Heavy lift modernization to help enable all-domain operations needs to progress.
By Breaking DefenseWith the Army focused on FLRAA and FARA, the question of heavy lift under the Future Vertical Lift program won’t be answered for a decade or more. In the meantime, here’s what the Army is thinking.
By Barry RosenbergBell’s methodology to meet the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach requirement is enabled by a common digital backbone that will be instantiated on both the V-280 Valor for FLRAA and the Bell 360 Invictus for FARA.
By Breaking DefenseProject Convergence 21 showed off new, networked, autonomous capabilities to be added to next-gen helicopters.
By Andrew EversdenWith greater lift and increased commonality, the Army’s heavy-lift helicopter just keeps getting better.
By BoeingBell’s methodology to meet the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach requirement is enabled by a common digital backbone that will be instantiated on both the V-280 Valor for FLRAA and the Bell 360 Invictus for FARA.
By Barry RosenbergA flight-proven tiltrotor and advanced helicopter are the optimum solutions for transformational air assault and attack/recon.
By Barry RosenbergAutonomy will tie together aircraft, sensors, payloads, and human operators capabilities to enable humans to move from “operator” of one system to “manager” of many.
By Breaking DefenseBell’s V-280 Valor builds upon 600,000 hours of experience with the V-22 tiltrotor with a clean-sheet design to meet the Army’s requirement for an air-assault platform.
By Barry RosenbergThe Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift’s FLRAA and FARA programs.
By Barry RosenbergRange, Speed, And Reaction Time At Operational Distances Will Define The Next Phase Of Army Aviation
Bell created the V-280 Valor with agility, speed in excess of 280 knots, and more than 500 nm of range that is needed to quickly take advantage of tactical opportunities in multi-domain operations in theaters across the globe.
By Barry RosenbergHow and why Bell’s candidates for the Army’s Two Future Vertical Lift programs will help to create overmatch in the Great Power competition.
By Barry Rosenberg
As the Army races forward to take flight in its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), Breaking Defense contributor and acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt sees too many troubling parallels with the Air Force’s infamous production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. With taxpayer dollars and Army tactical capabilities in the balance, he argues in the op-ed…
By Bill Greenwalt