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National Defense September 2005 Frank Colucci	Safety Upgrades Could Delay New Presidential Helicopter The helicopter chosen to carry the nation's chief executive meets civil aviation safety requirements, but it will require modifications to satisfy more stringent military specifications.
National Defense January 2014 Valerie Insinna	Decline of U.S. Helicopter Procurement on the Horizon After a decade-long period of surging sales and rapid expansion, the military helicopter buying boom is coming to an end.
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.
National Defense March 2014 Dan Parsons	International Sales May Not Support Seahawk Production Past 2018 The MH-60 Seahawk has proven to be the most versatile helicopter the Navy has in its rotorcraft fleet, performing a wide range of missions in both combat and support roles.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2010 Rich Smith	President Obama Gets a New Ride But who will build the "Marine One" helicopter?
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Market for Performance-Based Logistics Grows Over the last decade, performance-based logistics contracts have become more popular in the military aircraft sphere, and budget pressures mean they are here to stay, experts told National Defense.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Taking Off Upgrades and a surge of new U.S. military orders should make the next 10 years a busy decade for rotorcraft manufacturers, according to a recent study by Forecast International Inc.
BusinessWeek September 1, 2010 Robert Hutton	Tony Blair, New Tory, Defends His Reign Tony Blair sounds a conservative note in his memoir.
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.
National Defense April 2010 Austin Wright	U.S. Helicopter Suppliers Fear Losing Innovation War The military helicopter business is booming, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army's aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs.
National Defense June 2014 Valerie Insinna	AgustaWestland Officials Pursue Sales to U.S. Military Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland has not been as successful in attracting sales to the U.S. federal government. Robert LaBelle, the new CEO of its North American branch, has made it his goal to change that.
Fast Company October 2009 Tim McKeough	Sikorsky's X2 Technology Doubles Chopper Speed The typical helicopter today chugs along at a respectable 150 miles per hour. With its aptly named X2 Technology, chopper maker Sikorsky hopes to have new helicopters flying nearly twice as fast.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing and Lockheed Lock Sights on India The subcontinent nears a decision.
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.
National Defense May 2011 Eric Beidel	European Helicopters Look to Take Off in U.S. Military Market At a helicopter exposition in Orlando last month, CEOs of European manufacturers made it clear: They are both partners and competitors of their U.S. counterparts.
National Defense August 2006 Harold Kennedy	Whose chopper has the right stuff for the Air Force? Three industry teams are competing to produce the Air Force's next-generation combat search and rescue helicopter, dubbed the CSAR-X.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	Eaton to Supply CH-53K Helicopter Cockpit Control Panels, Dimming Controllers Eaton personnel will provide the lighted control-panel support hardware for five helicopter ship sets, as well as system development test sets, during the development of the military heavy-lift helicopter.
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.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Does the Defense Do-Si-Do Rarely has the world of defense contracting more resembled a barnyard dance than this week.
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.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Gail Edmondson	Barbarian In The Palace "The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History And a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berlusconi" is an engrossing account of what happens when an Italian media mogul turns prime minister.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Sikorsky, Feds Hunting Down Marine One Leak Classified data on the presidential helicopter fleet crops up on a computer in Iran - and officials are hurrying to find out how.
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.
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."
National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna	Industry Yearns for Scout Helicopter Competition The Army has all but canceled its armed aerial scout helicopter competition to replace the Kiowa Warrior, but some rotorcraft manufacturers are holding out hope that the service will decide to purchase a new aircraft.
National Defense July 2005 Frank Colucci	Helicopter Suppliers Must Modernize, Says Defense Industrial Policy Chief The Defense Department predicts that military helicopter suppliers will recover from the current slump in aircraft production if they invest in new manufacturing technologies.
National Defense July 2015 Stew Magnuson	King Stallion Heavy Lift Program On Track for 2019, Say Marines The Echo-models of the Marine Corps' primary heavy lift helicopter are aging, and routine work to keep them flying must be done as the service awaits the new CH-53K King Stallion, which is scheduled to enter the force in 2019.
National Defense December 2015 Allyson Versprille	Testing for Autonomous Helicopter Moving Forward Sikorsky will demonstrate the first flight of an autonomous UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter by the fourth quarter of 2016, said company executives.
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Aviation History January 2007 Otto Kreisher	The Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Jeff Wise	High-Speed Helicopter Revolution: Sikorsky's Dual-Rotor Design Sikorsky Aircraft is testing a chopper that uses two sets of blades that spin in opposite directions as part of a suite of advances that should achieve nearly twice the speed of a conventional helicopter.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John McHale	AgustaWestland Selects Presagis Software for Helicopter Simulation Officials at AgustaWestland selected STAGE Scenario to drive the interactive simulation capabilities of its new helicopter demonstrator.