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Aging Aircraft: USAF F-15 Fleet Sees Renewed Interest

Tue, 12/19/2023 - 03:58
F-15C over DC (click to view full) “Array of Aging American Aircraft Attracting Attention” discusses the issues that accompany an air force whose fighters have an average age of over 23.5 years – vs. an average of 8.5 years in 1967. One of the most obvious consequences is the potential for fleet groundings due to […]
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ER GMLRS Moves Closer To Fielding | Dutch Shipments Of F-35 Parts To Israel Can Continue | DoS Approves HIMARS Sale To Italy

Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:00
Americas The Boeing Insitu Integrator drone demonstrated the dropping of a pair of GPS-guided Shryke munitions. It is part of a program to add strike capability to Integrator, with Corvid Technologies’ Shryke one of several kinetic payloads the drone offers its customers. A NATO Class 1 small uncrewed aircraft system, Integrator has an endurance of 24 […]
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US Rushed F-35 Capabilities To Israel | DoS Approves FMS To Poland | Royal New Zealand Navy Receives Renewable Energy USV

Fri, 12/15/2023 - 04:00
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $74 million deal for the AH-64 Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor Performance Based Logistics program. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of December 31, 2024. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon a $10-million contract to design […]
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AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles

Fri, 12/15/2023 - 03:58
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army’s primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). Apaches also serve with a number of American allies, some of […]
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Sikorsky Tapped For Black Hawk Program | Rheinmetall, BAE Offer Archer As AS90 Replacement | Korea Bolsters Defense Capabilities

Thu, 12/14/2023 - 04:00
Americas Sikorsky won a $443 million modification for the Black Hawk helicopter program. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2027. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $442,956,422 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is […]
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Sikorsky’s $8.5-11.7B “Multi-Year 8” H-60 Helicopter Contract

Thu, 12/14/2023 - 03:58
US Army HH-60Ms (click to view full) In July 2012, the US military signed another huge contract with Sikorsky. With production of the Army’s HH/UH-60M, and the Navy’s MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters, all in full swing, there’s no question about the need for future orders. In that environment, multi-year contracts allow efficiencies in purchasing, and […]
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Boeing To Produce 6 Chinooks For US Army | USSF Activates New Service Compound For Europe and Africa Europe and Africa | Italy Flew Reaper Block 5

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 04:00
Americas Boeing has been awarded a $271-million deal to produce six “remanufactured” MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters for the US Army. Boeing said the updates to the chopper answer the US Army Special Operations Aviation Command’s need for battle-ready heavy-lift helicopters capable of adapting to increasingly complex missions. The contract brings the total number of Block […]
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The New Chinooks: Boeing’s Modern H-47 Heavy-Lift Helicopters

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 03:58
CH-47Fs take off (click to view full) DII FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record; this FOCUS Article covers the CH-47F/MH-47G Chinook helicopter programs, in the USA and abroad. These helicopters’ distinctive “flying banana” twin-rotor design stems from the brilliant work of aviation pioneer Frank Piasecki. It gives Chinooks the […]
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Northrop Announced Test Fire Of Solid Rocket Motor | Iran Unveils Drones with Air-To-Air Missiles | Lockheed Martin Introduced 1st F-35 For Belgium

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 14:00
Americas Collins Aerospace won a $34.7 million modification for B-52 aircraft wheels and brakes. The performance completion date is August 31, 2028. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2028 Air Force working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. […]
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Up to $11.9B for B-52H Maintenance & Modernization

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 13:58
B-52H: flyin’ low, dyin’ slow… (click to view full) Officially, it’s the B-52H Stratofortress. Unofficially, it’s the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F–cker). Either way, this subsonic heavy bomber remains the mainstay of the U.S. strategic fleet after more than 50 years of service. A total of 102 B-52H bombers were delivered from FY 1961-1963, and […]
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Lockheed Martin Tapped For F-16 Systems | DoS Approves MK 54 Sale To Germany | Australia Awarded Hanwha IVF Deal

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 04:00
Americas Lockheed Martin Aeronautics won a $32.3 million deal for F-16 Systems Program Office Foreign Military Sales support. This contract provides for FMS support to Poland for the F-16 Multifunction Information Distribution System-Joint Tactical Radio System Integration. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas; and Poland, and is expected to be completed by December […]
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