Helicópteros de combate

[Orel]

TAANSTAFL

Pues ahora que lo has explicado, tenías que haber usado el nuestro: NDDACP
"Nadie Da Duros A Cuatro Pesetas".
Más breve y mejor

[Orel]

La nueva versión del helo chino, el Z-8G:
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... ing-trials

[champi]

Contrato para tecnologías relacionadas con el FARA que se lleva Sikorsky por encima de su rival (24/8/2020): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2323086/

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $13,500,000 order-dependent contract for technologies to be developed and demonstrated in the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft technology risk mitigation and maturation effort. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 23, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W911W6-20-D-0005).
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Diez contratos relacionado con los ALE ("Air Launched Effects"): https://www.defensenews.com/land/2020/0 ... witter.com

[champi]

Comienza la fabricación en serie del Mi-35P: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... ion-begins

También desde Rusia, nuevo contrato para desarrollar el Ka-65 Minoga, sustituto del Ka-27: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... elicopter/

[alejandro_]

Bielorrusia ha adquirido 5 Mi-35M, por lo que se convierte en el décimosegundo operador.

http://alejandro-8.blogspot.com/2020/08 ... VjKtqv28G6

[Orel]

Russian Helicopters is to begin work on a new shipborne rotorcraft for the country’s navy, which will be capable of performing troop transport, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

Following the signature of a contract between the parties at the Army 2020 exhibition on 25 August, Russian Helicopters will now leverage initial research and development work already performed on the project.

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 01.article

[champi]

Contrato para actualizar más computadoras de vuelo de UH-1Y y AH-1Z (26/8/2020): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2326327/

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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Woodland Hills, California, is awarded a $44,550,267 modification (P00005) to previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00019-19-D-0025. This modification increases the ceiling of the contract for the production and delivery of an additional 228 H-1 Tech Refresh Mission Computers, increasing the quantity from 545 to 773 in support of domestic and Foreign Military Sales UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (55%); Baltimore, Maryland (25%); and Woodland Hills, California (20%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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[Orel]

El US Army ha pedido un lote de 17 helicópteros de la última versión: la UH-72B Lakota.
Ésta incorpora todas las mejoras del H145 civil, destacando el fenestrón de cola. Recuerdan que desde 2006 llevan entregados 460 UH-72A Lakota.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 68.article

[Lepanto]

Ayer fue entregado al Comando de Operaciones Especiales de EE. UU. el primer Chinook MH-47G Block II , el contrato tiene prevista la entrega de 23 unidades más.

[champi]

Contrato para el radar del AH-64E (3/9/2020): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2336534/

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Longbow Limited, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $164,606,754 firm-fixed-price contract for AH-64E helicopter mast mounted assembly/radar electronics units. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Army); and 2019 Foreign Military Sales (India, Morocco, Netherlands, and United Arab Emirates) funds in the amount of $164,606,754 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-20-F-0464).
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Y para mantenimiento de la familia H-1 de la US Navy:

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Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $49,064,471 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for the repair of nine various legacy components in support of the H-1 aircraft. This contract includes a three-year base period with no options. All work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Annual working capital funds (Navy) will be used and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00383-20-D-W701).
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[champi]

Otro contrato más para el UH-1Y / AH-1Z, en este caso, 8/4 unidades para República Checa (4/9/2020): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2337845/

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Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $272,161,641 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters for the government of the Czech Republic. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60%); and Amarillo, Texas (40%), and is expected to be completed in November 2023. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $272,161,641 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(f)(2)(e). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0061).
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[Lepanto]

Según un contrato publicado por el Departamento de Defensa de los EE. UU. el 4 de septiembre de 2020, la empresa Bell Textron Inc. recibe un contrato de 272.161.641 por ocho helicópteros UH-1Y y cuatro AH-1Z para la República Checa

[evol]

¡Increíble que se siga vendiendo el UH-1!....

[champi]

Contrato para Bell relacionado con el FARA (8/9/2020): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2340084/

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Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $13,500,000 order-dependent contract to conduct design studies, analyses, simulation, testing, integration and fabrication activities in order to mitigate risks, investigate operational usage and conduct maturation activities at the technology, subsystem and system-level maturation for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and its variants. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 7, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W911W6-20-D-0006).
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Me imagino que para este contrato se ha impuesto a Sikorsky, que podría ser el otro aspirante. Si así fuera, podería indicar que el diseño de Bell cogería ventaja, aunque evidentemente son conjeturas...

[Kique]

https://twitter.com/jmscaronte/status/1 ... 16321?s=20