http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 8:10:52 EDT The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command has issued a $26.1-million expansion of an existing agreement with... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Boeing-Gets-Saudi-Apache-Support-Extension_79215.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army’s Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama has issued a multi-year contract to West Hartford... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Goodrich-to-Supply-CH-47-Fuel-Controls_79230.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) procurement saga took another twist last week when Lt. Gen. William Phillips, Army acquisition advisor to the Secretary of the Army, appeared before a Senate Armed Services Congressional subcommittee on Airland. Commenting on last summer’s flying... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Army-Advisor-Pours-Cold-Water-on-Industry-AAS-Technology-Demonstrations_79242.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT  Toronto-based Vector Aerospace has opened a 45,000-square-foot expansion at its helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) complex in Andalusia, Ala. The site, which totals... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Vector-Andalusia-Doubles-MRO-Service-Complex_79198.html Thu, 9 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Marcus Bryson, CEO of GKN Aerospace, reports that the company’s sales are up 13 percent to just under £7 billion. GKN is a Tier 1 supplier to the aviation industry and operates through four divisions with facilities in 35 countries and an employee base of 50,000. Bryson said that GKN has turned... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Multi-Year-Contracts-Anchor-GKNs-Defense-Business-Despite-Turn-Toward-Civil_79131.html Fri, 3 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Boeing has now delivered 40 newly developed AH-64E Apaches under the initial low rate initial production (LRIP) program—31 going to the U.S. Army and nine to foreign military sales (FMS) customers. The 31 aircraft are the first of 51 being produced for the Army under LRIP. Those 51 do not include those... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/New-Engines-Upgraded-Systems-Power-Boeing-AH-64-Echo_79149.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy’s future Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) requirement looks like it’s breaking down into a straight fight between a modernized version of the current aircraft, Northrop Grumman’s C-2A Greyhound, and the new contender in the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey. At the Navy League’s... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Osprey-Takes-on-Greyhound-in-Fight-Over-U-S-Navys-COD_79153.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has issued a $6.6-million contract to Lockheed Martin for continued operational support of two K-Max unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The cargo resupply aircraft are deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will take place at NAVAIR’s Patuxent River, Md. base and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Program-Insider-Contracts-May-2013_79156.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army’s rotorcraft fleet is wearing out at a much faster rate than was predicted thanks to a decade of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Department of Defense findings state: “The Operational Tempo (OPTEMPO) in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was, and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Future-Vertical-Lift&thinspAn-Overview_79167.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Armed Aerial Scout: Will they or won’t they? “What do we do with the Scout? Do we buy new or do we do a SLEP [service life extension program with the Kiowa Warrior]?” asked Maj. Gen. William “Tim” Crosby, PEO Army Aviation, during his address at the annual Quad-A convention... http://www.aviationtoday.com/manufacturers/boeing/Quad-A-Gotta-Case-of-the-Sequestration-Blues&thinsp_79169.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT