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Officials: Open System Architecture Development Key To Maintaining Future Vertical Lift’s Affordability

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 15th, 2020

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Officials: Open System Architecture Development Key To Maintaining Future Vertical Lift’s Affordability

Sikorsky unveiled its Raider X design which features a larger airframe than the S-97 Raider and a modular open system architecture for avionics systems. Photo: Sikorsky

Army officials leading the service’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) efforts said development of an open system architecture is a top priority for maintaining the affordability of the program’s suite of next-generation platforms. The officials also told attendees during a webinar at the virtual AUSA conference that all FVL programs remain “on schedule and on budget” with no delays as a result of the pandemic. “The greater [Army] aviation enterprise has kept all of our signature efforts on schedule and on…

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