

U.S. Army awards Airbus contract for helicopter modernization

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Arlington, Virginia, August 21, 2023 – The U.S. Army awarded Airbus a $27.8 million contract to upgrade the Army National Guard Security & Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP).     

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Tags: Airbus Army National Guard US Army
Categories: Press Releases


May
02
2023

AIR METHODS JOINS FORCES WITH U.S. ARMY AND NEBRASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETERANS TRANSITION INTO WORKFORCE

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Lincoln, NE – With a commitment to military members, past and present, Air Methods has joined forces with the U.S. Army and Nebraska Army National Guard to help active and future soldiers prepare for professional careers while serving their country as part of the Army’s Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) program.

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Tags: Air Methods Nebraska Army National Guard US Army
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Mar
02
2023

Boeing, U.S. Army Apaches Achieve 5 Million Flight Hours

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MESA, Ariz., March 2, 2023 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the AH-64 team are observing a unique milestone as the U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopters have officially reached five million flight hours. The accomplishment is equivalent to flying nonstop for more than 208,333 days or 570 years and nine months. Additionally, 1.3 million of those five million flight hours were accomplished during combat.

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Tags: AH-64 Apache Boeing US Army
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Jan
16
2023

Army Expands ICARUS Device Airworthiness Release to Include all UH-60 Blackhawks

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ICARUS Devices is proud to announce that the Army has expanded the ICARUS Devices Airworthiness Release fleetwide to include every UH-60L and UH/HH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter. For the last year multiple training and operational units have been using ICARUS with a unit specific AWR. Now every unit flying the mighty Black Hawk can use this lightweight, game-changing device.

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Tags: Blackhawk ICARUS US Army
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Jan
03
2023

Egypt Purchases New Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to Modernize Fleet

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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3, 2023 — The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a contract to produce 12 new CH-47F Chinooks for the Egyptian Air Force. With this $426 million foreign military sale, Egypt will replace its fleet of CH-47D aircraft with the modern F model, and benefit from its advanced multi-mission capabilities.

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Tags: CH-47F Chinook Egyptian Air Force US Army
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