Bell-Boeing awarded $40M for long-lead V-22 components
Source: US DoD, 17-May-13
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $40,013,000 modification to the previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-2001) to procure additional long-lead components associated with the manufacture and delivery of 19 Lot 18 MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (24.6 percent); Ridley Park, Pa. (19.2 percent), Amarillo, Texas [...]
EFW awarded $11.8M contract for AH-1W Helmet Display Tracker Systems
Source: US DoD, 10-May-13
EFW, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $11,837,950 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the Helmet Display Tracker Systems (HDTS) in support of the AH-1W helicopters. This contract includes the manufacture and delivery of 11 P-kits, 65 A-kits, 11 installations, and non-recurring engineering and program support. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Fla. [...]
Upgraded US Navy MH-60S operational flight trainer re-enters service
Source: CAE, 30-Apr-13
CAE USA today announced that the United States Navy has declared an updated MH-60S “Sierra” operational flight trainer (OFT) as ready-for-training at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island near San Diego, California. This MH-60S OFT, originally manufactured by Lockheed Martin, was completely upgraded by CAE to add new technologies and ensure concurrency with other MH-60S [...]
MH-XX deadline this week – first steps in replacing Seahawk
Source: US Navy, 29-Apr-13
Wednesday 1st May is the first stage set by the US Navy – a Request For Information, well ahead of anything like a Request For Proposals. The project is being referred to as MH-XX – “Marine Helicopter” to support MH-60 Seahawk helicopter recapitalization decisions. The text below from Solicitation AIR41022ST provides further details:- This announcement constitutes [...]
Bell awarded $14M rotor blade contract
Source: US DoD, 26-Apr-13
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $14,361,600 contract for main rotor blades. The award is a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract. Location of performance is Texas, with a Dec. 31, 2015 performance completion date. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2015 Navy funds. Defense [...]
US Navy dry cargo ship conducts MV-22 flight trials
Source: US Navy, 12-Apr-13
Marine Corps pilots from the Okinawa-based “Dragons” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-265, flying MV-22B Ospreys, conducted first-of-its-kind training with USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) April 6 off the coast of Subic Bay, Philippines. Flight operations with the tilt-rotor Osprey, designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $13M for MH-60R data link enhancements
Source: US DoD, 10-Apr-13
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $13,516,318 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order #4083 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for the implementation, integration and testing of MH-60R data link/data fusion enhancements to existing MH-60R capabilities as a software modification. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y (92 percent) and [...]
Bell awarded $13M for long-lead parts for 15 UH-1Y and 10 AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 02-Apr-13
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,085,222 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 11 UH-1Y Build New Aircraft and 10 Lot 11 AH-1Z Build New Aircraft for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, [...]
Sikorsky awarded $10M contract to convert one UH-3H to UH-3D status
Source: US DoD, 28-Mar-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,148,771 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0010). This modification provides for additional non-recurring engineering for the conversion of one UH-3H helicopter to a UH-3D Trainer Aircraft, including associated test support. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, N.C., (80 [...]
L-3 Vertex win $12M contract for TH-57 support at NAS Whiting Field
Source: US DoD, 26-Mar-13
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC., Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $12,946,025 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-12-D-0003) for logistics services support of the TH-57 aircraft fleet. Services to be provided include repair and/or overhaul of aircraft, engines, avionics and related components. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, [...]
Northrop Grumman to Produce More MQ-8C Fire Scouts for US Navy
Source: Northrop Grumman, 13-Mar-13
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Fire Scout endurance upgrade, designated the MQ-8C and based on Bell Helicopter’s 407, will provide ship commanders with increased range, endurance and payload capacity over the current MQ-8B [...]
CAE to upgrade US Navy MH-60S training devices
Source: CAE, 07-Mar-13
CAE today announced it has won a series of services and upgrade contracts during the first two months of its fiscal year 2013 fourth quarter valued at approximately C$90 million. They include contracts to provide C-130 training support services, upgrades for the United States Navy’s MH-60S helicopter simulators and training devices, maintenance and support services [...]
BLR sells 600th FastFin System
Source: BLR Aerospace, 05-Mar-13
BLR Aerospace opens Heli-Expo 2013 with 600 FastFin® Tail Rotor Enhancement and Stability Systems sold to date, and a rapidly expanding military presence. Overall, the company continues to deliver strong growth. Sales increased over 30 percent in 2012, and BLR’s global military footprint skyrocketed with large fleet-wide conversion sales to Colombia, Peru, Pakistan, and the [...]
