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Army To HASC Panel: Unmanned Systems Embrace, Industrial Base Risks Factors In FARA Cancelation

Army To HASC Panel: Unmanned Systems Embrace, Industrial Base Risks Factors In FARA Cancelation
Sikorsky's Raider X for the Army's FARA competitive prototyping effort at 90% complete build. Photo: Sikorsky.

The Army on Wednesday detailed its decision to cancel the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program for lawmakers, attributing its major aviation pivot to an embrace of unmanned systems that could help meet the same requirement and concerns over the potential shuttering of its UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter lines within the next five years. Lawmakers seemed generally in approval of the Army’s aviation restructuring decisions, with the service explaining during the House Armed Services Tactical Air and…

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