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Army introduces MV-75 as Cheyenne II, won’t commit to first flight, production dates 

"It's going to happen when it's going to happen," Maj. Gen. Clair Gill told reporters when asked about expected timeline milestones for the new aircraft.

How the Army could spend nearly $19 billion in RDT&E funding 

The programs taking up the majority of the Army’s RDT&E funding include FLRAA, THAAD, UAS launched effects, artillery systems, hypersonic weapons, counter drone tech and M-SHORAD.

The HH-60W helped rescue a pilot in Iran. Here’s why the Air Force might not buy more.

The Air Force in fiscal 2023 attempted to cap the Jolly Green II’s fleet at 75 aircraft, but lawmakers have pushed back.

‘Too early to tell’ if timeline holds for delivery of Army’s tilt-rotor MV-75 for testing: Official

“Ultimately, we'll have to make some risk decisions about when the performance of the system is not going to keep pace with the schedule," Maj. Gen. Clair Gill told Breaking Defense.

Army says first MV-75 tiltrotor helo to be delivered by end of 2026 for testing

"We have a new tiltrotor aircraft, and it was supposed to be delivered in 2031, 2032 and we said, 'No, we need it, you know, very quickly,'" the Army chief of staff said.

To field weapons quicker, Pentagon should improve testing and evaluation process: GAO

The office outlines 13 recommendations for the DoD and services that primarily revolve around revising weapon systems' test and evaluation policies to reflect “leading practices” for product development. 

House passes defense policy bill

The National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $900.6 billion in defense funds, or about $8 billion more than the White House’s request.

Compromise NDAA protects Wedgetail, greenlights Black Hawk multiyear buys

Among other provisions in the FY26 NDAA, congressional authorizers would direct the defense secretary to explore possibilities for recapitalizing the military services’ executive airlift fleets.

PEO Aviation has ‘doubled down’ on priorities amid ATI, looming acquisition shakeup 

“What has changed is that we’ve doubled down on the Army’s priorities, and I believe our Army senior leaders and Congress are helping us remove some of the barriers to acceleration," PEO Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.

PEO Aviation ‘can’t speak’ to long-term future of UH-60Ms, focusing on upgrades, maintenance 

The service has previously said that the next buy of the UH-60Ms will be its last, but Brig. Gen. David Phillips said he foresees the fleet operating in the Army through the 2040s and 50s.

DARPA picks Bell Textron to build runway-independent X-Plane

Bell will now proceed in DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program, which has eliminated Aurora Flight Sciences from the running.

Lockheed ‘looking for partners’ on NATO next-gen helo bid, will build in Europe

“Especially from an X2 standpoint, the largest procurement out there is really NGRC. And that recapitalization of the helicopter fleet in Europe is the largest thing we see today at least in the next five or 10 years,” said Sikorsky boss Rich Benton.