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 ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER — Since the Army canceled plans to develop a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft earlier this year, the two anticipated ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army’s future long-range aircraft is moving out of technology development and into the critical engineering and ...

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 ...

Rotorcraft manufacturer Bell is expecting a decision “any day” from the US Army that will formally launch acquisition of the new Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). The Textron subsidiary has ...

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The US Army’s next-generation tiltrotor will likely have capability to fly autonomously. An initial prototype of that aircraft is currently being designed and fabricated by Bell, which expects to ...

Bell Textron has contracted Safran Defense & Space Inc (DSI) to provide flight testing solutions in support of the US Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme. This move marks a ...