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Is the US Army Giving Up on the Helicopter?

The ongoing Ukraine War has shown the limits of helicopters, particularly in comparison to drones that can carry out many of ...
The U.S. Army recently released its second Sources Sought Notification (SSN) to accelerate the acquisition of the ...
The Army has awarded Boeing a $4.68 billion firm-fixed-price contract to procure new Apache AH-64E attack helicopters, ...
The Army plans to be fully divested from the AH-64D within the next few years, starting in Fiscal Year 2026. As a platform, however, the Apache helicopter is not going anywhere. Throughout the Apache ...
A recent report by The New York Times concluded that the U.S. military used a mix of munitions that relied on both drones and ...
Boeing and Leonardo will pursue together the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) contract. Boeing and Leonardo announced a new partnership to jointly pursue the ...
They call it the CH-47F Chinook, and even since the early years of the 1960s it has traveled the skies of the world, scaring people with its unorthodox design, but helping the American military and ...
One of the newest additions to the helicopter fleet of the United States is by far the fastest attack helicopter on the planet, only introduced to the service in 2010. Its overall design is somewhat ...
Operation Flyswatter tested the AH-64E Version 6 Apache for its networked, data linked combat capabilities against a variety of asymmetric unmanned aerial ...
Sikorsky team members remove a T901 engine from it shipping crate at the Sikorsky facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. (David Hylton/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army has not yet terminated the Improved ...