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 ...

The Army’s future-rotorcraft program cleared a risk assessment and is a go for engineering and development—and building six prototypes of its new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA. On ...

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 ...

Textron expects its Bell subsidiary will deliver the US Army’s first next-generation tiltrotor in 2026, with the type’s first flight happening the same year. Rotorcraft manufacturer Bell will deliver ...

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 ...

DENVER — Since the Army canceled plans to develop a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft earlier this year, the two anticipated competitors have both moved to make use of their work on the program.

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 ...

The US Army’s acquisition of new attack reconnaissance and long-range assault helicopters will be at risk if Congress does not let the service end the Boeing CH-47F Block 2 Chinook heavy lift ...

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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 ...