The 2005 BRAC drama is nearly done—Congress just has to do nothing—but for many Air National Guard units across the country the “anxiety” they face in aircraft and personnel movements is really sinking in, says Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, ANG director. Speaking at a Capitol Hill seminar Wednesday, James acknowledges the old days when the Air Guard “just changed airplanes” are over.
Sikorsky is pitching a modified "U-Hawk" version of older UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopters as autonomous resupply aircraft with additional capabilities as missile or drone swarm launchers.