Lockheed Martin expects Germany and Israel to place orders for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, Reuters reported Wednesday. Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed’s Sikorsky helicopter unit, told reporters at the Paris Airshow that Japan could potentially follow suit since the country flies an earlier version of the helicopter. Schultz noted that Israel has requested pricing for 20 helicopters. Germany’s […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Tata Advanced Systems to produce the newest configuration of the F-16 multirole fighter aircraft in India. The agreement seeks to give India the opportunity to manufacture, operate and export F-16 Block 70 as well as support technology supplier jobs in the U.S. and create new manufacturing jobs in India, Lockheed said Monday. F-16 Block […] More

Raytheon has unveiled a compact version of a multi-spectral targeting system that works to gather intelligence data from infrared and visual spectra in the form of full-motion videos. Compact MTS is built with a 12-inch turret that weighs less than 60 pounds and the same imaging and targeting features as other sensor products that are part […] More

The Defense Department is set to assess whether to approve a $29 billion program to buy 200 heavy-lift cargo helicopters from Lockheed Martin for use by the U.S. Marine Corps, Bloomberg reported Monday. Anthony Capaccio and Julie Johnsson write the defense acquisition board will meet Thursday to decide on the proposed low-rate production of 24 Sikorsky-built […] More

Honeywell has received certifications from various aviation agencies to provide its satellite communications system and health and usage monitoring platform for a range of helicopters. The company said it obtained supplemental type certificates from U.S., European and Brazilian respective aviation agencies to offer the Honeywell Health and Usage Monitoring Systems and Vibration Expert products for helicopters […] More

U.S. Army leaders have told House members that one of the service branch’s top modernization priorities is to update the turbine engines of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. The potential $10 billion Improved Turbine Engine Program seeks to replace the T700 family of engines and is one of the reasons behind proposed defense […] More

Poland plans to acquire 16 new helicopters in 2017, including two Sikorsky-made Black Hawk aircraft, to replace the country’s Mil Mi-8, Mi-14 and Mi-17 fleet, Defense News reported Friday. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said the Black Hawks could be delivered in March and the next 14 helicopters will be chosen among offers from Lockheed Martin, Leonardo and Airbus, Jaroslaw […] More

Robertson Fuel Systems has secured a five-year, $42.1 million contract to supply 541 crashworthy external fuel systems bussed aircraft A-kits for the U.S. Army‘s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform work under the firm-fixed-price contract through Dec. 8, 2021. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the procurement effort through an online solicitation […] More

An Esterline subsidiary has received a contract to supply 50 flight management systems for installation on the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue helicopters. Esterline said Tuesday its CMC Electronics business will perform non-recurring engineering to help the military branch re-host the current HH60G control display unit from the legacy CMA-882 system to the CMA-2082MC platform. Work will occur at CMC’s […] More

Lockheed Martin has carried out an demonstration on optionally-piloted helicopters to evaluate small unmanned aerial systems’ capacities to collaborate on search-and-rescue, fire extinguishing and retrieval operations. The defense contractor said Tuesday the exercise involved Kaman K-Max optionally-piloted helicopters and Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft as well as Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed-wing UAS. SARA commercial helicopters were […] More

A United Arab Emirates-based aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services provider has developed a network infrastructure based on Juniper Networks-built switching, security and network management technology. Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center adopted Juniper’s  SRX Series Services Gateways, EX Series Ethernet Switches and Junos Space Management Platform to manage the performance, scalability and capacity of AMMROC  operations, Juniper […] More

Poland is considering whether to buy Sikorsky-built S-70i Black Hawk helicopters through the aircraft manufacturer’s locally-based subsidiary PZL Mielec, Flightglobal reported Monday. Bartosz Glowacki writes Antoni Macierewicz, Poland’s defense minister, said that he met with Mielec’s chief executive and the government looks to finalize a procurement deal by the end of the year. Macierewicz added the acquisition will be open to all interested manufacturers […] More