The Army’s future-rotorcraft program cleared a risk assessment and is a go for engineering and development—and building six prototypes of its new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA. On ...

The US Army has green-lighted the next development phase of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme, clearing the service to order six prototypes from developer Bell. The US Army has ...

It’s a plane. It’s a helicopter. It’s both. Meet "FLRAA," the Army’s new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. This is how the Army will island hop in the Pacific to fend off China. And by the ...

The Bell V-280 Valor, selected as the winner of the FLRAA contest. The operational version is to feature several changes, including having no cockpit doors. (Bell) Bell Helicopters is finalising its ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced on April 16 that it was cutting its staff by as many as 400 engineers. “As a result of the U.S. Army’s recent decision to cancel the Future Attack ...

Honeywell said June 16 that Bell has selected the company to provide the auxiliary power unit (APU) and cooling solution for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). As a subcontractor ...

The Army officially aims to begin outfitting its first air assault unit with the new aircraft in fiscal year 2030, with the intention to have it operational by fiscal year 2031. Since the widespread ...

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The US Army’s acquisition of new attack reconnaissance and long-range assault helicopters will be at risk if Congress does not let the service end the Boeing CH-47F Block 2 Chinook heavy lift ...

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