Editor's NoteSikorsky Nears Testbed For HEX VTOL Demonstrator, Pursuing Several Hybrid Electric Concepts Sikorsky plans to have the power systems tested for its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (HEX VTOL) demonstrator aircraft ready by year’s end to begin ground runs in 2025, citing it as…
Editor's NoteSikorsky Receives GE’s New T901 Engines For Integration On Black Hawk - July 28 Sikorsky has received the first two GE Aerospace T901 new Army helicopter engines that will be integrated onto the UH-60M Black Hawk to support modernization efforts, the companies said on Thursday. The…
MilitaryArmy Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said. Gen. James…
MilitaryGE Nabs New Army Contract For T700 Engines Worth More Than $1.1 Billion The Army on June 12 awarded General Electric a contract for T700 aircraft engines worth more than $1.1 billion. Work on the new production deal is expected to be completed by June…
MilitarySikorsky Runs ITEP Engine On FARA Prototype, First Flight On Black Hawk Likely In Early ‘25 - April 25 DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned first flight with the…
AI & AutonomyAfter Boeing Delivered First Test MQ-25, Navy Eyes First Flight In Spring 2025 - April 8 After Boeing delivered the first MQ-25 Stingray to the Navy in February for testing, a lead official said Monday the service is on schedule for the first flight test with that platform…
MilitaryLockheed, Intel’s Altera Collaborating On Microelectronics Project For MH-60R Defense System Upgrade Lockheed Martin said Monday its working with Intel and its Altera semiconductor manufacturing firm to develop an open architecture, low size weight and power upgrade that increases the capability of the electronic…
MilitaryBoeing Opens New Advanced Composite Fabrication Center For Future Combat Aircraft Work MESA, Ariz. — Boeing on Monday opened a new $150 million facility in Mesa, Arizona for producing advanced composite components for future combat aircraft programs, which is set to become fully operational later this fall.…