HTS7500 Turboshaft Engine Selected for Military Helicopter Program

Honeywell has gained some recognition with the selection of its newest turboshaft engine program, the HTS7500. The engine will power a joint Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing program developing the DEFIANT X helicopter in the running for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.If selected, the Defiant will be the fastest assault helicopter in Army inventory, besting the Black Hawk in range and speed. The HTS7500 boasts over 7,000 shaft horsepower, a substantial improvement over its military helicopter predecessor, the T55.

T-45 ADS-B (Out) Integration Replaces The Air Data Computer As Well As The IFF Transponder

The T-45 team at Naval Air Systems Command delivered the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) (Out)-compliant aircraft in January to Training Squadron (VT) 86 in Pensacola, Florida, to meet a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirement. The T-45A aircraft, the Navy version of the British Aerospace Hawk aircraft, is used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. The T-45A has replaced the T-2 Buckeye trainer and the TA-4 trainer with an integrated training system that includes the T-45A Goshawk aircraft, operations and inst