Bell Textron’s Valor wins Army’s FLRAA competition to replace Black Hawk

Bell Textron’s Valor wins Army’s FLRAA competition to replace Black Hawk
Bell Textron’s Valor wins Army’s FLRAA competition to replace Black Hawk

The award is worth up to $1.3 billion, but a follow-on production contract could put the program in the range of $70 billion over its lifetime.

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Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet

Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet
Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet

Innovative integration approaches and open systems architecture can bring revolutionary improvements to the performance of FLRAA and FARA, as well as the current fleet.

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[VIDEO] The big news from AUSA Day 2

[VIDEO] The big news from AUSA Day 2
[VIDEO] The big news from AUSA Day 2

Some late-breaking FLRAA news, and other nuggets from the second day of the country’s biggest defense conference.

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Army’s next-gen FLRAA helicopter will be chosen in ‘next few months,’ McConville says

Army’s next-gen FLRAA helicopter will be chosen in ‘next few months,’ McConville says
Army’s next-gen FLRAA helicopter will be chosen in ‘next few months,’ McConville says

The timeline for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft award is unclear after senior leaders seemed to push it back from an expected October announcement.

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Powerful new upgrades make new Gray Eagle 25M the most capable Army UAS ever

Powerful new upgrades make new Gray Eagle 25M the most capable Army UAS ever
Powerful new upgrades make new Gray Eagle 25M the most capable Army UAS ever

Gray Eagle 25M supports soldiers across multiple domains. It’s precisely what the Army needs.

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The sights of AUSA 2022 Day 1

The sights of AUSA 2022 Day 1
The sights of AUSA 2022 Day 1

A selection of photographs from the floor of the Association of the United States Army conference 2022, day one.

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Bell’s V-280 VALOR is the standalone choice for FLRAA

Bell’s V-280 VALOR is the standalone choice for FLRAA
Bell’s V-280 VALOR is the standalone choice for FLRAA

To deter the threat from near-peer competitors, the Army’s air assault mission demands a revolution in capability that only a tiltrotor can provide — not just a faster helicopter.

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What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?

What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?
What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?

You get higher speeds with less weight and drag. Meeting speed, range and payload targets for the Army’s two Future Vertical Lift programs can be partially accomplished with transformational integrations of systems that have never been brought together before.

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Army ‘encouraged’ by IVAS test despite ‘challenges,’ FLRAA decision may come in October

Army ‘encouraged’ by IVAS test despite ‘challenges,’ FLRAA decision may come in October
Army ‘encouraged’ by IVAS test despite ‘challenges,’ FLRAA decision may come in October

“I think there’s further work to do to improve the system. But we saw a lot of positive things as a test,” the Army’s top acquisition official said of IVAS, before separately noting a potential delay in a major future helicopter program contract.

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US, Netherlands ink agreement on future rotorcraft info sharing, including FARA, FLRAA

US, Netherlands ink agreement on future rotorcraft info sharing, including FARA, FLRAA
US, Netherlands ink agreement on future rotorcraft info sharing, including FARA, FLRAA

“One of the pitfalls from the past was that we were focusing too much on national requirements instead of Alliance or coalition requirements,” said Maj. Gen. Andre Steur, national capability director in the Dutch Defence Ministry.

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Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data

Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data
Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data

“If we didn’t have an S-97, we’d have to wait another year-plus to be able to fly those data points and to inform our production design,” said Sikorsky’s chief engineer for the company’s Raider-X FARA offering.

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Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?

Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?
Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?

The question of whether the Defense Department or the primes should own all the data rights to various elements of the FVL program is a simplistic, false choice, says a CSBA senior fellow.

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