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UH-60 Blackhawk Training Operations at Fort McCoy

FORT MCCOY, WI – An aircrew operated a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport during training operations December 16, 2019, at Fort McCoy. The UH-60 Blackhawk has been the Army”s frontline utility helicopter for the past 40 years, and it shows no signs of letting up, said service officials at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

Boeing Opens V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft Factory

Boeing has opened a new facility outside Philadelphia to build fuselages for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and modernize the MV-22 fleet for the U.S. Marines (USMC). The company has invested $115M in the new 350,000 ft² facility to improve safety and productivity as well as reduce operating costs. Boeing Vertical Lift Vice President and

Sand-Phobic Turbine Coating Improvements Detailed in U.S. Army Research Lab Paper

A team of researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has detailed industry progress toward developing an optimal sand-phobic thermal barrier coating for gas turbine engines in military and commercial fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. With some commercial and military aircraft often operating over sandy regions, existing engine inlet particle separators are not entirely efficient