30-Sep-2011Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded an $8,200,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0098) for non-recurring efforts required to provide form, fit, and function resolutions to known obsolescence issues affecting MH-60R/MH-60S aircraft. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in November 2013.... Read more
30-Sep-2011Source: US DoD
Raytheon System Co., McKinney, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 28 a $9,840,000 firm-fixed-price contract for 10 multispectral targeting systems in support of Navy MH-60S helicopters. The multispectral targeting system provides long-range surveillance, high-altitude target acquisition, tracking, range-finding, and laser designation for the Hellfire missile, and for all tri-service and NATO laser-guided munitions. Work will be... Read more
29-Sep-2011Source: Concurrent Technologies
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) announced today that it has been awarded United States Patent No. 7,950,113 for the “Device for Retaining Splitting Forces of a Cable Stop.” This device, also referred to as a “cable ferrule,” is currently in use on the Navy’s MH-60S mine hunting helicopter. The device provides an improved structural interface between... Read more
26-Sep-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for a maximum $8,622,105 for cuff assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-G-0003-THLN).... Read more
25-Sep-2011Source: US DoD
Spectrum Laser and Technologies, Inc.*, Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $8,704,839 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of circuit card assemblies in support of the Naval Air Systems Command. The circuit card assemblies are integrated into the MH-60R and MH-60S armed helicopter weapon system projects. The circuit cards contribute to the MH-60s... Read more
22-Sep-2011Source: US Navy
A test team from the V-22 Joint Program Office spent about six weeks in Logan, Utah confirming that a small software change will result in more lift capability for the Osprey. The actual change, which is barely observable to the eye, calls for the V-22 rotors to be tilted about four degrees outward. This change... Read more
16-Sep-2011Source: AAR
HeliHub.com editor note – we have already run the DoD official notice on 9th September – see Military Sealift Command awards AAR $76M vertrep contract – what follows is AAR’s press release AAR (NYSE:Â AIR) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Military Sealift Command (MSC), to provide airlift support for U.S. Navy... Read more
13-Sep-2011Source: US Navy
Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205), and industry partners have developed a portable, desktop trainer, or DTT, to assist Sea Dragon pilots with navigation, communication and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) training. The trainer is at the beginning of a naval aviation trend toward having DTTs for aircraft with glass cockpits, according to Rick Anderson,... Read more
9-Sep-2011Source: US DoD
AAR Airlift Group, Inc., Palm Bay, Fla., is being awarded a $15,464,426 firm-fixed-price contract for ship-based and/or vertical replenishment services in support of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. AAR Airlift Group, Inc., will provide helicopters, personnel, and operational and technical support services in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Arabian Gulf. This contract includes... Read more
8-Sep-2011Source: US Navy
Naval aviators and Sailors assigned to the Proud Warriors of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42, visited the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) Helicopter Squadron in Mauritius, Sept. 6. This was the first known visit ever made by a U.S. aviation unit. The Proud Warriors met with Mauritius pilots and personnel in their hangar bay near... Read more
7-Sep-2011Source: Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led unmanned K-MAX® team successfully completed a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) for the U.S. Navy’s Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. “The autonomous flying K-MAX is designed to resupply Marines on the battlefield and in remote locations,†said Roger Il Grande, director of Airborne Systems at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems... Read more
29-Aug-2011Source: US Navy
USS NEW ORLEANS, At Sea – Amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted deck-landing qualifications (DLQs) for Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters during a pre-deployment exercise, Aug. 11. Declared combat-ready by the U.S. Marine Corps in September 2010, the AH-1Z Cobra will undergo its first operational deployment as part of Amphibious... Read more
26-Aug-2011Source: US Navy
The Navy and Marine Corps team reached another milestone toward achieving the Secretary of the Navy’s energy goals by successfully flying a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey on biofuel Aug. 10 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. “This is the first Marine Corps and tilt rotor aircraft to fly on biofuels,†said Navy Secretary Ray... Read more
21-Aug-2011Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was credited with providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy anti-piracy actions during the system’s second at-sea deployment. Two Fire Scout air vehicles were deployed aboard the USS Halyburton (FFG 40) at the beginning of... Read more
16-Aug-2011Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $29,969,607 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-09-G-0005. This modification provides for additional phase two non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion engineering, manufacturing, and development. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y.... Read more
12-Aug-2011Source: DynCorp International
DynCorp International (DI) today announced that it has won a contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide aviation maintenance and logistic support at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. “For 38 years, DynCorp International has proudly supported the U.S. Navy at Pax River under the Contract Field Teams... Read more
1-Aug-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $12,507,896 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide for the repair coverage of seven items required to support the H-1 aircraft. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and is expected to be completed Nov. 30, 2013.  Contract funds are Navy Working Capital Funds and will... Read more
31-Jul-2011
Precautionary stop after indication of mechanical problems, while en route from EAA AirVenture back to its base in Indiana. Landed at 9.45am and after being checked over and cleared to fly, departed 3.45pm... Read more
28-Jul-2011Source: US DoD
General Electric, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $59,599,950 requirements contract for the repair of 19 T-64 engine (CH53D/E and MH53E helicopters) components, spare parts, manufacturing, engineering, and technical support to the Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point, N.C., with a goal of improving monthly output. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, N.C. (90... Read more
27-Jul-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $549,999,711 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0015) for long lead materials and components associated with the manufacture and delivery of 19 lot eight UH-1Y build new aircraft; eight AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft; and six lot eight AH-1Z build new aircraft. This... Read more
25-Jul-2011Source: US DoD
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Defense Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $109,245,120 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for engineering and manufacturing development for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for Navy and Marine Corps rotary aircraft. In addition, this provides for the hostile fire indication capability. Work will be performed in: Nashua, N.H. (40.2 percent); Woodland... Read more
19-Jul-2011Source: Southern Maryland News
A report compiled by Michael Gilmore, director of the Pentagon’s Operational Test and Evaluation office for Navy and members of Congress, states that the MQ-8B Fire Scout’s data link to its ground operators is so fragile that it frequently causes delayed and scratched flights. Other information includes the fact that just a tap of the... Read more
19-Jul-2011
Emergency landing made in field. No apprarent external damage. Likely on training operations out of NAS Pensacola... Read more
6-Jul-2011Source: CAE
The United States Navy has exercised contract options for CAE USA to design and manufacture two additional MH-60R tactical operational flight trainers (TOFTs). The first simulator will be a fixed-based MH-60R TOFT delivered to Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, USA, in late 2013. The other MH-60R TOFT will also be a fixed-based simulator delivered to... Read more
27-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $7,127,008 firm-fixed-price delivery order on a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) for the VH-60N Executive Helicopter special progressive aircraft rework induction, including vendor repairables and component overhaul. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in May 2012. Contract funds in... Read more
27-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $12,048,011 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0060) for the procurement of 6 AE1107C engines for the Air Force CV-22 aircraft (four spares and two installs). Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in December 2012. Contract funds will not... Read more
21-Jun-2011
The UAV was delivering intelligence data from about 5,000-7,000 ft. as expected, and there was no immediate sign of a command and control problem or mechanical malfunction, a program source says. This may mean it was shot down.... Read more
17-Jun-2011Source: US Navy
The Navy’s Fire Scout is proving its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability during its first land-based deployment in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The Fire Scout, managed by Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air Systems program office (PMA-266), deployed in late April to CENTCOM in response to a DoD ISR... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Lockheed Martin
The sun provided the light, a U.S. Navy photographer manned the camera and two Lockheed Martin programs provided the action during recent training operations in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 conducted Deck Landing Qualifications on June 7, landing on the flight deck of the USS... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., is being awarded a $36,240,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for AN/AVS-9, night vision image intensifier sets. The AN/AVS-9 system is a night vision system consisting of a binocular imaging assembly, a helmet mount, a low profile power pack, a carrying case, and ancillary equipment. The AN/AVS-9 is used by Navy and Marine... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $34,228,615 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for maintenance services in support of the MV-22 AE1107C turboshaft engine. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the... Read more
