U.S. Army’s FLRAA Design Includes Special Ops-Specific Changes

Brian Everstine May 08, 2024
Bell V-280
Credit: Bell
TAMPA, Florida—The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) recently completed a preliminary design review, with the tiltrotor incorporating special operations-specific tweaks to make adoption easier for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). The Bell V-280’s progress...
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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