FLIR Systems wins $23M US Coast Guard order
Source: FLIR Systems, 21-May-13
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military qualified Talon 9-inch stabilized multi-sensor gimbal system. The ESS systems will be deployed on the Coast Guard’s H-60 and H-65 helicopters. Work under this order is [...]
Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60M for Thailand
Source: US DoD, 09-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded an $11,377,277 modification (P00055), to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, foreign-military-sales contract (W58RGZ-12-C-0008), to procure one UH-60M aircraft and related equipment. This FMS contract is in support of Thailand. The cumulative total face value of this contract is $4,819,188,496. Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award. [...]
Turkey’s Aselsan secures Sikorsky helicopter subcontract
Source: Reuters, 08-May-13
Turkish defence and electronics company Aselsan will supply parts and software for Sikorsky BlackHawk military helicopters in a deal that will guarantee the company around $100 million in orders annually for the next five to six years.(See Full Story)
Colorado National Guard to open new $39M training facility
Source: Colorado National Guard, 26-Apr-13
The Colorado Army National Guard will cut the ribbon at a new state-of-the-art aviation training facility at the Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, Colo., April 26 at 10:30 a.m. The $39 million facility will be the new home of the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site. The project provided an immense economic benefit to [...]
Prototype Engineering awarded $10M Black Hawk overhaul work
Source: US DoD, 25-Apr-13
Prototype Engineering Inc., Gardena, Calif., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $10,736,912 for the overhaul services in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone [...]
Donaldson delivers engine filters for US Army Black Hawks
Source: Donaldson, 10-Apr-13
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), in March began delivering the next generation of filtration technology to protect engines on the U.S. Army’s H-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet from contamination, performance degradation and failure. The next-generation technology replaces woven oil-coated filtration media with non-woven dry media using Donaldson’s proprietary [...]
Breeze-Eastern secures $6M order for Advanced Rescue Hoists
Source: Breeze Eastern, 03-Apr-13
Breeze-Eastern Corporation (NYSE MKT: BZC), the aerospace industry’s only dedicated hoist and winch specialist, today announced a $6 million, 59-unit order from the U.S. Army. The Army’s purchase of 59 HS-29900 High Performance Rescue Hoists will further enhance the medical evacuation and search and rescue capabilities of its BLACK HAWK helicopters. Deliveries are anticipated to [...]
Swedish Black Hawks head for Afghanistan
Source: Nordic Rotors, 19-Mar-13
Last week, the first two HKP 16 Black Hawks were airlifted from the Linköping Helicopter Base to to Camp Marmal in Afghanistan. This is done at the same time as the HKP 10B Super Pumas are making their last week in alert as medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopters in Afghanistan. A total of four HKP 16 [...]
L-3 Aviation Products Selected for Sikorsky H-60 and S-70i
Source: L-3 Aviation Products, 08-Mar-13
L-3 Aviation Products (AP) announced today that Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has selected the GH-3001™ Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Stormscope® WX-500 Lightning Detection System and PS-855 Emergency Power Supply (EPS) for its H-60 and S-70i™ helicopter platforms. This follow-on award is a five-year contract that spans from 2013 through 2017. The Sikorsky H-60 and S-70i [...]
Cold spray system wins environmental technology award
Source: US Army Research Lab, 03-Jan-13
A project involving the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL’s) cold spray technology was named one of six environment technology Projects of the Year, recognized for research and technology developments with significant benefits to the Department of Defense (DoD). The Supersonic Particle Deposition for Repair of Magnesium Aircraft Components project, led by Victor K. Champagne, Jr., [...]
New research report issued on Sikorsky
Source: Research & Markets, 03-Jan-13
Research & Markets has announced the addition of the ”Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation – Key Business & Growth Strategies, Plans, SWOT, Trends & Outlook for 2013″ company profile to their offering. “Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation – Key Business & Growth Strategies, Plans, SWOT, Trends & Outlook for 2013” This comprehensive report on Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation will provide & will [...]
Sikorsky awarded $282M H-60 weapon system contract
Source: US DoD, 12-Dec-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $282,236,176 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the services and parts in support of the H-60 weapon system. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The [...]
US Army Black Hawk flies autonomously over California
Source: US Army, 06-Dec-12
Over the skies east of San Jose, a Black Hawk helicopter was seen flying low and slow Nov. 5. There were pilots aboard the aircraft, but all maneuvers during this flight were being conducted autonomously. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Aviation and Missile Center successfully demonstrated low-level autonomous behaviors in a flight [...]
