The Army’s annual xTechSearch contest is all about rapidly developing innovative ideas from smaller companies. But can they find, fund, and build a low-cost ventilator in time to combat the coronavirus?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.For the rest of this year, the Navy is doubling down on its boosters, conducting a series of static fire tests to collect data before another test firing. “We’ve been crawling, now we’re starting to walk where we’re going to get the booster design done — we’re going to static test this year — and then we will start to truly, truly run,” Wolfe said.
By Paul McLearyThe Army will pick either the Bell 360 Invictus or the Sikorsky Raider-X as its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. Get a close-up look at both contenders.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Troops in improvised face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 have begun field testing one candidate for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (FTUAS).
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Raider-X compound helicopter not only meets the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance needs today, Sikorsky FARA director Tim Malia told us: It has the margin for growth “to be a good investment for the taxpayer for decades to come.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army Corps of Engineers has 17 ad hoc hospitals under construction, with about 15,000 beds – but another 23 sites with over 8,000 beds are awaiting approval by majors and governors, even as cases rise.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The long-awaited IBCS battle network is meant to connect a wide range of Army radars and weapons – and potentially other services’ as well – for anti-aircraft and missile defense.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Bell design for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft isn’t as revolutionary as archrival Sikorsky’s. But, Bell says, that’s an advantage in the mud and chaos of real warzones.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The contracts support Space Force’s Space Surveillance Network (SSN) and the new Protected Tactical SATCOM effort.
By Theresa Hitchens“The first is scheduled for Nigeria,” Gen. Stephen Lyons, TRANSCOM chief told reporters today, involving transport of “150 passengers” to Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia by civil aviation aircraft.
By Theresa HitchensThe Bell 360 Invictus and the Sikorsky Raider-X will vie for the final contract to build FARA, with rival prototypes in flight by 2023. Bell and Sikorsky (with Boeing) are also facing off for the FLRAA transport.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.