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Future Vertical Lift Set To Dominate Rotorcraft Development Efforts, Resources

Wednesday, March 15th, 2017

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All the traditional helicopters that the military will field are either already in service or under development and any future work will feed directly into the multi-service Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort, according to Jose Gonzales, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for tactical warfare systems.There are a handful of helicopter development efforts underway already. The Air Force is leading the program to build a combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopter. The Navy has taken point on buying a new Presidential Helicopter…

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