MilitarySierra Nevada Will Bring Old Alpha-Model Black Hawks Into the 21st Century on The Cheap ATLANTA — Sierra Nevada Corp. is taking the Army’s old UH-60As, some with more than 16,000 flight hours on them, and installing upgrades that bring the old birds nearly to the capability…
CommercialSikorsky Wants to Make Air Taxis as Safe, Reliable as Elevators In Sikorsky's vision of future urban air mobility, people ride helicopters above the din and congestion of modern cities with the same security and piece of mind they have when riding an…
MilitaryUS Coast Guard to Upgrade H-65 Avionics The Coast Guard is set to start full-rate production of an overhaul program to extend the life of its Airbus H-65 Dolphins by 10,000 flight hours and at the same time upgrading…
MilitaryWATCH: SB-1 Defiant Spins Rotors in First Official Video The SB-1 Defiant has begun spinning rotors in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Sikorsky-Boeing team is readying the compound helicopter prototype for its first flight early this year. “The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1…
MilitaryFLIR to Provide Sensors for Air Force Helos Boeing has chosen FLIR Systems to provide the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) surveillance sensor for the U.S. Air Force UH-1N replacement helicopters it is building in concert with Leonardo. The Air Force in September…
CommercialGarmin to Develop Vehicle Management Computer for Bell Air Taxi Bell is teaming with Garmin International to develop and integrate autonomous vehicle management computer (VMC) systems on Bell vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to enable urban mobility. Scott Drennan, VP of innovation at Bell, said…
MilitaryBlack Hawk Moves Closer to First Flight With Robotic Co-Pilot Sikorsky is nearing completion of the first UH-60 outfitted with an aftermarket robotic copilot kit that can help plan and execute missions in concert with a pilot either in the cockpit…
MilitaryBAE to Provide 250 Touchscreens for US Army Blackhawk Upgrades Under an ongoing $226 million contract, BAE Systems will install 250 touchscreen displays on U.S. Army UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopters. The recently awarded task order is for touch screen computer display units…
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