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National Defense July 2015 Stew Magnuson	Future of Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Uncertain Despite V-22's Successes (UPDATED) Despite the good news stories emerging as the aircraft chalks up successes in real-world scenarios, foreign military sales for the Osprey have been lower than anticipated.
National Defense June 2013 Valerie Insinna	Vendors Faceoff Over Navy Cargo Aircraft The Navy isn't likely to kick off a competition until 2014, but two rival manufacturers are eager to prove that their aircraft is the best option for flying supplies to carrier strike groups.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Osprey Takes Flight The Tiltrotor military plane is approved for full production. But investors shouldn't get too excited.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	Bell builds V-22 with Intercim software Engineers at Bell Helicopter are using Velocity process-execution software to help them build the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy.
National Defense July 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy to Consider New Ways to Shuttle Passengers, Supplies to Aircraft Carriers The Navy will decide over the next two years how it will modernize its fleet of 35 cargo planes that move passengers and supplies from bases on land to big-deck aircraft carriers at sea.
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Adam Aston	Selling CEOs on a Troubled Bird A civilian version of the much maligned Osprey is coming to market. Will it fly?
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 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 2005 Harold Kennedy	V-22 Aims Toward Full-Rate Production The troubled V-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft continues to encounter problems even as it lurches toward full-rate production, possibly as early as November of this year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John McHale	Boeing to Upgrade CV-22 Trainer with Virtual-Reality Enhancements Boeing and partner Bell Helicopter won a contract to upgrade the CV-22 Cabin Part Task Trainer (CPTT) with modifications including an aircrew flight simulator (AFS) that uses virtual-reality technology fused with video imagery.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006	Boeing Contracts Smiths Aerospace to Supply RIUs for the V-22 Aircraft The $6 million contract for engineering units could translate to $30 million in sales over the next 20 years for the U.K. company. The V-22 program involves several upgrades, requiring new hardware and software additions to be flexible and forgiving.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Defense March 2004 Frank Colucci	Local Investment in Osprey Pays Off by Creating Jobs A unique arrangement between the city of Amarillo, Texas, and the manufacturers of the V-22 Osprey offers a case study in how local economies can gain defense industry jobs and possibly help military programs cut costs.
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 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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 Ben Ames	Engineers Learn to Blend Technologies in Joint Fighting Platforms To work effectively in joint warfighting, systems must be designed to cooperate from their inception, not patched together after the fact, says Navy Admiral Walter F. Doran, commander of the U.S. Pacific 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.
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 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.
Popular Mechanics June 24, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	V-22 Osprey Debut Report Card: Analysis The tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey got a chance at redemption last year when a dozen deployed to Iraq with the Marines.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Forecast: 36,896 aircraft to be built between 2005 and 2014 Military and civil aircraft worth a trillion dollars are expected to be built throughout the world between 2005 and 2014 -- the first simultaneous civil and military market upturn in decades.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 Courtney E. Howard	Military Helicopters to Lead Aviation Market Through a Slow 2010 Military helicopters represent one of the few bright spots in the global aviation market in what is expected to be a slow 2010.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Rich Smith	An Open Letter to Boeing Here's what the aerospace giant needs to do to straighten up and fly right.
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 May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Ops. Command to Purchase 'Video by the Hour' Services From Boeing The U.S. Special Operations Command awarded the Boeing Co. a contract that could be worth up to $250 million over the next five years
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.
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.
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.
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 September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Battle Heats Up to Replace Army's Hard-Working Sherpa The hardworking C-23 Sherpa transport is aging and has other limitations, and the Army has decided to develop a replacement.
IndustryWeek July 20, 2011	Boeing Tour Takes Flight Attendees don't get airborne but gain valuable view of operational excellence.
National Defense September 2013 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Pushing to Keep F/A-18 in Production Boeing's F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets have been the dominant fighter jet on aircraft carriers for more than 30 years, but the landscape will change in the next decade as Lockheed Martin's F-35 begins to push out the legacy aircraft.
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 January 2005 Robert Williams	Unmanned `Little Bird' Could See Combat The Army is eyeing a modified MD 530F Little Bird helicopter, manufactured by the Boeing Company, that can be flown by remote control.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fighters' Foreign Customers Add to Mix While it's well known that foreign buyers of the F-15 and F-16 jet fighters are helping to keep the production lines open, some of these customers are also helping boost the development of the aircraft, according to managers of the two programs.
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Combat Drone Project Exposes Pitfalls of Joint-Service Programs When the Pentagon quashed a multibillion-dollar Air Force-Navy combat drone program earlier this year, experts contended this was proof that joint service projects are doomed from the get-go.
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	NORTHCOM's Proposed Light Fighter Aircraft Could Face Budget Hurdles Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, U.S. Northern Command commander, raised eyebrows when he told Washington-based reporters that he saw the need for a new light fighter-style aircraft that could be used for intercept missions in the homeland.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 Brian Gorman	Aircraft Rivals Dodge Damage Boeing and Airbus (along with their investors) should be happy that they have avoided a trade dispute.
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 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 March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Under Mounting Pressure To Deliver New Tanker Failure to deliver an initial 18 combat-ready KC-46A tankers by August 2017 could cut into the company's profits.
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 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.
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.