AAR wins UH-60 parts contract
Source: AAR, 04-Dec-12
AAR (NYSE: AIR) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) to provide parts and logistics services for U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters. AAR’s Defense Systems and Logistics division will supply Hamilton Sundstrand parts for U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). The contract has an initial one-year [...]
Rockwell Collins awarded $80M for UH-60 avionics work
Source: US DoD, 04-Dec-12
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $79,999,747 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the UH-60 Aircraft Avionics and Training Device Support Services. Work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 20, 2015. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, [...]
SAIC Awarded $41M for helicopter crew member simulators
Source: SAIC, 13-Nov-12
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to integrate, test, and deliver 11 additional integrated crew member simulators for CH-47 and UH-60 helicopters under the Non-rated Crew Member Manned Module (NCM3) program. The follow-on single-award [...]
L-3 Communications Vertex awarded $28M more for maintenance at NAS Fallon
Source: US DoD, 05-Nov-12
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace L.L.C., Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $28,363,341 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-D-0007) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate and limited depot level maintenance for F-16, F-18, H-60 and E-2C aircraft operated by the adversary squadrons based at Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev. Work will be [...]
Sikorsky awarded $14M contract for H-53, H-60 work
Source: US DoD, 05-Nov-12
Sikorsky Support Services Inc., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $14,445,433 cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for contractor field services (CFS) in support of the contractor engineering technical services program for H-53, H-60 helicopters and associated systems. CFS technical services will provide aviation core disciplines including: Airframe, Electrical, and Logistics Support Representatives. Services will include on-and- [...]
Sikorsky continues to expand its capabilities in Colombia
Source: Sikorsky, 02-Nov-12
Sikorsky Aircraft today announced it has expanded its support of the Colombia Armed Forces BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet by opening an office in Bogota, Colombia. In addition, Sikorsky will open South America’s first BLACK HAWK helicopter training center in Melgar, Colombia, in early 2013. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. The new office [...]
US Army becomes first customer for Saab head-up display
Source: Saab, 01-Nov-12
Defence and security company Saab has received the first order for its HUD-system following flight evaluations by the US Army Aviation end customer with the system installed on a Blackhawk helicopter. Saab secured the order in cooperation with the contract prime, BAE Systems Inc. for the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) [...]
Wyle wins $3M Black Hawk testing contract
Source: Wyle, 31-Oct-12
Wyle has been awarded a $3 million, three-year contract to provide qualification testing for the U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, subsystems and components. The testing will also apply to commercial variants of the Blackhawk used by the FBI, fire fighting agencies and other organizations. These tests are designed to improve the reliability of installed modifications to the UH-60 helicopter, reduce [...]
Honeywell’s Spectra Shield® ballistic material selected for US Army helicopters
Source: Honeywell, 29-Oct-12
Honeywell announced that its Spectra Shield® ballistic material will be used to improve armor protection on U.S. Army helicopters. The Protective Group, Inc. (TPG), a leading developer and integrator of lightweight composite armor for military aircraft, is incorporating Spectra Shield material into armor upgrades for U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters. “Spectra Shield [...]
Rockwell-Collins awarded $17M contract for Nav/Comm repairs
Source: US DoD, 11-Oct-12
Rockwell-Collins Inc., Government Systems Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $17,172,085 requirements contract for the repair of navigational and communication components for the E2C, EA-6B, F/A-18, P-3, H-1, H-46, H45-D aircraft, and the H53 and H60 helicopters. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (80 percent) and Atlanta, Ga., (20 percent), and [...]
ETC announces MOU with Sikorsky to examine UH-60 training support in Europe
Source: ETC, 09-Oct-12
ETC (www.etcusa.com) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between its Polish subsidiary ETC-PZL Aerospace Industries Ltd. (ETC-PZL) (www.http://www.ai.com.pl/) with Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS). The MOU will examine how ETC-PZL can best provide aircrew training systems and maintenance support in the case that Poland’s Ministry of Defence should acquire Polish-built S-70i(TM) BLACK [...]
Simmonds Precision Products awarded $32M contract for Black Hawk actuators
Source: US DoD, 08-Oct-12
Simmonds Precision Products, Vergennes, Vt., was awarded a $32,728,880 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of electro-mechanical actuators for the Black Hawk helicopter. Work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The [...]
