Army officials assure lawmakers they’re putting their Future Vertical Lift helos through the testing ringer, and that the aircraft they’re meant to replace won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
By Lee FerranGray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
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BAE Systems Future Vertical Lift Air Launched Effects is a key capability that will require a unique path for success.
By Graham Ward, BAE Systems
The company has also built a second fuselage to assist in risk reduction for Increment One.
By Andrew Eversden
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There’s no one software application, wave form, or set of capabilities that can win the day against near peers. Open systems, however, are that one thing that will keep Army systems relevant in all stages of conflict.
By Breaking Defense
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The wars of tomorrow are won with the innovations of today.
By Boeing
Breaking Defense goes inside Bell’s planned futuristic factory near Fort Worth and its Amarillo assembly facility, as the company bets big on FARA and FLRAA wins.
By Andrew Eversden
After a 700 nautical mile trip to show off its FLRAA offering in Nashville, pilot feedback on the SB>1 Defiant was “absolutely boring — the way test pilots like it to be,” a Team Defiant member said.
By Andrew Eversden
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
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Success can only be achieved by finding common ground between the US government’s desire for MOSA and industry’s incentive to modify its current business cases.
By Collins Aerospace
“I think we want to see interoperability as we digitize our forces, especially in our aviation formations. That’s the focus,” Brig. Gen. Robert Barrie, head of the US Army’s Program Executive Office-Aviation, told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew White
The Army’s contract award will come later this year.
By Andrew Eversdenpresented by Bell
By implementing a design-as-built methodology that digitally connects entire FVL programs throughout the lifecycle, Bell has increased its ability to collaborate in real-time with program partners and the Army to deliver new capabilities faster and more affordably.
By Breaking Defense The test flight included low-level flight operation and confined area landings, the design team said.
By Andrew Eversdenpresented by Bell
The future of Army aviation depends on major improvements in aircraft speed, range, and reliability. Bell’s vision to ensure these programs enhance national security and are affordable relies on digital engineering and modeling to integrate missions and air vehicle systems with sustainment in mind so they all meld together in advance of manufacturing to reduce risk.
By Breaking Defense
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Heavy lift modernization to help enable all-domain operations needs to progress.
By Breaking Defense
