JANUARY

RIPSAW® M5 wins Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle Medium program

FEBRUARY

Bell reveals new EDAT system

MARCH

Two Future Vertical Lift program milestones: Bell V-280 Valor (left) and Bell 360 Invictus (right) down-selected for Army’s FLRAA and FARA programs, respectively

APRIL

U.S. Navy awards Textron Systems a follow-on production contract to produce additional Ship-to-Shore Connector Craft

MAY

Cessna SkyCourier makes first flight

JUNE

Bell delivers first CMV-22B for fleet operations to the Navy

JULY

ATAC selected to provide adversary air live training for two Air Force bases using recently acquired fleet of Mirage F1 aircraft

AUGUST

Textron Aviation introduces new Beechcraft King Air 360, representing next generation of Beechcraft’s flagship turboprop aircraft

SEPTEMBER

Bell APT 70 successfully completes joint flight demonstration with NASA

OCTOBER

TUG unveils new ALPHA 1 aircraft pushback

NOVEMBER

Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) achieves 500,000 flight hours

DECEMBER

Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop introduced, offering state-of-the-art upgrades and next-generation capability