http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 5:16:47 EDT Breeze-Eastern has secured a contract from Boeing to design and build a new cargo winch for the MV-22 Osprey in operation with the U.S... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/Boeing-Contracts-Breeze-Eastern-for-MV-22-Winch_79312.html Thu, 23 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/rw/military/utility/Goodrich-to-Supply-CH-47-Fuel-Controls_79230.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Sikorsky Aircraft has won an $11.4-million modification of an existing U.S. Army foreign... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/Thailand-Orders-Another-Sikorsky-UH-60M_79216.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The New Zealand Ministry of Defense has agreed to buy 10 SH-2G Super Seasprites from Kaman Aircraft Corp. According to Kaman, the $120-million contract includes spare parts, a full mission flight simulator and related logistics support for the multi-mission... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/New-Zealand-Orders-10-Kaman-Seasprites_79225.html Mon, 13 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/rw/military/utility/Multi-Year-Contracts-Anchor-GKNs-Defense-Business-Despite-Turn-Toward-Civil_79131.html Fri, 3 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT American Eurocopter has hired Mike Spears to serve as senior director of the UH-72A Lakota Production and Retrofit facility in Columbus, Miss. He will take over from Fred Gerard, senior director of LUH... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/Columbus-Lakota-Production-Line-Gets-New-Director_79125.html Thu, 2 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Safran Engineering's first standalone Brazilian engineering contract comes in the form of modifications for a fleet of Helibras-built... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/Safran-to-Supply-Engine-Mods-for-Brazilian-Army_79097.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/rw/military/utility/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/rw/military/utility/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/rw/military/utility/Future-Vertical-Lift&thinspAn-Overview_79167.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT