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Army Aims To Speed Up FLRAA To 2028, No Commitment On Another Black Hawk Multi-Year

Army Aims To Speed Up FLRAA To 2028, No Commitment On Another Black Hawk Multi-Year
The V-280 Valor. Bell photo.

The Army wants to speed up fielding of its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) by two years to 2028 but won't commit to future plans for awarding another multi-year UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter contract, the service secretary said on Wednesday.  Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the service met with FLRAA developer Bell [TXT] last week and tasked them with crafting a plan for accelerating the program’s timeline, which was currently set to begin fielding in 2030. “What we wanted…

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