Lockheed Martin Completes 400th MH-60 Digital Cockpit
Source: Lockheed Martin, 27-Feb-13
Lockheed Martin has completed the 400th Common Cockpit™ avionics suite for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk helicopter program. The digital cockpit will be installed aboard the first of 24 MH-60R (Romeo) anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopters to be acquired by the Royal Australian Navy via the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales program. “The Common Cockpit [...]
HSC-8 celebrates mishap-free milestone
Source: US Navy, 25-Feb-13
AT SEA – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 accumulated more than 20,000 flight hours without a class alpha mishap Feb. 22. According to official instruction, a class alpha mishap is defined as an incident resulting in more than $2 million in damages, the loss of an aircraft, loss of life, or permanent total disability. [...]
Rolls-Royce awarded $83M option for V-22 engines
Source: US DoD, 01-Feb-13
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded an $83,730,834 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0007) to exercise an option for the procurement of 38 V-22 AE1107C turboshaft production engines (34 for the U.S. Navy and four for the U.S. Air Force). Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be [...]
Robertson Fuel Systems awarded $7M option for CV-22 aux fuel tanks
Source: US DoD, 01-Feb-13
Robertson Fuel Systems L.L.C., Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,073,997 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0097) to exercise the option for the procurement of 15 CV-22 Mission Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (MATS) and associated equipment required to support squadron stand-ups. Work will be performed in Tempe, Ariz., and is expected to be [...]
MH-60S underpowered and “cannot safely tow sonar”
Source: HeliHub.com, 24-Jan-13
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) released his Fiscal Year 2012 report on 15th January, and digging into the detail reveals some finger pointing at the MH-60S. Written by Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Dr J Michael Gilmore, the particularly interested aspect reads as follows (emphasis added by HeliHub.com) COTF [The Navy’s [...]
Bell awarded $28M more for H-1 upgrade contracts
Source: US DoD, 21-Dec-12
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $15,307,118 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to provide systems engineering and program management services in support of the H-1 Upgrade Program. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas and is expected to be completed in December 2013. Contract funds [...]
Raytheon awarded $7.9M contract modification for MH-60S Airborne Mine Neutralization System
Source: US DoD, 20-Dec-12
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $7,900,098 modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-6307) to conduct a critical design review for Airborne Mine Neutralization System near surface capability. The Airborne Mine Neutralization System mission is designed to re-acquire, identify, and destroy volume, close tethered and bottom mines which have been previously detected, [...]
Raytheon wins $18M order for 19 MH-60R/S multi-spectral targeting systems
Source: US DoD, 19-Dec-12
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded an $18,356,242 firm-fixed-price order #0026 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00164-12-G-JQ66) for 19 multi-spectral targeting systems for the MH-60R/S helicopter. The system is an airborne, electro-optic, forward-looking infra-red, turreted sensor package that provides long-range surveillance, high altitude target acquisition, tracking, range-finding, and laser designation, and for [...]
Alliant Techsystems wins $6.5M contract for microprocessor upgrades
Source: US DoD, 18-Dec-12
Alliant Techsystems Operations L.L.C., Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $6,506,292 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0013) for the upgrades of 40 micro-processor hardware boards in support of Navy, Air Force, and other U.S. services, military helicopters, rotorcraft, and low/slow fixed wing aircraft. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., [...]
ATK awarded contract for AAR-47 missile warning systems
Source: ATK, 12-Dec-12
ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $48-million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System. The award encompasses production of new assemblies, including optical sensor converters and computer processors, as well as options for retrofitting weapon replaceable assembly upgrades and delivery of ATK’s Countermeasures Signal Simulator (CSS) to [...]
Presidential V-22s on schedule for delivery in 2013
Source: US Navy, 11-Dec-12
Aircraft 209, the fourth MV-22 to be assigned to the Presidential Support Squadron awaits attachment of the tail empennage (painted the iconic dark green of the squadron) on the Bell V-22 assembly plant production floor in Amarillo, Texas, Dec. 1. The first MV-22 is on schedule to be delivered to Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), [...]
HS-15 officially transitions to HSC-15
Source: US Navy, 20-Nov-12
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15 officially transitioned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 during a ceremony, Nov. 15, at Naval Air Station North Island. The “Red Lions” are the latest anti-submarine squadron to make the transition to a sea combat squadron as part of the Navy’s new direction for the rotary wing community, said [...]
Simmonds Precision Products awarded $8.2M for MH60R/S HUMS units
Source: US DoD, 05-Nov-12
Simmonds Precision Products, dba Goodrich Corp. — Sensors and Integrated Systems, Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded an $8,247,823 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-2015) to exercise an option for the procurement of integrated mechanical diagnostic System production, retrofit and troy kits in support of the MH-60R/S helicopters. These kits include 37 production kits, [...]
Bell awarded $8.6M US Navy blade contract
Source: US DoD, 18-Oct-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded contract W58RGZ-12-G-0001-THBD. The award is a firm fixed price, sole source contract with a maximum $8,613,657 for blade assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using military service is Navy. There was one solicitation with one response. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Navy Working Capital [...]
Bell awarded $6.6M US Navy yoke assembly contract
Source: US DoD, 18-Oct-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded contract W58RGZ-12-G-0001-THBE. The award is a firm fixed price, sole source contract with a maximum $6,563,718 for yoke assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using military service is Navy. There was one solicitation with one response. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Navy Working Capital [...]
Scion UAS wins military contract for unmanned helicopters
11-Oct-12
Scion UAS must deliver one such helicopter to the Naval Research Laboratory within six months, another three months later, with an option for a third, according to Scion co-founder Jim Sampson. (see full story)
Smartphones to Steer Unmanned Rotorcraft on the Battlefield
Source: Office of Naval Research, 08-Oct-12
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences on Sept. 28 to develop robotic rotorcraft capable of supporting rapid autonomous aerial cargo delivery to the battlefield. ONR is initially providing $28 million to the industry-led teams to develop prototype concepts in the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $24M delivery order for MQ-8B parts
Source: US DoD, 07-Oct-12
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $24,476,978 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0003) for spare parts and supplies in support of the MQ-8B vertical take-off and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (36 percent), Horseheads, N.Y. (30 percent); [...]
Enterprise Ventures awarded $18M more for MH-60S Mine Countermeasures program
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
Enterprise Ventures Corp., Johnstown, Pa., is being awarded an $18,346,669 modification to previously awarded contract (N61331-12-C-0007) to exercise the option for the production of 12 carriage, stream, tow and recovery system kits in support of the MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures program. The overall objectives of the carriage, stream, tow and recovery system program are to [...]
Vertex Aerospace awarded $27M for TH-57 fleet support
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $27,293,685 indefinite-delivery requirements contract for logistics services support of the TH-57 aircraft fleet. Services to be provided include repair and/or overhaul of aircraft, engines, avionics and related components. Funds will not be obligated at time of award. Work will be performed at Naval Air [...]
GE awarded $105M for T700 engine work
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $105,251,968 Performance Based Logistics contract for the repair or replacement of T700 engine components utilized on the H-60 and AH-1W aircraft. In addition to the engine component repair, the contract also provides for receiving, warehousing, inventory management, packing, shipping, electronic data interchange requisitioning and commercial asset [...]
Bell awarded $20M delivery order for Cobra parts repair/overhaul
Source: US DoD, 28-Sep-12
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $19,637,400 for delivery order #7002 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of 12 gearbox assemblies, 12 Cobra main rotor hub assemblies, 60 Cobra main rotor blades, 11 right hand stub wings, and 10 left hand stub wings required to support the H-1 helicopter. Work [...]
Northrop Grumman and AgustaWestland team for USAF CSAR and US Navy “Marine One” Programs
Source: Northrop Grumman, 18-Sep-12
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company (FNC IM, SIFI.MI) announced today that they have signed a comprehensive teaming agreement to respond to anticipated requests for both the new Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter and the Navy’s recently announced program to develop a new “Marine One” Presidential Helicopter. A US built helicopter based [...]
Four squadrons at NAF Atsugi to upgrade to MH-60R and MH-60S
Source: US Navy, 17-Sep-12
The U.S. Navy announced today that the Navy’s newest helicopters will become part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) and be forward deployed to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan. As part of the Navy’s master aviation plan (MAP) and to provide the most capable maritime forces forward, the Navy will transition from the [...]
V-22 supports USS Harry S Truman flight deck certification
Source: US Navy, 28-Aug-12
When a V-22 Osprey from Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22 landed for the first time on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on July 19, it highlighted another in a series of firsts for the unique tilt-rotor aircraft that has become an integral part of the U.S. naval forces. And although [...]