Sikorsky awarded $16M contract for Black Hawk transmissions
Source: US DoD, 08-Oct-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $16,321,909 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure transmissions for the Black Hawk helicopter. Work will be performed in Stratford, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid [...]
Breeze-Eastern wins multi-year award to supply mission critical equipment for H-60s
Source: Breeze-Eastern, 08-Oct-12
Breeze-Eastern Corporation (AMEX: BZC), the aerospace industry’s only dedicated hoist and winch specialist, has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to supply cargo hooks, electric rescue hoists and RAST (Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse) probes for U.S. Army UH/HH-60M BLACK HAWK and U.S. Navy MH-60S and MH-60R Naval Hawk™ helicopters. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United [...]
Woodward Inc awarded $18M for UH-60 fuel control
Source: US DoD, 07-Oct-12
Woodward Inc., Loves Park, Ill., was awarded an $18,245,835 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the fuel control applicable to the UH-60 helicopter. Work will be performed in Loves Park, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2017. Two bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army [...]
Sikorsky awarded $42M contract for rotor blade upgrade/overhaul work
Source: US DoD, 07-Oct-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $42,019,356 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the upgrade and overhaul services of the main rotor blade. Work will be performed in Shelton, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. [...]
Congressman Tom Reed presses Sikorsky on factory closure
Source: Congressman Tom Reed, 03-Oct-12
Congressman Tom Reed is pressing Sikorsky leadership to provide details about the closing and future of affected workers as a result of last week’s decision to shut down its operations in Big Flats. “I have talked with many affected workers since the announcement,” Reed said. “They are understandably anxious and deserve answers.” Reed has spoken [...]
Sikorsky awarded $44M UH-60 gearbox contract
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $44,457,596 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the gearbox accessory in support of the UH-60. Work will be performed in Stratford, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2012. Two bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, [...]
Sikorsky awarded contract to enhance Black Hawk capabilities
Source: Sikorsky, 19-Sep-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the award of the Combat Tempered Platform Demonstration (CTPD) contract from the U.S. Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). This program will build upon and improve the BLACK HAWK platform’s already high operational durability and survivability by developing and integrating a suite of advanced new technologies and establishing their benefits [...]
CPI Aero signs long term Black Hawk gunner window assemblies contract
Source: CPI Aero, 13-Sep-12
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) (NYSE MKT: CVU) announced today that it has received a long term agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.to manufacture gunner window assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter for a period of five years. The windows are of two-piece construction located just behind the pilot seat on each side of the aircraft. They slide [...]
Sikorsky and ETC-PZL sign MOU to examine Black Hawk training support
Source: Sikorsky, 12-Sep-12
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) and PZL Mielec announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ETC-PZL Aerospace Industries Ltd. (ETC-PZL), the Polish subsidiary of Environmental Tectonics Corporation. The MOU will examine how ETC-PZL could provide aircrew and maintenance training should Poland’s Ministry of Defence acquire Polish-built S-70i&™ BLACK HAWK helicopters for its [...]
Sikorsky and WCBKT talking about Black Hawk ground support equipment
Source: Sikorsky, 12-Sep-12
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) and PZL Mielec – Polish manufacturer of the S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopter – announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wojskowe Centralne Biuro Konstrukcyjno – Technologiczne (WCBKT) to explore how WCBKT could supply Ground Support Equipment to sustain a fleet of S-70i™ helicopters in Poland. Any future [...]
Sikorsky and WZL-1 sign LOI to discuss regional Black Hawk support
Source: Sikorsky, 12-Sep-12
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) and PZL Mielec – manufacturer of S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters in Poland announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent with Poland’s principal maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze NR 1 S.A. (WZL 1). The agreement relates to a Polish Government decision to procure up to 26 [...]
Sabreliner Corp delivers UH-60 to Bahraini military
Source: Sabreliner Corp, 11-Sep-12
Representatives of Sabreliner Corporation recently traveled to Bahrain for the delivery ceremony of a fully-customized Sikorsky UH-60 VIP Black Hawk Helicopter. The helicopter will be used by the Royal Bahraini Air Force in a variety of missions including transporting heads of state. Those who attended the delivery ceremony from Sabreliner included Susan Aselage, Vice Chairman, [...]
