Article: Pilots Question Testing Of Combat Capabilities
The V-22 may have risen like the Phoenix from the ashes of two
fatal crashes four years ago, but can it do the job it was built to
do? That question, posed by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, comes
after the Pentagon admitted the Osprey wasn't tested in the "most
severe maneuvers." The reason: executives at Bell's plant in
Arlington (TX) and Boeing's helicopter facility in Pennsylvania
feared such maneuvers would damage the aircraft.
The Navy says a team led by Lockheed Martin has won the
competition to build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a
next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system
that will provide significantly improved and assured communications
for the mobile warfighter.
ACROHELIPRO Global Services Inc. (ACRO), a subsidiary of Vector
Aerospace Corporation, has been awarded a contract to perform
Repair and Overhaul services for US Navy H-3 Helicopter Main Rotor
Heads. ACRO has held US Navy contracts for other H-3 dynamic
components since 2000.
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