The US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract to JetZero, a Long Beach-based aviation startup, to build and fly a full-scale technology demonstrator for a blended wing body (BWB) aircraft.
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Three US Army soldiers died and one was injured when two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters collided mid-air near Healy, Alaska
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Two more European countries have announced their intention to operate the F-35: Poland and Romania. Both countries are NATO allies who perceive increasing threats from Russia and seek to modernize their air forces with new technology suitable for interoperability with other F-35 operating nations.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, challenging the award of a lucrative Army helicopter contract to Bell Textron, Inc. The contract, worth up to $7 billion, is for the development of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), a new vertical lift aircraft that will replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility fleet.
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Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collide over Fort Campbell, killing nine | Two US Army HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a fatal mid-air collision and crash during a night training mission over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, on March 29, 2023, killing all nine servicemen on board.
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The US Air Force’s (USAF) AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) program suffered a setback on March 13, 2023, when the second test launch of a fully operational prototype failed to transmit in-flight performance data.
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