The Defense Contract Management Agency, on behalf of the U.S. Army, accepted the first GE Aerospace-built flight test engine for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft on Sept. 28. The second T901 engine is going through the acceptance process under the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program and the service is set to hand over the two engines to two vendors working on two FARA competitive prototypes - Raider X from Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky business and 360 Invictus from Textron's Bell subsidiary - by the end of October.

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Chris Stone has been elevated to the dual role of vice president and chief supply chain officer at Lockheed Martin, according to his LinkedIn post published Friday. Prior to his promotion, he worked as the company’s vice president of supply chain for enterprise operations. He joined Lockheed in January 2021 after acting as VP of supply chain […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business has unveiled latest photos of its prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, The War Zone reported Wednesday. Jay Macklin, business development director for Sikorsky Army Programs and Innovations, said the company’s Raider X aircraft prototype, which now comes with modular weapon launchers equipped with a 20mm main […] More

The U.S. Army has announced its intent to seek proposals for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program, Defense News reported Thursday.

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A team that includes Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has reached a milestone for the SB-1 Defiant helicopter that serves as its bid for a U.S. Army program, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.

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Boeing is reopening an aircraft manufacturing hub in Ridley Park, Pa., this week and implementing additional health precautions for its employees amid concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense News reported Saturday.

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Karem Aircraft has introduced the design for a rigid main rotor helicopter that will potentially support the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday.

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Airbus has begun manufacturing its H-135 helicopter trainer intended to serve as a successor to the U.S. Navy’s TH-57 Sea Ranger aircraft, Defense One reported Thursday.

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Triumph Group has delivered the initial ramp and ramp door platforms to Boeing's (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security division in support of the V-22 Osprey program. Boeing ordered a total of 60 assemblies for integration onto the tiltrotor's aft fuselage at a company facility in Philadelphia,  Triumph said Tuesday.

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Boeing finished in January six wind tunnel tests on a small-scale model of an AH-64E Block II Apache compound helicopter, Rotor & Wing International reported Friday.

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PAE ISR has met with NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration officials to present a technology package offering for the space agency's unmanned aircraft systems flight demonstration event next year.

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Airbus’ helicopter manufacturing division has joined the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition seeking a new armed scout rotorcraft to replace the service's retired fleet of Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warriors, Flightglobal reported Wednesday.

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