U.S. Army

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Army plans to begin acquisition of a new counter uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for the Middle East.

Additional funding finally approved by Congress in a supplemental bill last month will allow the U.S. Army to ramp up needed Patriot interceptor production.

Cancellation of the U.S. Army’s scout helicopter program is driving focus on UAS and uncrewed teaming.

Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.

In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.

Leonardo diverted the latest new-build TH-73A Thrasher training helicopter for the U.S. Navy for display at the Army Aviation Association of America summit.

MD Helicopters is expanding the weapons capability of its AH530 Cayuse Warrior light attack scout helicopter to include Lockheed's AGM-112 Hellfire missile.

Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.

An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.

The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.

The U.S. Army announced April 24 that it awarded options to both Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems to conduct flight demonstrations for its Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System (FTUAS) program.

U.S. Army is beginning a plan to tailor each of its Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) to individual missions.

Sikorsky President Paul Lemmo says the RBW is part of the company’s overall push for hybrid electric VTOL designs.

The dual rotor design was the key feature for the company’s Raider X and SB-1 Defiant proposals.

Boeing will in the coming weeks deliver the first procurement the heavy-lift CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army within the past few weeks ran a GE Aerospace T901 engine on Sikorsky’s Raider X prototype to evaluate it.

The service has shifted its thinking on launched effects, planning to add them to vehicles and ships as well as helicopters.

The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos a major sustainment contract for its future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) fleet.

Strafing ground targets is normally a capability exercised by human pilots, but now a large U.S.-made uncrewed aircraft system has demonstrated the capability.

AeroVironment has launched its new Autonomy Retrofit Kit for its small, fixed-wing UAVs such as the Puma 3AE or Puma LE.

Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has received a $1.9 million U.S. Army contract that funds powered wind tunnel testing of its planned hybrid-electric STOL aircraft.

Surprise Chinese attack helicopter appearance highlights worldwide trend despite increase in low-altitude threats.

The Air Force will receive a classified directed energy system last among the three armed services participating in the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative.