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		<title><![CDATA[Army Seeks Input For New ARH Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ann Roosevelt  The Army Nov. 7 issued a Sources Sought notice for industry input to meet  the requirements for a new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter ARH program after  terminating the contract with Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT].  The service is reassessing the ARH performance requirements, the notice...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ARH Cancellation Triggers About 4 Percent Layoff At Bell Helicopter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ann Roosevelt  Officials at Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] Oct. 29 said the company would  lay off approximately 500 workers, representing about four percent of the  workforce, following the Defense Department's decision earlier in the month to  terminate the potential $6.2 billion Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter ARH...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OSD, Army Consider ARH Alternatives]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ann Roosevelt  The fate of the Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter ARH, produced by  Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT], is in the hands of the Office of the Secretary of  Defense OSD and both the service and OSD analysts are examining alternatives.  Brig. Gen. Walter Davis, director...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pentagon Reports Schedule Slips For Navy's AH-1Z And MH-60S AMCM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_35_239/ai_n28568134]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Geoff Fein  Two Navy helicopter programs are each facing schedule slips of up to two  years in the most current round of the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports  SAR released Monday.  Bell Helicopter Textron's [TXT] efforts to upgrade a number of UH-1Ns  into AH-1Zs is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marine Corps Helicopter Programs Stabilizing, Official Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Geoff Fein  Although Marine Corps rotary wing platforms have had their share of  issues, the successful first deployment of the V-22 Osprey demonstrates that the  service's aircraft are on the right track, according to the former head of  Marine Corps aviation.  "Remember when the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bell Helicopter Teams With Army To Advance CBM Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_7_238/ai_n29429822]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and the Army Aviation Applied Technology  Directorate AATD are teaming to advance the state-of-the-art for Condition  Based Maintenance CBM Technologies.  Bell will begin testing various elements of this system later this year  with the program targeted to complete in 2010.  The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vought Signs $400 Million Contract For V-22 Tail Parts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_5_238/ai_n29429806]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. recently signed a $400 million contract  with the Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] to manufacture tail parts including the  empennage, ramp and ramp door, for the V-22 Osprey, according to Vought.  Bell and partner Boeing [BA] build the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft for both ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tenth LPD-17 Tops Marine Corps List of Unmet Needs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_29_237/ai_n29416349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Geoff Fein  The Marine Corps has $3.01 billion in unmet needs for FY '08, which  includes $1.7 billion for a 10th San Antonio-class LPD-17, Humvees and aircraft,  according to Commandant Gen. James Conway.  A 10th LPD-17 would reduce the risk of meeting the service's 2.0...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BELL HELICOPTER AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200802/ai_n25288120]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $19,893,884 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019- 06-G-0001) for two non-recurring engineering NRE efforts associated with the manufacture of a minimum of 40 build new AH-1Z aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.The first...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Navy's $41 Billion Procurement Request Includes Fewer VH-71s, LCS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_23_237/ai_n29414554]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Geoff Fein  The Navy's $149.3 billion FY '09 budget request includes $41.1 billion  for ships, aircraft and weapons procurement in FY '09, but removes four VH-71  presidential helicopters and four Littoral Combat Ships LCS from the plan  projected at the release of last year's budget....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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