Steve Trimble As the Pentagon forms its next budget request, U.S. Army acquisition officials have asked Boeing to describe the impact of delaying the initial operational capability milestone for the CH-47 Block II by five years, the company says. | Steve Trimble A Sikorsky/Boeing team says the high-speed SB-1 prototype “remains on a path” to achieve first flight by year’s end. | | Jen DiMascio George Krivo, CEO of DynCorp, discusses how the military and logistics services company has worked to stabilized itself through boom and bust cycles in the industry. | Lee Hudson and Steve Trimble Boeing has delivered the interim fix, known as a fail-safe collar, to the U.S. Army and half of the program’s international customers so far to ensure the helicopter's rotor blades don't separate from the aircraft. | | Jen DiMascio The U.S. Army’s recently opened Futures Command in Austin, Texas, is aimed at fixing the service’s notoriously laborious weapons acquisition process. | | |
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