Coastal Helicopters awarded $9.0M contract for flight test support
Source: US DoD, 28-Aug-12
Coastal Helicopter, Inc.*, Panama City, Fla., is being awarded a $9,043,184 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for aircraft flight test support of programs such as the Advanced Littoral Reconnaissance Technologies, Office of Naval Research. Work will be performed in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. (70 percent) and Panama City, Fla. (30 percent), and is expected to [...]
GE awarded $8.2M modification to H-53 contract
Source: US DoD, 30-Jul-12
General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded an $8,237,834 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously issued order against a basic ordering agreement (FA8122-09-G-0001-M81) for the procurement of 1,068 T64 variable guide vane linkage improvement kits in support of the H-53 aircraft. The work will be performed in Lynn, Mass., and is expected to be completed [...]
Raytheon awarded $22M for MH-60R Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems
Source: US DoD, 30-Jul-12
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $22,534,680 firm-fixed-price modification to existing basic ordering agreement (N00164-12-G-JQ66) for 24 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems. This acquisition is for Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems that will be used by Navy MH-60R helicopters. The system is an airborne, electro-optic, forward-looking infra-red, turreted sensor package that provides long-range surveillance, high altitude target [...]
Northrop Grumman, US Navy establish Fire Scout Training Center in Florida
Source: Northrop Grumman, 16-Jul-12
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has established a new training facility for Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operators that offers improved flight simulators, hands-on aircraft maintenance and classroom instruction. Opened July 10 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., the Fire Scout Training Center will meet increasing demands for trained operators as the system is used more during [...]
Sikorsky signs $8.5 Billion H-60 deal with US Army and Navy
Source: Sikorsky, 10-Jul-12
The U.S. Army and Navy today signed an $8.5 billion contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), to buy a baseline quantity of 653 BLACK HAWK and SEAHAWK® helicopters through December 2017. The five-year contract will yield significant savings for the U.S. Government compared with purchasing the same quantity across five [...]
Analysis of the DoD Helicopter Market
Source: ReportLinker, 03-Jul-12
This research forecasts the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) helicopter market, including general trends and program analysis. This market includes seven classifications of helicopter platforms as well as miscellaneous helicopter parts and services. Military helicopters provide end users with many capabilities, including air-to-ground attack and assault, troop and cargo transport, intelligence and surveillance gathering, resupply, [...]
Bell awarded $10M delivery order for UH-1Y / AH-1Z parts repair
Source: US DoD, 02-Jul-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded June 29 a not-to-exceed $10,883,860 for delivery order 0007 under a previously awarded contract (N00383-09-D-003N) for repair coverage of 66 items required to support the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 29, 2013. The [...]
Sikorsky awarded $8.7M contract for tail rotor pylon work
Source: Sikorsky, 25-Jun-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract with a maximum $8,725,338 for tail rotor pylons. Other location of performance is Oregon. Using service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through 2015 Navy Working Capital Funds. There was one proposal with one response. The date of performance completion is Nov. [...]
Enterprise Ventures wins $12.5M deal to build MH-60S Carriage, Stream, Tow, and Recovery System
Source: Enterprise Ventures, 28-May-12
Enterprise Ventures Corporation (EVC) has been awarded a $12.5 million contract from Naval Surface Warfare Center – Panama City Division (NSWC-PCD). Under this contract, EVC will build the U.S. Navy Carriage, Stream, Tow, and Recovery System (CSTRS) for the MH-60S helicopter. The CSTRS provides the multi-mission MH-60S helicopter with the widest, largest minesweeping capability by [...]
Sikorsky awarded $9M for H-53 swashplate and gearbox work
Source: US DoD, 24-May-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $9,064,199 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00383-06-D-003F) for the incorporation of two Naval Air Systems Command approved engineering change proposals supporting the H-53 helicopter: Dynamic Component Change No. 97 swashplate, and Dynamic Component Change No. 94 gearbox. Work for the nose gearboxes will be [...]
US Navy demonstrates Telephonics’ radar on MH-60S
Source: Telephonics, 15-May-12
Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that the U.S. Navy conducted an exercise to demonstrate several Anti Surface Warfare concepts of operation using an MH-60S (Sierra) helicopter in conjunction with a Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The exercise included the use of Telephonics’ multi-mode, maritime surveillance radar on the [...]
Enterprise Ventures Corp awarded $12M contract for MH-60S equipment
Source: US DoD, 14-May-12
Enterprise Ventures Corp., Johnstown, Pa., is being awarded a $12,529,511 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of 12 carriage, stream, tow, and recovery system kits in support of the Naval Air Systems Command, MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures Program. The overall objectives of the program are to design, fabricate, test, and integrate a system for the carriage, [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $25M contract for three Fire Scouts
Source: US DoD, 09-May-12
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $25,709,758 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0041) to purchase three Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicles Lot 5 low rate initial production and one ground control station. Work will be performed in Moss Point, Miss. [...]
ManTech wins $46M for US Navy UAV flight test support
Source: ManTech, 01-May-12
The U.S. Navy has awarded ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) a contract to provide flight test support solutions for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Manned and Unmanned Air Vehicle Evaluation Division (AIR 5.1.6). The contract has a three-year period of performance and a value of $46 million. AIR 5.1.6′s charter is to integrate, test and evaluate: aircraft flying qualities and [...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $13M order for MH-60R radar work
Source: US DoD, 30-Apr-12
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $13,765,096 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring and recurring efforts to design, develop, and produce new Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination (ARPDD) configured AN/APS 153 (V) retrofit kits in support of the MH-60R aircraft. This [...]
VX-31 SAR crew recognized for rescue
Source: US Navy, 11-Apr-12
The Naval Test Wing Pacific commander presented Air Medals to members of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 for a recent search and rescue (SAR) mission in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains during a ceremony April 2 at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake. The rescue mission was significant because at 11,300 [...]
US Navy grounds MQ-8B Fire Scout after two crashes
Source: US Navy, 11-Apr-12
The Navy recently experienced two unrelated operational mishaps with the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. There were no injuries to personnel and no damage to other aircraft. On March 30, an MQ-8B Fire Scout operating off USS Simpson (FFG-56) was ditched at sea upon returning from a maritime surveillance mission in support of Africa Partnership [...]
US Navy’s smart robocopters will spy you in the crowd
Source: US Navy ONR, 10-Apr-12
Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said April 5. Called the Multi-Mode Sensor Seeker (MMSS), the sensor is a mix of high-definition cameras, mid-wave infrared sensors and laser-radar (LADAR) technology. It will be placed on [...]
Oceus Networks to test new generation wireless comms on three ships with UH-1
Source: US DoD, 09-Apr-12
Oceus Networks, Inc.*, Reston, Va., is being awarded a $7,804,428 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-12-C-0100) to exercise an option for a rapidly deployable fourth generation long term evolution tactical, wireless, maritime command and control communication solution and support the operational test and evaluation. This modification will provided for the installation of equipment [...]
LockMart win $1.05 Billion 5-year MH-60R/S cockpit/systems contract
Source: Lockheed Martin, 09-Apr-12
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $1.05 billion, five-year contract to provide more than 200 digital cockpits and integrated mission systems and sensors for the Navy MH-60R “Romeo” and MH-60S “Sierra” helicopters. “U.S. Navy crews operating the 300-plus MH-60 Romeo and Sierra helicopters already in the fleet understand just how critical these aircraft are [...]
Sea Knight gets new life
Source: US Navy, 19-Mar-12
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Heard the adage the last CH-46 Phrog pilot hasn’t been born yet? Well, he or she may have been born, but they’re probably still in middle school, thanks to a collaborative program between PMA-226 and the State Department. “We are actively transferring CH-46E aircraft to the Department [...]
GE Aviation wins position on Northrop Grumman Fire Scout program
Source: GE Aviation, 16-Mar-12
GE Aviation has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to provide a stores management system for the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. The contract includes the installation, engineering, manufacturing and data development of GE’s Stores and Payload Controller (SPC) used to control Fire Scout’s new weapons system. “The stores and payload controller [...]
Rockwell Collins awarded $8M uplift to H-1 radio contract
Source: US DoD, 07-Mar-12
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $8,013,321 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option to provide AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radio and ancillary equipment for the H-1. The contract provides for the following: C-12561A/ARC control, radio sets, quantity of 15; MT-6567/ARC mounting bases, quantity of 86; MT-7006/ARC amplifier [...]
Sikorsky awarded $20M more to rework two VH-3D and one VH-60N
21-Feb-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $20,521,388 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) for special progressive aircraft rework of two VH-3D and one VH-60N executive helicopters, including vendor repairables and component overhaul. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. Work will be performed in Stratford, [...]
