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US Army Selects GE For Advanced Engine Controls Technology Development
March 31, 2015 @ 03:28 PMGE Aviation announced Monday that it has been selected by US Army to perform conceptual design and trade analysis on the Rotorcraft Advanced Engine Integrated Controls System (RAEICS) program. The two year project will develop a conceptual design of an advanced engine control system to enable innovative, high performance propulsion capabilities for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms
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Curtis-Wright Corp To Evaluate COTS Airborne Radar Signal Processing For USAF
March 31, 2015 @ 11:20 AMCurtiss-Wright Corp announced today that it has been contracted to assess the capability of cost effective commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to perform airborne radar signal processing for the US Air Force organized Next Generation Radar evaluation program. This assessment is being performed at Curtiss-Wright by running and optimizing SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and GMTI (Ground Moving Target Indicator) benchmarks on Curtiss-Wright COTS hardware solutions
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UK Takes Wildcat Maritime Helicopter on Sea Patrol
March 30, 2015 @ 05:10 PMThe Royal Navy has taken its first Wildcat maritime attack helicopter to the seas onboard HMS Lancaster, Western Gazette reported on Saturday. The Type 23 frigate sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday, March 21 for a routine nine-month Atlantic patrol tasking
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Airbus Delivers UH-72A Lakota Helicopter To US Army
March 27, 2015 @ 01:25 PMAirbus Group on Wednesday delivered the first UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the US Army, as the service's initial-entry training helicopter. The aircraft will join seven Lakotas already modified to Training Configuration in preparation for the Lakota's formal introduction into the training curriculum in early fiscal 2016, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
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Northrop Grumman To Display Helicopter Cockpit, Avionic Solutions At AAAA Summit
March 24, 2015 @ 11:47 AMNorthrop Grumman will highlight a digital helicopter cockpit and integrated avionics solutions at Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Mission Solutions Summit, held from March 29 to 31 in Nashville, Tennessee. Derived from the US Army's UH-60V Black Hawk program, the system offers an affordable, integrated suite of avionics equipment
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USAF Releases T-X Requirements Under ‘Bending The Cost Curve’ Initiative
March 21, 2015 @ 10:00 AMUS Air Force officials have released requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon under the ‘Bending the Cost Curve initiative. The release follows Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James emphasis on increased dialogue with industry to build affordability into the acquisition process, according to USAF Website
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Slovakia to Discuss Gripen Jets Renting Deal With Sweden
March 19, 2015 @ 12:09 PMSlovakia is to begin official talks with Sweden for the rental of flying hours on Gripen jet fighters. The Slovak Defense Minister Martin Glvac on Wednesday told Xinhua that the Slovak government maintains that Sweden is the only country to offer a deal whereby it could rent flying hours
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Raytheon Wins Rapidly-Developed Phased Array Systems Support Contract
March 17, 2015 @ 02:21 PMRaytheon has won two modification contracts of total $5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program, the company announced in its press release on Tuesday. ACT is focused on developing technology that enables rapidly upgradable and widely deployable radar array architectures
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Cubic Corp To Showcase Combat Training Tech At LIMA 2015
March 17, 2015 @ 08:59 AMCubic Corp announced today that it will demonstrate its Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) innovations and capabilities as part of the military training technologies showcase at the 2015 LIMA Exhibition. “Our MILES portfolio delivers affordable systems with improved performance, high reliability and enhanced flexibility,” said William Toti, president of Cubic Global Defense
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Raytheon Wins Additional Contract For US Navy’s Tomahawk Missiles
March 11, 2015 @ 05:08 PMRaytheon has won an additional contract to a previously awarded $122 Million order for procuring 114 Tomahawk Block IV missiles for the US Navy. This completes the Navy's planned purchase of 214 Tomahawk Block IV missiles for fiscal year 2015 and continues to build the inventory to support warfighting requirements, the company announced in its press release on Tuesday Dave Adams, Raytheon Tomahawk senior program director said, "Raytheon continues an acute focus on maintaining affordability and enhancing the impressive capabilities of this sophisticated weapon system"
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