While designed primarily to move massive wind turbine blades, the WindRunner aircraft under development by Radia could serve military applications, with the Pentagon and US Congress taking an interest in the aircraft’s utility for the DoD.
It was not announced which South Korean defense company would be carrying out the depot-level maintenance of the Chinook’s T55 turboshaft engines, but a Hanwha Aerospace spokesperson reportedly said that the company is the only one in-country with the facilities and expertise capable of doing the work.
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
The Foreign Military Sale announcement would cover six of the Boeing-made Chinook helicopters.
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“We're going to have to figure out how to resupply dispersed formations,” Brig. Gen. Shane Upton, the director for the Contested Logistics Cross Functional Team, told Breaking Defense on Tuesday.
"When the tough but necessary decision was made last year to expedite the withdrawal of the MRH-90s [Taipans] from service, it meant that we needed to look at all options when it came to filling the capability gap and the training which our servicemen and women need,” Defense Minister Richard Marles said in a statement.
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
A trio of new longer range missiles could also be in soldiers’ hands over the next dozen months.
It's been roughly four years since the service put the brakes on buying the CH-47F Chinook Block II configuration, but a decision is expected this calendar year.
The Army's heavy lift fleet is rebounding after being grounded because a faulty part caused engine fires.
The Germany Ministry of Defense has selected Boeing's CH-47F Chinook over Lockheed Martin Sikorsky's CH-53K.
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The three potential deals cover CH-47F Chinook Helicopters for Egypt, HIMARS Launchers for Australia, and AIM_9X missiles for the Dutch.
The Army hasn't committed to a large purchase of the cargo choppers, despite congressional pressure.
A Boeing executive said the Saudis have successful used their F-15SA to “kill” cruise missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, a missile defense capability that the Kingdom needs.
Heavy lift modernization to help enable all-domain operations needs to progress.