Bell awarded $56M for long-lead parts for UH-1Y and AH-1Z
Source: US DoD, 17-Feb-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $56,750,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of Lot 10 UH-1Y (15) and AH-1Z (13) helicopters for the Marine Corps in support of the H-1 upgrade program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 [...]
Former US Navy Chief of Naval Operations joins Northrop Grumman board
Source: Northrop Grumman, 17-Feb-12
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today that it has elected retired U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead to its board of directors. Roughead served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations for the Navy prior to his retirement from the service in 2011. The addition of Roughead increases Northrop Grumman’s board of directors to 13 members, 12 [...]
Northrop Grumman to perform repairs for US Navy SH-60s
Source: Northrop Grumman, 08-Feb-12
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to repair avionics equipment on the SH-60 Seahawk helicopter and the EA-6B Prowler jet. Under a five-year, fixed-price contract valued at nearly $19 million with NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Northrop Grumman will repair the ASN-150 and ASN-123 tactical [...]
Rolls-Royce awarded $55M for V-22 engine maintenance
Source: US DoD, 06-Feb-12
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $55,406,826 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) to exercise an option for maintenance services in support of the V-22 AE1107C turboshaft engines. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2012. [...]
$56M contract awarded for construction work at NAS North Island
Source: US DoD, 02-Feb-12
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a $56,463,304 fixed-price modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-12-C-1406) to exercise option 0001 which provides for the construction of a helicopter maintenance facility at Naval Air Station North Island. The work to be performed provides for the construction of a multi-story, steel-framed, three-bay maintenance [...]
USS Simpson and Fire Scout set sail for Africa
Source: US Navy, 20-Jan-12
The MQ-8B Fire Scout, the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea departed Jan.17 from Mayport, Fla., aboard USS Simpson (FFG 56) for a six-month deployment to western Africa. Personnel from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 60 Detachment 4 and Northrop Grumman took Fire Scout on its third at-sea deployment aboard [...]
Bell-Boeing awarded another $7M for V-22 parts
Source: US DoD, 19-Jan-12
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $7,283,403 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee V-22 multi-year production contract (N00019-07-C-0001) to provide for production line preparation and production incorporation of unique identification marked parts for MV and CV Lot 16 aircraft. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (73 percent); Fort Worth, [...]
Parker Aerospace agreement with US Navy includes V-22 parts
Source: Parker Aerospace, 02-Jan-12
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, is pleased to announce that a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement has been signed with the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center-Southwest (FRC-SW) in San Diego. The agreement was signed on September 27, with a formal signing ceremony [...]
Bell-Boeing awarded six V-22 contracts worth $211M
Source: US DoD, 02-Jan-12
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $72,928,060 advance acquisition contract for long lead components required for the manufacture and delivery of 17 (fiscal 2013) Lot 17 MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the Marine Corps and four (fiscal 2013) Lot 17 CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the Air Force. Work will be performed in [...]
Bell awarded $20M support contract for H-1 upgrade program
Source: US DoD, 02-Jan-12
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $20,359,785 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0035) to exercise an option for logistics products and services in support of H-1 helicopter upgrade program. Services to be provided include logistics management support; technical material for maintenance planning; design interface; supply/material support; technical [...]
Northrop Grumman awarded $8.8M mission computer order for H-1 upgrades
Source: US DoD, 02-Jan-12
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an $8,880,685 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0016) for 52 GEN II mission computers for the H-1 upgrades Lot 9 production aircraft. Work will be performed in Woodland, Calif., and is expected to be completed in January [...]
MAD restores retro-painted AH-1 for Centennial of Naval Aviation
Source: US Navy, 23-Dec-11
The Marine Aviation Detachment (MAD) at China Lake completed two major restoration projects for the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA), an AV-8A Harrier and a J-model AH-1 helicopter. Both aircraft are prominently displayed in front of the MAD headquarters at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake. In 2010, MAD members and volunteers repainted the [...]
V-22 team gets award for engine improvements
Source: US Navy, 19-Dec-11
The V-22 Propulsion and Power Integrated Product Team received a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Commander’s Award for improving engine time-on-wing and reducing costs during a ceremony here Dec. 7. The V-22 Propulsion and Power IPT formed the AE1107 Measured Gas Temperature Increase Team in response to an urgent need to improve V-22 engine [...]
