Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)

President-elect Donald Trump’s push to select relative outsiders for top Pentagon positions continues with his selection of Daniel Driscoll to lead the Army as its top civilian.

Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.

As Bell finalizes the design, Army aviators are relearning how to perform the air assault mission at speeds up to 300 kt.

The upgrade will enable the Army to evaluate autonomy capabilities for the UH-60 and potentially a planned replacement, the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.

The Army's next rotorcraft is still in development, but officials are planning its first upgrade—a big shift in the service's approach to aircraft acquisition.

To help the FLRAA and its occupants survive, the Army plans an array of passive and active countermeasures.

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Bell is expected to look elsewhere for aerostructures work on its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the U.S. Army.

With FARA canceled and FLRAA’s design changed, U.S. Special Operations Command is adjusting its own modernization goals.

The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft recently completed a preliminary design review, with the tiltrotor incorporating special-operations tweaks.

Cancellation of the U.S. Army’s scout helicopter program is driving focus on UAS and uncrewed teaming.

In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.

An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.

The dual rotor design was the key feature for the company’s Raider X and SB-1 Defiant proposals.

Digitalization and development of space and cyber are the heart of Leonardo’s restructuring and growth, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.

The realities of higher costs and program risk may not be enough to overcome the potential benefit of new technology.

Korea Aerospace Industries will be investing KRW 8 trillion ($5.9 billion) by 2040 in its High-Speed eXperimental Utility Helicopter project.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

Bell CEO Lisa Atherton tells reporters at the Paris Air Show that the company has to "hit every single mark" on the Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft contract.

The U.S. Army wants its Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk fleet flying for the next 40 to 60 years.

The Army in December announced Bell’s tiltrotor V-280 had won the FLRAA contest to replace much of its Sikorsky H-60 fleet.

The GAO denial of Sikorsky’s FLRAA protest shows the Army prioritized Bell’s submission detail and open systems architecture over Sikorsky’s much lower cost.

Lockheed Martin has decided to not pursue any further legal action to overturn the U.S. Army’s selection of the Bell V-280 Valor.

The GAO on April 13 published a 38-p. report on its denial of Sikorsky’s protest to the Army’s decision to award the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.