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Bell Taps GE Aerospace To Provide Digital Backbone For Army’s FLRAA

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 7th, 2023

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Bell Taps GE Aerospace To Provide Digital Backbone For Army’s FLRAA

The V-280 Valor. Bell photo.

Bell [TXT] has selected GE Aerospace [GE] to develop the digital backbone for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), the companies said on Thursday. GE Aerospace said it will specifically provide the “Common Open Architecture Digital Backbone (COADB), Voice and Data Recorder, and the Health Awareness System” for Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft as part of an “open, scalable, high-speed data infrastructure.” “Our open systems technologies and experience provide the customer with the ability to make aircraft system…

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