BRUSSELS. NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded three Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) contracts to Airbus, Leonardo, and Lockheed Martin Sikorsky, paving the way for the helicopter manufacturers to undertake "detailed platform concept studies" as NATO seeks to deliver a new class of medium-lift military helicopters between 2035 and 2040.

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is conducting a series of flight tests for a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

OWEGO, New York. Sikorsky completed testing of integrated mission systems and sensors on three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters intended for the Hellenic Navy, the company announced in a statement.

STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin company) completed four verification demonstrations of its RAIDER X system -- its entry in the competition for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) -- with third-party integrators validating its modular open systems approach (MOSA), in preparation for the first Army-led event verifying the technology.

ATLANTA, Georgia. Sikorsky has tapped CMC Electronics to supply flight management systems (FMS) for U.S. Army and Air Force Black Hawk helicopter models including the UH-60M, HH-60M, HH-60W, S-70i, and the S-70M, CMC announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and Boeing have filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the U.S. Army's decision to award the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract to Textron's Bell Helicopter, Boeing announced in a statement.

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have demonstrated an uncrewed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.