U.S. Army Aviation Leaders Seek Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Boeing Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft concept

Boeing’s Collaborative Combat Rotorcraft is one adaptation of the company’s Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft, a modular, uncrewed, multimission, autonomous tiltrotor concept.

Credit: Boeing concept
The shrinking U.S. Army Aviation Branch is looking at the emerging class of collaborative combat aircraft as a potential way to offset the effect of planned troop cuts. During the Association of the U.S. Army’s (AUSA) annual convention in mid-October, the branch’s leaders welcomed vertical-takeoff...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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