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National Defense May 2006 Robert H. Williams	`Active Interceptor' Will Lighten Helo Pilots' Workload Army Black Hawk helicopters will be equipped with an active pilot inceptor system.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Boeing 787 will use engine control from FADEC The FADEC 3 control will use an Ethernet-based data communications network to provide diagnostic capability for the entire engine system of the GEnx jet engine.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Woodward Selects Unison's Sensors for Turbine Engine Fuel-Metering Unit Woodward is in the process of upgrading the GE T700 engine series with new fuel controls and a Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) system.
National Defense April 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Slow To Adapt Fly-by-Wire Controls for Helicopters Fly-by-wire technology has long been credited for enabling military fighter jets to maneuver through the air. The technology displaces the pilot's mechanical linkages to the flight control surfaces with wires, which will allow a digital signal to "drive" the helicopter.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	BAE Systems Chosen to Upgrade Situational Awareness on Military Aircraft BAE Systems will modify more than 100 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve A-10A aircraft stationed around the United States before the end of this year.
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Awaiting Go-ahead For New Helicopter Engines The Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program--formerly kno-wn as the Common Engine--is in limbo, awaiting funding decisions. The program was designed to provide a more powerful engine for the Black Hawk and Apache helicopters.
IEEE Spectrum September 2010	A Fast Helicopter's Slow Revival David Jenney, a key developer of the Black Hawk helicopter, sees his high-speed ambitions fulfilled
National Defense January 2005 Frank Colucci	Sensors Aboard Helicopters Can Help Predict Parts Failures Health-and-usage monitoring systems (HUMS) now are in development for the Army's new UH-60M Black Hawk and Block III AH-64D Apache helicopters. HUMS help track the wear and tear of aircraft components.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007	LaBarge to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter avionics The LaBarge wiring harnesses are for cockpits of the UH-60M and HH-60L military medical evacuation models of the Black Hawk.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John McHale	Army helicopter upgrades on pace after cancellation of new rotorcraft program Upgrades planned for the UH-60M Black Hawk and Kiowa Warrior -- the armed version of the OH-58D helicopter.
National Defense August 2007 Frank Colucci	'Sandblaster' Gives Helicopter Pilots Hope for Safer Landings As early as this fall, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will be testing a new landing system for military helicopters that promises safer flying in brownouts.
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.
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 April 2012 Dan Parsons	Future Helicopter Technology Remains Up in the Air While jet fighters are in their fifth generation, the Army is still sputtering around in helicopter airframes that have changed little -- if at all -- in several decades.
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.
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 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.
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.
National Defense November 2005 Robert H. Williams	Strike Fighter Engine Team Gains Assist The GE Rolls-Royce fighter engine team has selected BAE Systems to produce digital electronic controls for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	BAE Avoids Plant Shut Down ... For Now BAE Systems has been fighting to keep its York, Pa.-facility open after the Army announced plans to halt work on the Bradley family of fighting vehicles from 2014 to 2017.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John McHale	BAE Systems to Upgrade U.S. Navy Seahawk Helicopter Avionics BAE Systems has begun delivering replacement Attitude and Heading Reference Systems to improve the reliability and performance of U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007	U.s. Army Adopts BAE Systems's Solutions for Advanced Bradley Training The Bradley Advanced Training System (BATS) offers more realism and incorporates a random target feature that better prepares the soldier for real-life fighting scenarios.
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 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.
National Defense September 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Special Operations Command Wants Speedier Helicopters One of the biggest drawbacks of helicopters is that they are slow, which makes them vulnerable to enemy fire.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems Applies Military Technology to Commercial Airliner Defense System The JetEye infrared missile-beating countermeasure system, which takes advantage of military-derived technologies, has entered the third phase of the U.S. DHS counter-man-portable air defense systems program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems to Convert F-4 Phantom II Jets Into Target Drones BAE Systems engineers are converting 20 F-4 Phantom II jet fighters into full-size drones, designated as QF-4s.
National Defense April 2008 Breanne Wagner	Army Pushes Forward With Troubled Scout Helicopter Despite a string of delays and billions of dollars in cost increases, the Army has regained confidence in its ARH-70A armed reconnaissance helicopter.
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 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 October 2013 Bob Smith	In with the Old, Out with the New: The Army's Modernization Challenge For U.S. Army aviation, uncertainty in federal budgets seems to have elevated the expression of "doing more with less" to a more permanent and enduring status.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The Helicopter Edition) As fast and furious as unmanned, horizontal-flying aircraft have evolved, the big defense story in recent months has been the advances going on in robotic helicopters.
National Defense April 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Combat Vehicle Sector Could be Headed for Turbulent Times The defense industry has thrived despite erratic government funding and regulatory vagaries. But it must now prepare for a possible downturn during the next several years.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Tiltrotor Sales Unlikely to Take Off, Industry Veteran Says Sergei Sikorsky is skeptical that tiltrotor aircraft will take the place of conventional helicopters.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007	Bae Systems Wins Multi-Year Thermal Weapon Sight Contract The defense contractor won a $183 million contract to produce thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army. The award includes increasing production rates to 3,000 per month.
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	In Future Rotorcraft Acquisition, Services Working to Avoid Mistakes of Past Joint Programs The history of joint aircraft is littered with failures, and when programs do come to fruition, they oftentimes are marred by schedule delays and cost overruns. Case in point, critics say, is the uber-expensive F-35 joint strike fighter program.
National Defense November 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Army Focuses Research on Uncertain Future What will be needed is a slew of new cutting edge technologies to give soldiers an advantage.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems Unveils Advanced Vehicle Power-Management System at U.S. Army Symposium BAE Systems introduced an advanced power-management system designed to deliver the ability to generate electric power within military tactical wheeled vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems Gains F-35 JSF Production Contract to Deliver EWCS The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program partner Lockheed Martin have awarded BAE Systems a contract to begin low-rate production of the JSF.
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	Light Military Helicopter Market To Halve by 2028 While opportunities for sales to the civil sector are finally growing after taking a hit post 9/11, the military market will probably shrink over the next decade.
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.
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.
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.