Sign In
Search
Army

Army Wants Funding Increase for FLRAA, as Service Seeks Common Avionics Interfaces

Frank Wolfe Frank Wolfe
SHARE:
Army Wants Funding Increase for FLRAA, as Service Seeks Common Avionics Interfaces
The Boeing-Sikorsky SB-1 Defiant will likely compete for FLRAA, a program that the Army wants Congress to fund at higher levels to reduce risk, as the Army seeks common signal and other interfaces for the aircraft. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Army wants $75 million in Fiscal 2020 for risk reduction on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)–nearly $43 million more than its budget request–as the service seeks common electrical, mechanical, and signal interfaces for the aircraft. Congress provided $19 million in Fiscal 2019 for FLRAA, and a simple Continuing Resolution (CR) will likely not give the Army its desired $75 million. Enacted on Sept. 17, the current CR is valid through Nov. 21, and lawmakers continue work on on…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

Army

GE Aerospace Anticipates Full Qualification of T901 By End of Next Year

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Army To Field Joint Laser Weapon System By July 2028, Pentagon’s Critical Tech Lead Says

Business/Financial

Heven AeroTech Opens New Drone Manufacturing Facility In Virginia

Defense Watch

Defense Watch: Air, Space & Cyber, Poland Loans, Argentina FMS

Trending

Meink: U.S. Has Orbital Space Weapons, SB-AMTI To Launch This Month, 500 CCAs by 2032
Skunk Works Plans First Flight of Vectis Prototype By End of Next Year
Defense Watch: Air, Space & Cyber, Poland Loans, Argentina FMS
Army To Field Joint Laser Weapon System By July 2028, Pentagon’s Critical Tech Lead Says
Northrop Grumman Test Flies Lumberjack One-Way Attack System With Magnet Navigation

Congress Updates

Missile Defense

Fischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Senate Armed Services panel chair today said boosters of the Golden Dome program still have work to do to increase support on Capitol Hill while […]

Navy/USMC

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume