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October 26, 2015

Bell Helicopter Appoints Lisa Atherton As EVP Of Military Business

Succeeds Mitch Snyder, Who Was Promoted To President And CEO

Bell Helicopter has named Lisa Atherton as executive vice president of military business. In this role, Atherton will be responsible for providing strategic direction, overall management and performance for all government programs and business development efforts. Atherton succeeds Mitch Snyder who was recently appointed Bell Helicopter president and CEO.

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GA-ASI Awarded Major US Army Contract

Will Supply Improved Gray Eagle Aircraft

The U.S. Army has awarded a contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for 19 Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to be delivered by September 2018.

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Rockwell Collins Tests Production Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System

Successfully Demonstrates End-To-End System Validation In Test Flights

During the first week in September, Rockwell Collins completed Contractor Test and Evaluation flights at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS).

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Vanishing Acts: A Call For Disappearing Delivery Vehicles

Program Aims To Develop Systems That Deliver The Goods, Then Poof Out Of Existence

It sounds like an engineering fantasy, or maybe an episode from Mission Impossible: A flock of small, single-use, unpowered delivery vehicles dropped from an aircraft, each of which literally vanishes after landing and delivering food or medical supplies to an isolated village during an epidemic or disaster. And it would be nothing more than a fantasy, were it not that the principle behind disappearing materials has already been proven.

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Kissimmee Gateway Airport Welcomes Air Combat USA

Offers Fighter Pilot Experience In Military Trainer Aircraft

Air Combat USA is returning to Kissimmee Gateway Airport and its business, Quantem FBO Group December 5th to the 7th. Adventure seekers and aspiring fighter pilots will have their chance to engage in realistic air to air combat simulation in a real fighter trainer aircraft with an instructor pilot, many of whom are experienced military aviators.

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Report: JLENS Airship Not Meeting Expectations

But Program Has Powerful Friends In Washington

An investigation conducted by a news organization has found that the Army's JLENS program has failed to meet expectations after 17 years and an investment of nearly $3 billion.

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