Polish Army plans purchase of 26 helicopters
Source: Warsaw Business Journal, 03-Sep-12
The Polish army is planning to strengthen its aviation capabilities by purchasing 26 helicopters for the price of zł.3 billion (approx $900M). The tender for the new helicopters will be held this autumn. (see full article)
Breeze-Eastern awarded $8.2M contract for UH-60 winch overhaul work
Source: US DoD, 28-Aug-12
Breeze-Eastern, Whippany, N.J., was awarded an $8,228,539 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the overhaul services of a winch in support of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Work will be performed in Whippany, with an estimated completion date of July 26, 2017. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. [...]
Norway may buy Seahawks instead of NH90s
17-Aug-12
Norway’s military may buy Seahawk if the NH90s it ordered seven years ago are not delivered by the end of the year, the defence minister said on Thursday. (see full story)
Prototype Engineering awarded $30M for UH-60 work
Source: US DoD, 30-Jul-12
Prototype Engineering, Gardena, Calif., was awarded a $30,011,568 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the overhaul of the UH-60 Black Hawk’s spindle head rotary. Work will be performed in Gardena, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2017. Three bids were solicited, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone [...]
Sikorsky Helitech Signs $120M Australian H-60 Maintenance Contract
Source: Sikorsky, 20-Jul-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Australia Limited announced today the signing of a four-year agreement with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for ongoing logistics and engineering support for the Commonwealth of Australia’s fleet of BLACK HAWK (S-70A(TM)) and SEAHAWK® (S-70B(TM)) helicopters. Valued at more than $120 million, with six annual renewable options, the contract is a follow-on agreement [...]
Hamilton Sundstrand wins US Army MRO contract for UH-60 T700 fuel controls
Source: Hamilton Sundstrand, 16-Jul-12
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), was recently awarded a multi-year Overhaul & Repair contract from the U.S. Army for BLACK HAWK helicopter T700 fuel controls, with initial delivery orders starting in 2012 and covering a period of performance through 2017. “Hamilton Sundstrand is pleased to be selected to provide maintenance [...]
Sikorsky expands Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army
Source: Sikorsky, 11-Jul-12
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the expansion of an existing contract that doubles the size of the in-country maintenance support team for the Colombian Army UH-60 BLACK HAWK fleet. The Colombian Army Aviation – part of the Army’s Combined Arms Team – has acquired Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance Services for its fleet of UH-60 [...]
Brunei marks milestones in S70i fleet acquisition
Source: Brunei Ministry of Defence, 03-Jul-12
On 2 December 2011, the Ministry of Defence, Brunei Darussalam (MINDEF) signed a contract with Sikorsky International Operations, Inc. for the delivery of twelve (12) S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters with spare parts, ground support equipment and training package. To date, the project has achieved several major milestones which include the completion of several design reviews [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $26M contract to test UH-60 multi-mode radar sub-system
Source: US DoD, 22-Jun-12
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $26,487,920 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the development, production, and testing of five First Article Operation Test Program sets (OTPS) with accompanying technical data for weapons replaceable assemblies (WRAs) for the H-60 Aircraft. The WRAs are part of the multi-mode radar sub-system with the automated radar [...]
Sikorsky Aerospace Services wins coveted 2012 Military MRO of the Year award
Source: Sikorsky, 22-Jun-12
Aviation Week’s Overhaul & Maintenance Magazine has presented its prestigious 2012 MRO of the Year Award for military center of excellence to Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS). SAS, which received the award at the recent MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United [...]
Four companies awarded $12M for logistics support of H-60, H-1, CV-22 progams
Source: US DoD, 21-Jun-12
Creative Business Solutions, Inc., Mitchellville, Md.; Cirrus Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; Infinite Services and Solutions, Inc., Columbus, Ga.; and Standard Technology, Inc., Warner Robins, Ga., are being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable no-fee contract to provide logistics support for the acquisition, fielding, and sustainment of H-60, H-1 (variant), CV-22, and other special mission aircraft modification [...]
Spika sells Black Hawk Phase Maintenance Stands to Australian military
Source: Spika, 12-Jun-12
Spika Welding and Manufacturing, Inc., a leading manufacturer of aircraft maintenance platforms and maintenance support equipment, announces that it has been awarded a contract with the Australian Government Department of Defence to supply Black Hawk maintenance stands for Army Aviation facilities in Sydney and Townsville. Spika won the contract, valued at over $500,000 (USD), after [...]
New York Army National Guard tests ‘firehawk’ helicopter
Source: US Army, 05-Jun-12
A New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter will be testing the National Guard’s Firehawk helicopter firefighting system on the Mohawk River between the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge (Twin Bridges) on I-87 and the Route 9 Crescent Bridge tomorrow morning (Tuesday, June 5) in Crescent, Saratoga County. The Firehawk system consists of a 1,000-gallon [...]
