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AVX, L3 Reveal Design Of US Army Future Attack Helicopter Hopeful

Monday, April 15th, 2019

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AVX, L3 Reveal Design Of US Army Future Attack Helicopter Hopeful

Troops in formation.

AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies [LLL] on April 15 unveiled a compound coaxial helicopter design with forward facing ducted fans and a side-by-side cockpit as the team’s pitch for the U.S. Army’s future attack helicopter. The design does not have a name, but will compete against several other helicopter heavy hitters to build operational prototypes of the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. The two companies announced their proposal in December 2018 and timed the release of an artist rendering…

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