60 Minutes has obtained a new video showing Super 61 being shot down in Somalia.
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Category: Army
Four companies selected for U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role demonstrator
AVX Aircraft, Bell/Lockheed, Karem and a Sikorsky/Boeing team have been shortlisted by the U.S. Army for Phase one of the Joint Multi Role technology demonstration.
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Final assembly of S-97 Raider this week
Sikorsky will begin final assembly of its S-97 Raider prototype this week. The helicopter, based on the X-2, will make its first flight next year.
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Saab receives order on EW self-protection system for Advanced Light Helicopter
Saab has received two orders from Hindustan Aeronautic Limited (HAL) for serial production of an integrated electronic warfare self-protection system for installation on the Indian Army’s and Air Force’s Advanced Light Helicopter.
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U.S. lawmakers ask AG to probe Mi-17 deal
Nine senators and 23 members of the House of Representatives have wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday to support the Pentagon’s investigation into the purchase of maintenance deals of Mi-17 helicopters by an Army unit.
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