Sikorsky subcontractor Aero Vodochody opens new composite shop
Source: Aero Vodochody, 03-May-12
The investment for more than 100 million will bring new production capacity. AERO Vodochody, the Czech largest aircraft manufacturer opened new shop for components made of composite materials. The company believes the new and bigger workplace will bring new production capacity and attract new customers. The competitiveness of Aero will be also improved by extension [...]
Grimes Aerospace (Honeywell) win $13M contract for UH-60 searchlights
Source: US DoD, 16-Apr-12
Grimes Aerospace Co., Urbana, Ohio, was awarded a $13,316,300 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of searchlights for the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter System. Work will be performed in Urbana, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2017. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The [...]
Honeywell win $14M contract to overhaul UH-60 starter motors
Source: US DoD, 16-Apr-12
Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a $14,886,266 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the overhaul and upgrade services in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk starter engine. Work will be performed in Tempe, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of April 4, 2017. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. [...]
763rd changes to 823rd Maintenance Squadron
Source: US Air Force, 12-Apr-12
The 763rd Maintenance Squadron transitioned to the 823rd Maintenance Squadron Apr.10 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The name change signifies the squadron’s alignment with its sister-squadrons to become a more cohesive unit. The 763rd originally fell under the 563rd Maintenance Group at Air Force Special Operations Command, but the squadron was redesignated after it [...]
Sikorsky awarded $9.5M for UH-60 parts
Source: US DoD, 09-Apr-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $9,479,531 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of parts in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk system. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2013. Three bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army [...]
Honeywell awarded $80M GPS/INS contract
Source: US DoD, 09-Apr-12
Honeywell International Inc., Defense and Space Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $80,228,616.not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price to acquire Global Position System/Inertial Navigation System production units for the AH-64, AB3, UH-60, CH-47, SPN-46, E-2, and UH-1 platforms for the Army, Navy, and Foreign Military Sales requirements. The location of the performance is Clearwater, Fla. Work is [...]
SPX Corp awarded $28M contract for UH-60 tail rotor work
Source: US DoD, 09-Apr-12
SPX Corp., Newington, Conn., was awarded a $28,717,375 firm-fixed-price contract . The award will provide for the procurement of tail rotor plate assembly in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk System. Work will be performed in Newington, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2012. Two bids were solicited, with two bids received. [...]
Simplex buys rights to Blackhawk Firehawk™ Fire Attack™ System
Source: Simplex, 20-Mar-12
Simplex Aerospace announced today that it has purchased the intellectual property and rights to manufacture, the Fire Attack™ (Fire Attack is a registered trade mark of Simplex Aerospace) system for the Sikorsky Blackhawk Helicopter. The rights were purchased from Aero Union of Sacramento, California. The new Simplex Aerospace Fire Attack ™ system, called the Firehawk™, [...]
Honeywell awarded $19M contract for UH-60 engine overhauls/upgrades
Source: US DoD, 19-Mar-12
Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a $19,525,893 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the overhaul and upgrade of the UH-60 power unit. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2017. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting [...]
Northstar reaches agreement with Sikorsky
Source: Northstar Aerospace, 22-Feb-12
Northstar Aerospace (Canada), Inc. (NAS:TSX) (“Northstar Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (the “Corporation”) announced that it has entered into an amendment to a customer agreement and entered into a new customer agreement. Northstar Canada agreed to amend the Revenue Sharing Agreement with GE Aviation for the CF34-3 program. As previously disclosed [...]
Sikorsky signs ordering agreement with Brunei military
Source: Sikorsky, 15-Feb-12
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of a Blanket Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Brunei Ministry of Defense as part of Sikorsky’s recent overarching sales contract to provide 12 S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF). This five-year agreement will support the S-70i aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2013, and [...]
Sikorsky signs MOU with ASESA of Mexico
Source: Sikorsky, 14-Feb-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexican helicopter service provider ASESA (Aeroservicios Especializados, S.A. de C.V.) to jointly explore assembly and service opportunities in support of BLACK HAWK helicopters. “The MOU marks another step in our commitment to support BLACK HAWK aircraft operated [...]
