Thales USA officials this week detailed the company’s interest in providing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) capabilities, to include a new multi-mode radar, helmet-mounted displays and a modular avionics system, with an emphasis on meeting the Army’s priority for open architecture requirements. ...
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The Army is planning to fly an autonomy-enabled Black Hawk helicopter, using technology developed in a DARPA program, at its next Project Convergence event, as the service looks to refine requirements for pursuing the technology on its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. “We’ve always said our ...
Is This Really the B-21? On July 6, the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) released the third artist rendering since 2015 of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, and the latest depiction sparked a round of trade journalism articles about how the latest depiction differed from the previous ...
Bell [TXT] said Thursday it is retiring its V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator from active flight testing, after reaching 214 flight hours and a max speed of 305 knots, as it readies for the Army’s official Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program of record. The announcement ...
The Army’s new deals to Bell [TXT] and a Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team for the next phase of Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR) effort will allow for an accelerated Milestone B decision as both offerors work on completing ...
The Army on Tuesday awarded Bell [TXT] and a Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team contract modifications, each worth nearly $300 million, to continue work on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competitive demonstration and risk reduction (CD&RR) effort. The deals arrive as the Army gets set to ...
The Army’s lead official for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) said Wednesday the service should not have an issue affording development of both the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), citing critical lessons learned with the failed Comanche ...
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is offering a 20mm "Sky Viper" chain gun for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). The Army’s FVL program includes development of FARA, the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) and the Future Tactical UAS, which all use the service's Modular ...
Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing [BA] on Monday detailed their new Defiant X aircraft, the company’s updated offering for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to find a UH-60 Black Hawk replacement. The co-axial rigid rotor Defiant X builds on the SB>1 Defiant ...
Bell’s [TXT] V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft offering for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program has reached 200 flight hours as it approaches its third anniversary of first flight test this week, a company official told Defense Daily. “We quickly demonstrated our ...