A CH-53K King Stallion, the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest helicopter, completed its first external load flight test Apr. 19 at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s Development Flight Center, suspending, then releasing, a 12,000 lb. load. Further tests will continue to expand the envelope with external payloads of 12,000 pounds flown first in hover, then incrementally increasing speeds … Dowiedz się więcej
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded April 18 a $25 million firm fixed-price advance acquisition contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn. for long-lead parts and materials required to build and deliver the first Low Rate Initial Production Lot 1(LRIP-1) of the US Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion. „All acquisition programs are facing budget pressures … Dowiedz się więcej
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Co. an approximately $1 billion Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract on April 13 for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc. 1) system. NGJ Inc. 1 is an external jamming pod that will disrupt and degrade enemy aircraft and ground radar and communication systems. The contract supports the … Dowiedz się więcej
The U.S. Navy delivered the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) in March 2016 to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 233 operating the AV-8B Harrier in theater. Seven months after receiving a requirement from Marine Corps headquarters, two program offices based at Patuxent River fielded the 2.75-inch rockets equipped with … Dowiedz się więcej
A broken grinding machine and a phone call is leading to an emerging partnership between the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) and the Air Force’s Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WRALC) to get the Air Force’s venerable F-15s back in the air faster. Just before Christmas, bearings failed in the grinding machine used to … Dowiedz się więcej
F-35 Lightning II aircraft operating at 12 different locations worldwide surpassed the 50,000 flight hour mark this month. The first flight hour was achieved by an F-35B aircraft, BF-01, June 1, 2008. The 25,000 flight hour milestone occurred in December 2014, six years and six months later. As a sign of program growth and maturity, … Dowiedz się więcej