U.S. Army Setting Requirements For FARA Using UH-60 As Surrogate

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk served as a surrogate for the service’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, testing the new Modular Effects Launcher during Project Convergence 21 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
Credit: U.S. Army
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona—The U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program has flown dozens of firsts over the last several weeks with a UH-60 Black Hawk “surrogate” for the Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) equipped with a prototype of the future helicopter’s launcher. The FVL Cross...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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