14-Jun-2011
The Navy’s only maritime helicopter testbed successfully prototyped and demonstrated technology offering significant improvements in tactical battlefield situational awareness recently at the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Exercising technology developed and provided by Northrop Grumman’s Rotorcraft Avionics Innovation Laboratory, “T-Rex†(Testbed for Rapid Warfighter Response and Experimentation), the Navy’s UH-1N testbed aircraft, provided an... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,730,182 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for the fiscal 2011 VH-3D Executive Helicopter special progressive aircraft rework, including vendor repairables and component overhaul. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in April... Read more
7-Jun-2011
After reviewing the Navy’s draft Environmental Assessment and receiving public comments, the California Coastal Commission have approved Navy plans to increase helicopter activity in Imperial Beach skies 30% by 2016.... Read more
29-May-2011Source: UK MoD
Helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in a major maritime exercise this week with the United States aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush off the west coast of Cornwall. The exercise, codenamed Saxon Warrior, is an important part of the co-operation between the UK and the US militaries, and has... Read more
26-May-2011Source: US Navy
The first of five H-72 Lakotas at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) has been outfitted with a state-of-the-art instrumentation package to enhance students’ learning. “The instrumentation package will make it possible for students to take data from a single source in the H-72 versus individual systems as students must do in other helicopters.... Read more
23-May-2011Source: Imperial Beach Patch
Imperial Beach residents met with U.S. Navy representatives, meeting first at a community center before moving to the corner of Iris Avenue and Fifth Street.  The meeting was held to discuss helicopter noise and its impact on neighborhoods adjacent to the Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach.... Read more
13-May-2011Source: US DoD
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $7,397,169 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) to exercise an option for low power repairs in support of the CV-22 AE1107 turboshaft engines for the Air Force. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to... Read more
13-May-2011Source: Office of Naval Research
ARLINGTON, Va.—When officials from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) showed up at the 63rd annual Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) Symposium in San Diego from May 9-12, they displayed a technology that allows helicopter aircraft commanders to “take the fight away from the boat.†The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS) will give helicopters, such as the... Read more
9-May-2011Source: US Navy
OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. military and local and national Japanese emergency response services conducted a bilateral field training exercise, where for the first time Japanese emergency response helicopters performed patient transports to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa April 27. The exercise was part of an emergency preparedness exercise conducted between the U.S. military and Japanese emergency... Read more
29-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and the U.S. Navy have celebrated the production of 100 MH-60R and 200 MH-60S SEAHAWK® multi-mission helicopters for the U.S. Navy. “MH-60 helicopters perform an important role protecting the fleet and its sailors, and conducting a host of multi-mission operations,†said Rear Adm. Paul Grosklags,... Read more
27-Apr-2011Source: Kongsberg
Following extensive product development and factory and sea trials, Kongsberg Maritime have successfully delivered the first of its new generation of innovative ultra low light cameras to the US Navy, via Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), for use within the existing Kongsberg supplied Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) for amphibious class ships. The new high... Read more
21-Apr-2011Source: US Navy
The Navy’s Fire Scout Unmanned Air Vehicle system is about to begin its first land-based deployment to U.S. Central Command this month. The Fire Scout effort is led by the Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air System program office, PMA-266, at Patuxent River, Md. In response to an urgent needs requirement from DoD’s... Read more
15-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $6,981,897 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) to install, integrate, and test Block 10.3.01 hardware, vehicle management system math model software, computational system software, and instructor/operator station software into six CV-22 flight training devices. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air... Read more
8-Apr-2011Source: Alion
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, was awarded a two-year, $6.6 million task order from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to support its Multi-Mission Helicopter (MMH) Program Management Activity (PMA-299). Alion will deliver technical, financial management, administrative and engineering expertise to support current and future Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the... Read more
