4 Flights, 3 Hours, 20 Knots: Boeing’s Defiant Inches Ahead
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Mechanical fixes kept the SB>1 compound helicopter grounded for weeks this summer, but Sikorsky insists they can catch up.
Army Wrestles With Hill Cuts To Ambitious VR Training Tech
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What Will Boeing Offer For Army’s FARA Scout? Don’t Ask.
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Whatever their aircraft is like, Boeing’s PR strategy is definitely stealthy. There’s a strategic reason for that.
Don’t Panic: Gen. Murray On Bradley Replacement Competition
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Get a grip, the Army Futures Command chief said: It’s way too early to start second-guessing the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.
Hypersonics: Lockheed Says Supply Chain Is ‘The Test’
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The hard part is no longer the technology to fly at more than Mach 5: It’s putting together all the parts to build hypersonic missiles in bulk.
Textron Rolls Out Ripsaw Robot For RCV-Light … And RCV-Medium
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The Ripsaw design is so flexible, the company claims, it can scale up and down for different missions.
eBrief: The “Knife Fighter” of Army Aviation
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The Army seeks a next-generation armed scout helicopter with increased speed, range, survivability and even autonomy – not just a conventional helicopter.
Army Secretary Stresses Rapid Deployment, Information Warfare
Posted by Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on
These are huge strategic challenges — and Ryan McCarthy is emphasizing them more than any of his predecessors in at least a decade.
Raider-X: Sikorsky’s Supersized S-97 For Army Scout
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Sikorsky says their Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft design will fly faster, with bigger weapons, than archrival Bell’s. Bell says theirs will be cheaper and more reliable.
Massive NATO Wargame Seeks To Shore Up Fraying Alliance
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More collective defense cooperation will be on display at the massive AUSA 2019 conference, attended by 92 different nations, including the chief generals of 13 armies.