Panel: Helos Can Do More to Share Data
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy’s rotary wing community is at a crossroads where the promise of unmanned systems intersects with…
Navy Wants to Weave LCS, Unmanned Systems, Subs into New Battle Network
The Navy is looked to expand the web of connections currently linking its ships, planes and weapons to include submarines,…
Iranian Patrol Boat Trained Weapon on U.S. Helo During Carrier Transit
An Iranian patrol boat trained a crew-served weapon on a Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter as a U.S. carrier strike group…
Navy Pondering Helicopter Future After MH-60 Seahawk
SAN DIEGO – The Pentagon’s Joint Multirole (JMR) investigation into a new generation of helicopters is highlighting the differences between…
Royal Australian Navy Bullish on New MH-60R Helos
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has hailed the integration of the Lockheed-Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk into the service’s Fleet Air Arm…
LCS Fort Worth Integrates Fire Scout UAV, RHIBs Into Bilateral Exercises For First Time
The Navy’s summer series of bilateral exercises in the Pacific gave the Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) a chance to…
Lockheed Martin to Buy Sikorsky, Including Navy’s MH-60 Line, For $9 Billion
This post has been updated to include comments from Lockheed Martin regarding how the acquisition of Sikorsky will affect the Navy’s MH-60…
BAE Conducts First APKWS Flight Test on Aussie Helo; U.S. Army Contract Expected Soon
BAE Systems successfully demonstrated its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from an Airbus Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter for the…
Navy to Work with Army on Next Generation Helicopter Program
The U.S. Navy is participating in the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program to develop an eventual replacement for…