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 ...
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Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky is planning a flight demonstration with the Army next year that will utilize the company’s autonomous co-piloting technology on UH-60 Black Hawks flying in formation, a company official told reporters on Thursday. The flight tests will likely take place in late ...
BAE Systems is working to develop autonomy technologies for the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, the company said Tuesday. The Army awarded BAE Systems $9 million in contracts to support the FVL Advanced Teaming Demonstration Program (A-Team), to include work “designed to advance ...
Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing’s [BA] SB-1 Defiant offering for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program reached a speed of 232 knots in descent and 211 while flying level during a test flight on Monday. The latest speed milestone was achieved using two-thirds of the aircraft’ ...
Bell [TXT] is set to begin the build this month of its 360 Invictus competitive prototype for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, with the aircraft to be completed by summer of 2022 ahead of first flight in the fall of that year. Keith Flail, Bell’s executive ...
The Marine Corps is closely following the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs to inform its own Attack Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) effort, which will likely replace its AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters. Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, the deputy commandant for aviation, told reporters Tuesday that, ...
Army experimental test pilots flew Bell’s [TXT] V-280 Valor offering for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in August, the service said Tuesday. The V-280 Valor is one of two offerings for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program to find a Black Hawk replacement, with ...
The Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms has received “significant interest” from international partners, according to the lead program official, with eight countries having already sent letters of interest to the service. “We’re pursuing those letters of interest and taking it to ...
B-21 Avionics Testbed. It appears that the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider test aircraft under construction in Palmdale, Calif., has yet to have avionics installed. The U.S. Air Force is instead flying the avionics on a testbed aircraft. “One of the things we’re working on is we have a flight test ...
Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing’s [BA] SB-1 Defiant helicopter offering for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program reached 205 knots in its latest flight, with plans to potentially demonstrate max speed above 250 knots within months. The latest update arrives as the team has ...