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FLRAA is a clean-sheet weapon system that will leverage the latest in manufacturing technology and digital engineering.
By Breaking DefenseBetter user interface and experience create faster decision-making in multi-domain operations
Improved UX and UI can enable smarter use of AI and automation, helping warfighters manage data-rich environments and make faster, more informed decisions.
Bell Textron has “a lot of experience with composite fuselages, and so they’re going to use their experience to potentially design it … more modular,” Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roquepresented by Bell
With range and speed, the tiltrotor enables operations in dispersed locations, safe from most long-range fires and threats that make current assets vulnerable.
By Reed Anderson, Director, International Government Affairs, Bell
“My whole fleet is not operationally running yet, but I have enough capacity and the right crews training to provide the capabilities on the battlefield,” AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Michael Conley said.
By Valerie Insinna “We’re looking at how do you bring [in new] technology capabilities … in the cockpit? How do you put their ability to communicate at longer distances?” said Brig. Gen. Cain Baker.
By Ashley Roque Prime contractor Bell is now tasked with providing six aircraft prototypes, with first flight set for 2026.
By Ashley Roque “Spirit has had a successful ten-year partnership with Bell on this program and we will continue to work with them to deliver on our joint commitments,” Spirit AeroSystems spokesman Joe Buccino said.
By Valerie Insinna
Display screens are the eyes for maneuver forces needing to command and control
The Army is upfitting vehicles with big 24 or 32-inch displays that present multiple sources of data for a full operational picture.
“I’ll assure you folks that we’re not going to let this matter drop,” House Oversight subcommittee chairman Glenn Grothman, R-Wisc., told families of victims who attended a congressional hearing today on the safety of the V-22 Osprey.
By Michael Marrow and Valerie Insinna According to a SOCOM official, the Army included feedback from the command that led to design changes like hardware for a refueling probe and features that will enable special operators to make unique modifications.
By Michael Marrow
The manufacturer is shifting attention to alliance requirements in the aftermath of the US Army cancelling its next-generation Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) effort.
By Tim Martin and Ashley Roque
NGRC requirements mainly cover a future medium lift helicopter that costs no more than €35 million ($38.2 million) per aircraft and provisionally planned to enter service between 2035 and 2040.
By Tim Martin
In addition to halting the FARA competition, service leaders want to end UH-60 V Blackhawk production, postpone moving the Improved Turbine Engine Program into production, and phase out legacy drones.
By Ashley Roquepresented by Bell
Different on the outside but with commonalities on the inside, the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) will share a MOSA backbone with the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).
By Breaking Defense The Air Force transitioned from “rescue” to “recovery” operations after determining that two of the eight crew members who have not been located or recovered are likely also deceased.
By Michael Marrow
