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Sep
14
2023

USAF Digital Engineering Phase II Contract Awarded to Phenix for the Ultra XL Heavy Vertical Lift UAS

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McMinnville, Oregon - September 14th, 2023 - Phenix Solutions is proud to announce the award of a United States Air Force Phase II contract for digital engineering to support Military Airworthiness Certification. The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Autonomous Systems Technology Office (AST) is focused on accelerating the development and deployment of a transformative vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. To complete these goals, Phenix will create a digital twin of their Ultra 2XL Heavy Lift UAS aircraft. Digital engineering is essential to the mission as it helps meet the commitment to airworthiness by capturing, organizing, tracking, analyzing, and validating representative UAM system architectures and requirements. This digital twin tool will allow Phenix to create trustworthy data in digital testing, modeling, and analysis which further broadens the application of the Ultra 2X aircraft.  These Digital tools are the future of aviation.

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Tags: Phenix Solutions US Air Force
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Mar
09
2023

U.S. Air Force Decision Commences Low-Rate Production of Boeing/Leonardo MH-139 Grey Wolf

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On March 3, U.S. Air Force reached a positive Milestone C decision, which commences the start to low-rate initial production for the MH-139 “Grey Wolf”.  Subsequently, Boeing and Leonardo have announced a contract for delivery of the first thirteen (13) aircraft. The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force’s current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024. 

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Tags: Leonardo MH-139 US Air Force
Categories: Press Releases