AI & AutonomyArmy Seeks White Papers To Inform New Air-Droppable Air Vehicle Development The Army is seeking white papers from industry to inform development of a new “air-droppable air vehicle” prototype capable of operating in contested environments. A new Request for Project Proposals (RPP) notice…
MilitaryArmy Completes Initial Flight Demos, MOSA Evaluation With FTUAS Prototypes - Sept. 11 The Army has completed initial flight demonstrations and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) evaluations with Textron Systems and Griffon Aerospace’s offerings for the Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) program, the service said on…
MilitaryBooz Allen Secures $506 Million Deal To Support Army’s MOSA Push For Aviation Fleet Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a five-year, $506 million deal to support the Army’s push toward getting after Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) approaches “at scale” across its aviation fleet. Tim…
MilitaryArmy Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said. Gen. James…
MilitaryGE Nabs New Army Contract For T700 Engines Worth More Than $1.1 Billion The Army on June 12 awarded General Electric a contract for T700 aircraft engines worth more than $1.1 billion. Work on the new production deal is expected to be completed by June…
MilitarySikorsky Runs ITEP Engine On FARA Prototype, First Flight On Black Hawk Likely In Early ‘25 - April 25 DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned first flight with the…
Advanced TechnologyL3Harris, Leidos, and MAG Aerospace Collaborate on HADES Program L3Harris Technologies, Leidos, and MAG Aerospace are joining forces to lead the advancement of the U.S. Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program. The collaboration aims to develop a fleet…
Advanced TechnologyUpdated: Airbus to Upgrade Avionics on 50 National Guard UH-72 Helicopters Airbus recently took home a $27.8 million contract to upgrade dozens of Army National Guard UH-72A Lakotas with new avionics to enhance the helicopter’s reconnaissance mission capabilities. At least 50 UH-72s flown…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - March 21, 2021 Check out the March 21 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Embedded AvionicsUS Army Leverages Ansys, L3Harris Software to Advance Use of FACE in Cockpit Display Development Under a cooperative research and development agreement, Ansys and L3Harris Technologies are working with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) to advance the use of…