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National Defense
November 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2007
Stew Magnuson
Army, Marines Plan Improvements for Cargo Choppers Army and Marine Corps embark on programs to modernize their medium-heavy cargo helicopters. Roadside bombs and ambushes have forced the U.S. military to increasingly rely on the skies to transport supplies and troops. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Harold Kennedy
Aircraft Fleet Modernization Gains Momentum During the next six years, the Army will procure 1,000 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. In addition, the service plans to restore 1,655 Black Hawks, Chinooks, and Apaches as they return from Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2008
Joe Pappalardo
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
Airbus Eyes Opening Into U.S. Military Airlift Market The A400M Atlas cargo aircraft is capable of carrying a Stryker armored personnel carrier. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2009
Stew Magnuson
Skepticism, Inter-Service Rivalry Surrounds Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Program Just when the Army and the Air Force appear to have settled disagreements over which service will control unmanned aerial vehicles and operate a new light cargo aircraft, along comes a new turf battle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Frank Colucci
Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2010
Austin Wright
Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2014
Dan Parsons
International Chinook Sales Poised to Keep Boeing Humming Troops and military leaders from more than a dozen nations got a taste of what the Boeing Chinook helicopter can do by riding around in U.S. aircraft during combat in Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson
Delivery of Armed Recon Helicopter Delayed One Year A crucial test to determine whether the Army's new armed reconnaissance helicopter is ready for production has slipped at least six weeks due to problems integrating a new sensor package. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Stew Magnuson
Army Takes Wait-and-See Approach for Unmanned Cargo Resupply Aircraft As the Marine Corps moves ahead with field tests of unmanned helicopters that can resupply remote bases in Afghanistan, the Army is taking a cautious approach to the concept. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Dan Parsons
Spending on Army Aviation Rotorcraft to Start Downhill Slide After peaking in 2013, funding for Army aviation has begun a gradual descent that may last decades, according to analysts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Harold Kennedy
Race Is on to Replace Air Force Search and Rescue Helicopter Maneuvering already has begun in a competition for a lucrative contract for a new Air Force "personnel recovery vehicle," built to rescue downed aircrews and others who find themselves isolated on the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Stew Magnuson
Army Ponders Chinook Replacement As Upgrades Continue The F-models, which are produced at Boeing's Philadelphia factory, may be in service until 2040, or beyond. Yet the Army believes the time is now to begin looking at its future replacement. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2007
Breanne Wagner
Air Force Struggles to Define Future Airlift Needs The Air Force is walking a political tightrope as it tries to garner support for multibillion-dollar investments in new cargo aircraft while it copes with cost overruns and tightening budgets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson
Ghost of Comanche Haunts Army Helicopter Leaders as They Push for New Models Army Aviation officers want a family of new helicopters. Not now, but 20 years from now. Two decades may sound like a long time - but its is not when developing Army rotary wing aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Future Vertical Lift Could Be Shot in the Arm for Industry The Army's forthcoming future vertical lift program -- which would replace thousands of aging helicopters -- will rejuvenate the United States' stagnant military helicopter market, experts and executives said. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
March 2007
Precision Aerial Delivery Systems Precision Aerial Delivery... Profiling the Wind... GPS Guided Cargo Systems... JPADS XL Program... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2013
Sarah Sicard
Surplus C-27J Spartans Could Mean Big Windfall for Coast Guard The Coast Guard is looking to benefit from the Air Force's retirement of the C-27J Spartan transport aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Matthew Rusling
Army Helicopters Brace For Afghanistan Buildup The upcoming buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will put additional pressure on the Army's already overstretched helicopter fleet, officials said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Valerie Insinna
Future Vertical Lift Takes Step Forward Army officials have been talking for almost a decade about new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to replace its aging fleets of helicopters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Grace V. Jean
Marine Corps Seeking Robotic Cargo Aircraft to Resupply Troops Military officials want to take trucks and troops off the roads in Afghanistan by relying instead on unmanned helicopters to deliver cargo. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Grace V. Jean
Air Force Special Operators Welcome New Cargo Planes Air Force special operators have been flying C-130 aircraft for more than 40 years. Now, finally, the fleet is being upgraded to the digital J-model. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons
Military Helicopter Fleets Showing Their Age Many models are expected to reach the end of their operational lives in the 2030 to 2040 timeframe. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2012
Dan Parsons
Scout Helicopter Competitors to Army: It's Time for a Flyoff Helicopter manufacturers have flexed their muscles and weighed in for a chance to replace the Army's aging scout helicopter fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Dan Parsons
Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
Frank Colucci
Helicopter Fleet Features Mix of New, Refurbished Aircraft As a result of the heavy use of helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army will need more than 3,000 new or remanufactured attack, utility, cargo and special operations helicopters by 2020. Meanwhile, orders for UH-60 from 10 other countries are expected in 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Frank Colucci
Army's War-Weary Choppers Get Repairs By early December, at least 464 helicopters back from Iraq and Afghanistan had been returned to combat-ready status, in a process the Army calls "reset." More than 500 additional aircraft are awaiting repairs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
In Brief Airbus integrates MTAD... FAA annual aviation forecast ... Northrop Grumman delivers SBIRS GEO-2 payload... Boeing Airborne Laser begins weapon system flight tests... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Harold Kennedy
Coast Guard Strives to Move Ahead on Modernization In nearly three years after the U.S. Coast Guard launched the ambitious Deepwater program---aimed at modernizing its aging ships and aircraft---the service is struggling to pick up the pace of the enormous project. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Rushes to Deploy Defensive Gear on Aircraft The Army is rushing to field anti-missile systems for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, seeking to make up for cutbacks that practically zeroed out funding for aircraft survivability equipment during the past five years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Stew Magnuson
Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Eric Beidel
Manufacturers: Technology Will Make Rotorcraft Faster, Safer The Pentagon's investment in rotorcraft science and technology has decreased dramatically over the past 25 years, but companies have been tinkering around in their own shops trying to fill innovation gaps. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2015
Valerie Insinna
Boeing Banks on Cost Effectiveness of C-40 to Deliver Foreign Sales Boeing has begun pitching its C-40 transport aircraft currently in use by the Navy and Air Force to international customers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
Stew Magnuson
After 50 Years, There Is No End in Sight for the Chinook April will mark the 50th anniversary of when the service received the first delivery of the twin-rotor, heavy-lift chopper. And of all the aircraft its manufacturer The Boeing Co. has produced since 1910, the Chinook is by far the company's longest lasting, and most enduring product. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci
Coast Guard Sets Path for Aviation Upgrades The U.S. Coast Guard is moving briskly on its multifaceted Deepwater aviation upgrade program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
Valerie Insinna
Battle Brewing Over Future Of Army Aviation Programs Army officials are considering the complete divestment of the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior and TH-67 training helicopter, announced Maj. Gen. Kevin Mangum, commanding general of the Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2011
Beidel et al.
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Grace V. Jean
Training For War: A Multimedia Experience Just as training technologies for the newest fighter jets are going digital, so are those for one of the Air Force's oldest airplanes, the C-130 Hercules. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2005
Frank Colucci
Navy, Marine Helicopter Fleets Will See Steady Arrivals of New Aircraft The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plan to equip their aircraft fleets with 1,429 new rotorcraft during the next 20 years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Dan Parsons
Given Budget Uncertainty, Armed Aerial Scout Hovering in Limbo The man chiefly responsible for buying helicopters for the Army, Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby, is of the opposite opinion. He recently called the Armed Aerial Scout the service's "number-one need, today." mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004
Wilson, Gordon & Johnson
An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Insinna & Tadjdeh
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson
Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Grace V. Jean
Special Operations Aviators Gear Up for Aircraft Upgrades Boosting the availability of special operations aircraft - whether they are helicopters, fixed-wing, or unmanned - has been called a top priority at U.S. Special Operations Command. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
Dan Parson
Industry Ready and Waiting for Armed Scout Helicopter Demonstration Industry is poised to offer the Army a laundry list of possible replacements for its armed scout helicopters, but when and if they will have the opportunity to display their wares remains unclear. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2014
Valerie Insinna
Fuel-Efficient Engine to Increase Range, Power of Army Helicopters The Army over the next decade plans to phase out legacy equipment and introduce a new, more powerful engine that will be able to take a full squad twice as far, all while burning less fuel. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2007
Rich Smith
Raytheon's Reticent to Release Raytheon neglects to tell shareholders of its loss of an Army contract to L-3 Communications. Investors, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Aviation History
Sam McGowan
The Four Horsemen Soon after the introduction of the Lockheed C-130, four U.S. Air Force pilots came up with a great way to demonstrate just how maneuverable and powerful the new transport was. mark for My Articles similar articles