Sikorsky representatives tell ANN the company's S-92 helicopter
successfully demonstrated its capability to discharge a Chaff and
Flare Counter Measures Dispensing System, which is designed to ward
missiles away from the aircraft, last month.
In a significant shift in direction from earlier statements, the
US Air Force agreed last week to put a $15 billion contract for a
new combat search-and-rescue helicopter up for bid once again, in
respond to protests from losing bidders and a recommendation from
the Government Accounting Office.
Air Force officials completed an investigation of the F-16
Fighting Falcon accident 20 miles northwest of Baghdad November 27, which resulted
in the death of the F-16's pilot, Maj. Troy Gilbert.
They endure wide swings in temperature and dusty conditions, and
they are constantly pushed to their limits. They are the F-15E
Strike Eagles stationed at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
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