Sandel HeliTAWS™ selected for Sikorsky S-70i
Source: Sandel Avionics, 12-Feb-12
Sandel Avionics has announced it has been selected by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT, to provide a new MIL-STD version of its Sandel HeliTAWS wire and terrain alerting system, the model ST3453H, for forward-fit installation aboard the new S-70i Black Hawk helicopter in mid-2012. The commercial model ST3400H Sandel HeliTAWS is the industry’s first [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $18M for H-60 navigation systems
Source: US DoD, 02-Feb-12
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an $18,925,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to repair components of the AN/ANS-150 Navigation Systems and the NPN 217 Doppler System supporting the H-60 helicopter, and the AN/ASN-123 Navigation System supporting the EA-6B aircraft. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (75 percent), [...]
Australian Army Black Hawks return to the sky
Source: Australian Dept of Defence, 24-Jan-12
Army’s Black Hawk helicopters have returned to full flying operations following the lifting of the recent suspension. The suspension was put in place on 19 January following the identification of a number of fractured bolts during a routine maintenance check. The Commander of Forces Command, Major General Michael Slater, as the Army Operational Airworthiness Authority [...]
Patria to supply wide-ranging helicopter services to Swedish Armed Forces
Source: Patria, 20-Jan-12
The Swedish Armed Forces Logistics, FMLOG, has selected Patria as the prime supplier of technical systems and maintenance support for the Swedish Armed Forces’ helicopters. The contract is an expansion of the current technical services and support agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces. The three-year contract has an option for additional two years. The agreement [...]
Saab signs support agreement with Sikorsky
Source: Saab, 18-Jan-12
The defence and security company Saab has signed a major support agreement with Sikorsky Aerospace Services regarding technical maintenance and support for Sweden’s BLACK HAWK helicopters. The support agreement is a framework agreement that establishes the manner in which Saab and Sikorsky Aerospace Services will support the Swedish Armed Forces. The parties have agreed to [...]
CPI Aero to present at Noble Financial Capital Markets conference
Source: CPI Aero, 11-Jan-12
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) (NYSE Amex: CVU) today announced that its President & CEO, Edward Fred, will present at the Noble Financial Capital Markets Eighth Annual Equity Conference on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:30 am ET at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Hollywood, FL. Investors will be able to access the [...]
Martin-Baker awarded $28M for UH-60 parts
Source: US DoD, 06-Jan-12
Martin-Baker America, Johnstown, Pa., was awarded a $28,895,117 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of parts in support of the UH-60 Black Hawk. Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 27, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, [...]
Missouri National Guard open new Black Hawk facility
20-Dec-11
A ribbon-cutting Monday marked the opening of a National Guard facility supporting the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk helicopters (see full story)
Circor Aerospace wins $25M contract for Black Hawk landing gear
Source: Circor Aerospace, 13-Dec-11
The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group, a business unit of CIRCOR International (NYSE: CIR), has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), to execute a multi-year contract, with an initial award of approximately $25 million to manufacture landing gear for its H-60 – BLACK HAWK and Seahawk ® Helicopters. “As [...]
Kentucky National Guard share knowledge with Ecuadorian Army Air Group
Source: Kentucky NG, 12-Dec-11
Kentucky National Guard State Partnership Program hosted a team of Army aviators and maintainers from the Republic of Ecuador at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky. The group consisted of six pilots, two maintenance and logistics personnel and one Ecuador civilian translator. They were accompanied by Air Force [...]
Sikorsky confirms HeliHub report of Brunei S-70i order
Source: Sikorsky, 09-Dec-11
Sikorsky have issued the following press release on the order for 12 S-70i helicopters from Brunei’s military – but HeliHub.com had already run the story almost THREE WEEKS ago! (see here) Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has formally signed a contract with the Brunei Ministry of Defence to provide 12 S-70i™ [...]
US Army selects Rockwell Collins for Black Hawk operations simulators
Source: Rockwell Collins, 29-Nov-11
Underscoring the growing need to bring training solutions to where soldiers are located, the U.S. Army has selected Rockwell Collins to provide additional Transportable Black Hawk Operations Simulators (T-BOS). The contract, valued at $35 million, calls for deliveries to be complete by September 2015. “Rockwell Collins has developed a strong track record of delivering the [...]
Brunei orders 12 Black Hawks to replace 212s, 105s
Source: Brunei military, 17-Nov-11
The Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the contract award for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Support Helicopter Project to Sikorsky International Operations, Inc, United States of America. The project is for the supply of twelve (12) BLACKHAWK S-70i helicopters to replace the current fleet of Bell 212 and BO105 helicopters [...]
