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Rolls-Royce To Provide Engines And Services For Osprey Tiltrotors.
Feb 03, 2009 ... Rolls-Royce recently announced a $221.7 million contract modification with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide AE 1107C-Liberty engines and services for. Marines' MV-22 and the Air Force's CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The modification includes 96 engines for ...
Oshkosh Defense, Army Sign CRADA For UGV Tech.
Feb 03, 2009 ... Oshkosh Corp.'s [OSK] Oshkosh Defense, recently said it signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Army's Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to refine technology for the operation of unmanned ground vehicles in convoy ...
Longbow LLC Marks Successful UAS TCDL Assembly On Apache Block III.
Feb 03, 2009 ... The Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], recently marked the successful first powered flight of the Longbow Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) aboard the AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter. The ...
Northrop Grumman Continues To Support Global Hawk.
Feb 03, 2009 ... Northrop Grumman [NOC] announced it recently won a contract worth $276 million for continued operations and maintenance support of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance plane. It said the sustainment contract awarded by the Air Force called for continued ...
Sikorsky X2 Conducts Successful Ground Test With Push Propeller.
Feb 03, 2009 ... Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.[UTX] achieved a major milestone in its X2 TECHNOLOGY (tm) technology demonstrator program by successfully ground testing the aircraft with the pusher propeller installed and spinning for the first time. The Jan. 23 test used the fly-by-wire pitch ...