Future Vertical Lift
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ArmyDespite Schedule Delays, IVAS ‘Alive and Well,’ Army Secretary Says
The U.S. Army wants to develop and field the Microsoft [MSFT] Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) in stages, as the service works to fix problems in the first “alpha” version–development […]
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ArmySikorsky Sees New Helos Focusing on Indo-Pacific
The head of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky sees the Pentagon focus on the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) region in the specifications for new helicopters it is producing and competing on. “For […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Offering ‘Sky Viper’ 20mm Chain Gun for U.S. Army’s FARA
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 […]
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ArmySierra Nevada Corp. Highlights Systems Integration Capabilities As Applicable For FVL
As the U.S. Army moves forward on the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is highlighting its reputation as a systems integrator. SNC is “well postured to […]
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UncategorizedBell Air Taxi Work May Lead to Military Applications, Snyder Says
Engineers developing the Bell [TXT] Nexus air taxi are helping drive innovations that may lead to hybrid electric military air vehicles in the near term and all electric military air […]
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ArmyThe First Public Flight of Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider
Test pilot Bill Fell was zooming southward, approaching Sikorsky’s [LMT] runway outside West Palm Beach, Florida, at about 190 knots when he decided that was as fast as the S-97 […]
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ArmyArmy to Hold Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Industry Day July 31
The office of the U.S. Army program manager for Future Vertical Lift-Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) plans to hold an industry day in Huntsville, Alabama, on July 31 to […]
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ArmyKarem, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Team Up on FARA Offering for U.S. Army
Karem Aircraft, Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Raytheon [RTN] are teaming up to execute a $738 million U.S. Army contract awarded to Karem in April as part of the Future Attack […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky Using Raider to Refine Future Army Attack Aircraft Design
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sikorsky [LMT], now testing its S-97 Raider compound helicopter weekly, has transitioned the aircraft to a team focused on creating the company’s Future Attack Reconnaissance […]
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ArmyL3 Technologies Looks Forward to Air-Ground Synergies With Harris for MUM-T Effort
PARIS AIR SHOW–L3 Technologies [LLL] believes that its merger next week with Harris Corp. [HRS] will create air-ground synergies that will benefit L3 efforts, such as the company’s bid for U.S. […]