Since First Flight, The World’s First Production Tiltrotor Delivers Capabilities That No Other Aircraft Can Match

During the thirty years since the V-22 Osprey first flew, the tiltrotor aircraft, built by Bell Helicopter and Boeing, has fundamentally changed how the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force operate in combat and support humanitarian operations. The V-22 has become one of the most in-demand and reliable aircraft in military service with its unique vertical maneuverability combined with the speed, range and fuel efficiency of a fixed-wing airplane.

Navy Will Evaluate The System At Wallops Island Test Facility

Raytheon Company's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar just took a 12-hour trip down the Eastern Seaboard. EASR, the newest sensor in the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 family of radars, recently completed subsystem testing at Raytheon's Near Field Range in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The 6' x 6' rotating array was wrapped, loaded onto a flatbed truck and eventually crane-lifted onto a 100 foot test tower at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia.

The Helicopter Is Participating In The Army's Joint Multi-Role-Medium Technology Demonstrator Program

The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter achieved first flight Thursay afternoon at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, FL site. This revolutionary aircraft, developed by Sikorsky and Boeing, will help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program.

Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, 26, Of Salt Lake City Was Shot Down In March, 1945

Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, 26, of Salt Lake City, who was killed during World War II, was buried in his home state 74 years to the day after being shot down over Germany.

Focus Was On Security, Interoperability, Training, Simulators And Logistics Information Systems

F-35 Lightning II subject matter experts from the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea met to improve 4th and 5th generation aircraft theater interoperability during the second Pacific F-35 User Group Conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 12 -14.

Will Develop A New Approach To Supply Chain Management

BAE Systems Australia and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) will bring Industry 4.0 to reality through participation in the world’s biggest defence program, the Joint Strike Fighter.

Will Provide Airborne Missile Protection System For Military Aircraft

At the end of 2018, Hensoldt and Airbus Helicopters signed a framework agreement for the delivery of the Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS). Initially, the agreement will have a term of ten years without any minimum purchase requirement being set. Now the first order has already been placed.