Rick Spicer, Boeing’s deputy capture team lead for the company’s CSAR efforts, told reporters Sept. 27 at AFA’s Air and Space Conference in Washington that it would probably be the last time he would get to make a pitch for the HH-47 before the expected November CSAR-X aircraft award. Spicer touted the US Special Operations Command’s MH-47 combat experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, since the HH-47 is 95 percent common with the MH-47Gs. He also discussed the new digital open architecture cockpit, digital flight controls, and advanced visibility and countermeasure capabilities.
The nominee to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency touted the value of the organizations’ dual-hat command structure and urged caution toward creating a dedicated cyber military service in written testimony to Congress released Jan. 15.