5-Apr-2011Source: US Navy
NAVAL AIR FACILITY MISAWA, Japan — Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 14 personnel and aircraft returned to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, April 4, after spending three weeks repositioned at Naval Air Facility Misawa. Over the past three weeks, HS-14 has flown SH-60B Seahawk helicopters to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in support of Operation Tomodachi.... Read more
5-Apr-2011Source: US Navy
The Navy relocated a UH-1 Yankee helicopter flight training device (FTD) to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, N.C. this winter. The trainer, a full-size replica of the UH-1 Yankee cockpit, was originally located at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Calif. It was moved to provide simulation training capability to East Coast UH-1 Yankee squadrons. It... Read more
1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
Robertson Fuel Systems, LLC, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $14,017,886 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-08-D-0009) to exercise an option for the procurement of V-22 mission auxiliary fuel tanks, refueling kits, and accessories. Work will be performed in Tempe, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in December 2012. Contract... Read more
1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $9,949,990 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0007) for the procurement of 59 PPC109 kits for the Engine Reliability Improvement Program in support of the CH-53 Program. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass. (87 percent), and Madisonville, Ky. (13 percent), and... Read more
1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract against a basic ordering agreement with a maximum $12,059,100 for blade assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2019. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity... Read more
1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $42,285,583 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-05-D-0023) for logistics support of 124 TH-57B/TH-57C aircraft. Work will be performed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. (99 percent), and NAS Patuxent River, Md. (1 percent), and is expected to... Read more
1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $30,291,489 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to procure two U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command Tiltrotor (CV-22) flight training devices, and associated provisioned items and spares. Work will be performed in Broken Arrow, Okla. (53 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); Philadelphia, Pa. (7 percent); Clifton, N.J.... Read more
31-Mar-2011Source: US Navy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An In-Service Repair (ISR) Field Team from Fleet Readiness Center Southeast returned home Feb. 27 after repairing a cracked helicopter aft transmission support beam aboard a guided-missile cruiser deployed on a six-month Mediterranean cruise. Traveling 22 days through three continents and seven countries, it took Planner and Estimator Keith Presser, Examiner and... Read more
28-Mar-2011Source: US Navy
NAVAL AIR FACILITY MISAWA, Japan – Sailors attached to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 51 performed routine maintenance on the squadron’s SH-60B/F helicopters, March 27, 2011 at the squadron’s temporary home, here. The sailors, who normally operate from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, are performing the maintenance to ensure that the helicopters stay capable of performing... Read more
20-Mar-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $10,251,032 firm-fixed-price, sole-source, basic ordering agreement contract for gearbox assembly items. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2014. The Defense Logistics Agency... Read more
19-Mar-2011Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Four additional squadrons will be based there by 2016... Read more
17-Mar-2011Source: US DoD
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., dba Goodrich Corp., Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $7,370,520 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 30 integrated mechanical diagnostic and health usage monitoring system units for the fiscal 2011 Lot 8 production upgrade aircraft UH-1Y and AH-1Zs (19 UH-1Y units; eight AH-1Z units). Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt.,... Read more
5-Mar-2011Source: US Navy
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) became the first west coast ship to conduct flight deck operations with the MV-22 Osprey on Mar. 1. The MV-22 Osprey is a tilt rotor aircraft flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, which utilizes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). Until recently, the MV-22 has seen limited use aboard large deck... Read more
4-Mar-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,600,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0003) for design and development activities in support of the AH-1Z and UH-1Y cuff and yoke redesign. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in June 2013. Contract... Read more
2-Mar-2011Source: BAE Systems
BAE Systems will provide the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command a defensive weapon system for NAVAIR’s V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The system is based on the company’s Remote Guardian SystemTM, (RGS), a remotely operated defensive weapon system that provides 360° of suppressive weapons fire for the V-22. BAE Systems’ Remote Guardian System is a common... Read more
1-Mar-2011Source: US DoD
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $7,209,456 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0298) for the procurement of 42 MH-60R/S integrated mechanical diagnostic and health usage monitoring system units, 42 data transfer units, and 18 retrofit kits. Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., and is expected to be completed... Read more
24-Feb-2011Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) -built MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) achieved a significant development milestone in November when it flew its first test flights from the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship, USSÂ Freedom (LCS-1). The Navy conducted the activity, known as dynamic interface (DI) testing, off the coast... Read more
24-Feb-2011Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has successfully delivered the 300th Common Cockpit, the nerve center for every multi-mission helicopter in the U.S. Navy fleet, aboard an MH-60S. “The Common Cockpit underwent one of the most demanding certification processes at NAVAIR, and is now the standard by which all cockpits are judged,†said Capt. Dean Peters, NAVAIR program... Read more
17-Feb-2011Source: US Navy
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205) delivered a SH-60B Seahawk Tactical Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT) to Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), in late 2010. “With the new TOFT on location, the crews have more simulation time affording proficiency in mission readiness while staying close to home, thus... Read more
14-Feb-2011Source: US DoD
olls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $7,966,182 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 engines, including 14 low power repairs. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Eurocopter
ARLINGTON, Va., 09.02.2011, The U.S. Army has ordered a total of 32 UH-72A Lakotas from EADS North America in Fiscal Year 2011, which will continue the sustained production for this highly successful program through 2012. The latest contract brings Lakota orders to 219, composed of 214 rotary-wing aircraft for the U.S. Army and five for... Read more
3-Feb-2011
Sonar buoy fell from helicopter and landed in farm field... Read more
2-Feb-2011Source: CAE
CAE USA today announced that the first full-motion MH-60R tactical operational flight trainer (TOFT) built by the company for the United States Navy has been declared ready-for-training and entered service at Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida. The MH-60R TOFT includes both an operational flight trainer (OFT) used to train pilots and co-pilots as well... Read more
26-Jan-2011Source: CAE
CAE USA has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$44 million to design and manufacture two MH-60R tactical operational flight trainers (TOFTs) for the United States Navy. The first simulator will be a fixed-based MH-60R TOFT delivered to Naval Station (NS) Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida in mid-2013. The other MH-60R TOFT, which will also... Read more
25-Jan-2011Source: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced the ahead-of-schedule delivery to the U.S. Navy of the company’s 2,000th Viperâ„¢ laser which provides the jamming energy for the company’s battle-proven infrared countermeasures (IRCM) applications. The Department of the Navy Large Aircraft IRCM (DoN LAIRCM) system currently employed on U.S. Marine Corps helicopters protects aircrews and aircraft from... Read more
21-Jan-2011Source: US Navy
The celebration of 100 years of naval aviation is set to kick off aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island in San Diego, Feb. 10. The “Black Knights” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 – due to deployment commitments – will be honoring the milestone at sea while aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). “It’s... Read more
21-Jan-2011Source: Sikorsky
Washington, D.C. – The Maritime Helicopter Support Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX], has received a $1.4 billion firm fixed price contract from the U.S. Navy to continue providing performance-based logistics support for more than 490 in-service H-60 SEAHAWK® helicopters.... Read more
19-Jan-2011Source: US DoD
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $7,618,512 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 in support of the CH-53E program, to include 132 each:Â MT-4935 Mounting Bases; MT-7006 Amplifier Mounts; AM-7526 High Power Amplifiers; MX-11745 LNA Diplexer w/... Read more
13-Jan-2011Source: Bloomberg
Five years after it was cleared for full-production, the V-22 tilt-rotor Osprey remains dogged by unreliable parts that reduce its availability for missions, according to the Pentagon’s top tester.... Read more
12-Jan-2011Source: Lockheed Martin
Washington, January 12th, 2011 — The U.S. Navy demonstrated its continued commitment to keeping its MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fleet at the forefront of anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, awarding Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a variety of production and development contracts totaling $360 million. The end-of-year awards cover a spectrum of systems aboard the MH-60R, built by... Read more
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