http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 3:49:12 EDT Boeing has obtained a $34-million cost plus fixed fee contract for an MH-47G special operations variant Chinook from the U.S. Army. Delivery is expected by Oct. 31, 2015. This is the first of eight scheduled for handover to the U.S. Army through 2017. The first MH-47G was deployed in 2007 and the final... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Additional-Funds-Found-for-Special-Ops-MH-47G_78354.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins has finished the first installation of its ARC-210 Gen5 radio on a combat search and rescue... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Rockwell-Collins-Upgrades-HH-60G-Fleet_78257.html Fri, 18 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Boeing has obtained a $34-million cost plus fixed fee contract for an MH-47G special operations variant Chinook from the U.S. Army. Delivery is expected by Oct. 31, 2015. This is the first of eight scheduled for handover to the U.S. Army through 2017. The first MH-47G was deployed in 2007 and the final... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/More-Funds-Found-for-Special-Ops-MH-47G_78070.html Wed, 19 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Mindful of the day when Afghan forces will need to conduct operations together, the Kandahar Air Wing were brought together with the 4th Lightning Strike Pathfinder Academy to conduct cargo loading and familiarization exercises. It was the first time the two had operated together. The exercise took place on... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Afghan-Air-Force-Assists-Pathfinders-to-Learn-Cargo-Loading-Techniques_78071.html Wed, 19 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST A maritime emergency is developing early at daybreak in the waters immediately surrounding the London Array offshore wind farm. Sited at the extremes of the Thames Estuary around the southeast coast of the United Kingdom, the London Array contains 175 Siemens wind turbines covering an area of 100 km²... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Guardex-2012-Responding-to-Offshore-Wind-Farm-Emergencies_78032.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST More than 600 British Royal Marine commandos are completing an annual six-week exercise, Black Alligator, which is at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The battalion-level exercise has... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Twentynine-Palms-Hosts-UKs-Exercise-Black-Alligator_77907.html Fri, 30 Nov 2012 0:00:00 EST Northrop Grumman has received a $24.4-million delivery order from the U.S. Navy in support of the MQ-8B Fire Scout... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Navy-Expands-Fire-Scout-Spares-Inventory_77501.html Tue, 16 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT NACRA Testbed for Rapid Warfighter Response and Experimentation, or T-Rex. The U.S. Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement has now entered its second phase, or “NACRA 2.0”, as of last June, according to NACRA Director Timothy Gowen. Movement into the second phase gives NACRA a stronger... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/T-Rex-Lives!-NACRA-Flying-Testbed-Proves-Worth_77425.html Tue, 9 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT AgustaWestland and Northrop Grumman will partner to develop a helicopter based on the AW101 Merlin for upcoming bids for the USAF Combat Rescue Helicopter and the Navy’s Marine One Presidential Helicopter replacement. AgustaWestland and Northrop Grumman announced on Sept. 18 that they will team up... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/AW-Northrop-Offer-Bids-for-Marine-One-CRH_77379.html Mon, 1 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT The Ka-27 (shown here) is one of the models under consideration in the Ramenskoye avionics deal. Russian Helicopters has agreed to facilitate major fleet upgrades for two operators—Poly Technologies of China, which has purchased 52 Mi-171Es, and NefteGazAeroCosmos, which will take delivery of 18 light... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/special-ops/Russian-Helicopters-Secures-Orders-for-52-Mi-171s-18-Ka-226s_77381.html Mon, 1 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT