U.S. Army selects ATEC for new engine to power Apache and Black Hawk

The U.S. Army wants a new advanced 3,000 shaft horsepower turbine engine to its fleet of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters. For that, it selected the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, to accomplish the task.

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Lockheed Martin could offer unmanned U-2 for MDA laser weapon demo

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to send an unmanned aircraft into the stratosphere sometime in 2020-2021 and attempt to shot down a ballistic missile in its boost-phase using an electrical laser. Lockheed Martin says a unmanned version of the U-2 might be a suitable platform for that.

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