MilitarySikorsky’s Nabs $43 Million Black Hawk Upgrade Deal For ‘Digital Backbone,’ Launched Effects Work The Army has awarded Sikorsky a $43 million deal for an array of modernization engineering efforts for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, to include airframe enhancements, building out a “digital backbone” capability…
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…
MilitaryDARPA's Remote-Controlled Black Hawk The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a drop-in kit to enable the automation or remote-control of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Called Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), the U.S.…
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…
MilitaryTerma Teams with Scandinavian Avionics to Set Up F-35 Maintenance Depot The F-35 program will be getting maintenance support in Europe from Avionics Test Center Denmark, a collaborative effort from Terma and Scandinavian Avionics. The two European companies plan to perform MRO with…
ConnectivityHoneywell Aspire 200 Gets Upgraded STC for Black Hawks More connectivity options are coming to Sikorsky UH-60 and S70 Black Hawk helicopters thanks to an upgrade to the supplemental type certificate (STC) for Honeywell’s Aspire 200 satcom system. Honeywell said the…