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Army Still Deciding On Which FVL Capability Set To First Pursue

Pat Host

Monday, May 2nd, 2016

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Army Still Deciding On Which FVL Capability Set To First Pursue

Artist's rendering of a potential Boeing-Sikorsky future vertical lift platform. Photo: Sikorsky.

ATLANTA--The Army has yet to decide which Future Vertical Lift (FVL) capability set it will pursue first, but the service could get closer to that decision in the fall.Richard Kretzschmar, project manager for the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and FVL, told reporters here Saturday the service’s plan is to bring the plan to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Frank Kendall in the fall after briefing Army leadership. Kretzschmar said he’ll brief two-star Army…

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