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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.
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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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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 November 2010 Eric Beidel	Helicopter Could Become Military's Fastest The manufacturer of the Army's Black Hawk helicopters now may have built the world's fastest whirlybird.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association.
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.
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Lawrence & Jenney	The Fastest Helicopter on Earth Sikorsky aims to break the helicopter speed record
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2009 John McHale	AIA forecasts modest aerospace industry growth for 2009 Leaders of the Aerospace Industries Association in Arlington, Va., forecast growth for 2009 in the aerospace industry despite the current economic downturn.
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 November 2005	Sikorsky Designs Helicopters with SGI Servers Engineers will use the SGI computers to analyze digital prototypes in computer-generated wind tunnels and battle scenarios. Sikorsky deployed the SGI solutions to support computer-aided engineering design and analyses of current and future aircraft.
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 October 2011 Eric Beidel	New Aircraft Concept Promises More Speed, Endurance An engineer has designed a vertical take-off and landing aircraft that may be able to fly faster and farther than today's helicopters.
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 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 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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 John McHale	Boeing manned/unmanned light helicopter uses latest digital technology The A/MH-6X Little Bird is said to offer exciting new possibilities for an already outstanding platform. The most significant modifications are to the cockpit avionics and electrical systems.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 David Schneider	Helicopters Go Electric Electric flight takes on the final frontier
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John Keller	Lockheed Martin set to build new presidential helicopter The long-awaited competition to build the next generation of U.S. presidential helicopters came to a close Jan. 29 when U.S. Navy officials awarded a $1.7 billion contract to build the VXX helicopter to Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, N.Y.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John Keller	Aerospace Industry Sales to Reach $210.64 Billion Next Year, AIA Says Total aerospace industry sales includes revenues from civil and military aircraft, missiles, space, and aerospace products and services.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Shifting Aviation Focus From Unmanned to Manned The role of Army helicopters in Iraq as combat workhorses has bolstered the notion that rotary-wing aircraft, for most missions, are unlikely to be replaced by unmanned vehicles.
National Defense April 2010 Wright & Erwin	New Attitudes about UAVs Shape Army's Scout Helicopter Program The Army has tried unsuccessfully for decades to build a new scout helicopter to replace the aging Kiowa Warrior. After canceling two multibillion-dollar helicopter programs, the Army has decided that a conventional rotorcraft is no longer the answer.
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.
Popular Mechanics November 2009 Logan Ward	10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: X2 Coaxial Rotor Helicopter Innovation promises a brighter future. Here is a look at 10 of this year's brilliant innovators and their inventions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009	Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems supplies transducers for military helicopter avionics Curtiss-Wright will provide multi-channel linear variable displacement transducers for the helicopter avionics fly-by-wire systems controlling the main rotor and tail rotor on the upgraded Sikorsky UH-60M and CH-53K military helicopters.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Michael Goode	FLI Me to the Moon With its business tied to the oil and oil exploration industries, CHC Helicopter just reported impressive earnings, as well as new contracts looking forward.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006	General Dynamics Canada Chooses BAE Systems to Support CH148 Cyclone Helicopters The agreement calls for General Dynamics Canada and prime contractor Sikorsky International Operations to fit the CH148 maritime helicopters with the multisensor mission systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 John Keller	UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes?
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.
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 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.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Technology Helps Prevent Mid-Air Mishaps Mid-air helicopter crashes may become a thing of the past. The Lahav division of Israel Aircraft Industries has developed a system that predicts collisions during tactical missions and formation flights.
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.