FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028

FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028
FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028

Awards for Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft designs went to Bell, Boeing, Karem, Sikorsky, and a partnership of AVX and L-3.

Bell To Offer Conventional Helicopter For Army FARA Scout

Bell To Offer Conventional Helicopter For Army FARA Scout
Bell To Offer Conventional Helicopter For Army FARA Scout

Instead of trying to scale down its tiltrotor technology, Bell will offer a derivative of its Bell 525. Will it have the speed and range the Army wants?

Invisible, Essential: Open Architecture For Army Aircraft

Invisible, Essential: Open Architecture For Army Aircraft
Invisible, Essential: Open Architecture For Army Aircraft

The Army will hold five demonstrations this year for the electronic backbone of its future manned aircraft and drones. A forerunner is already entering service.

National Guard Will Get Black Hawk Replacement Early: Army Vice-Chief

National Guard Will Get Black Hawk Replacement Early: Army Vice-Chief
National Guard Will Get Black Hawk Replacement Early: Army Vice-Chief

FLRAA will go to select Guard units ahead of most of the regular Army, Gen. McConville said. That’s a far cry from past conflicts over helicopters.

Will Army Uncancel CH-47F Chinook Upgrade? Sec. Esper & Gen. McConville

Will Army Uncancel CH-47F Chinook Upgrade? Sec. Esper & Gen. McConville
Will Army Uncancel CH-47F Chinook Upgrade? Sec. Esper & Gen. McConville

The Army wants to keep its options open on upgrading its heaviest cargo helicopter. Boeing is worried the window of opportunity — and its factory — will close before the Army makes up its mind.

Esper: Chinook & JLTV ‘Designed For a Different Conflict’

Esper: Chinook & JLTV ‘Designed For a Different Conflict’
Esper: Chinook & JLTV ‘Designed For a Different Conflict’

The Army’s rebuilding to face China and Russia. That may leave programs designed over the past decade for COIN operations in the dust.

300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones

300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones
300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones

Bell’s prototype tiltrotor keeps pulling ahead of rivals — but the race to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk is far from over.

FVL: Army, Marines, SOCOM Release Ambitious Specs For Future Aircraft

FVL: Army, Marines, SOCOM Release Ambitious Specs For Future Aircraft
FVL: Army, Marines, SOCOM Release Ambitious Specs For Future Aircraft

The Army wants a lot out of its Black Hawk replacement, at $43 million apiece — but the Marines and special operators want even more.

How Army’s Multi-Domain Overhaul May Impact The National Guard

How Army’s Multi-Domain Overhaul May Impact The National Guard
How Army’s Multi-Domain Overhaul May Impact The National Guard

HUNTSVILLE: Modernizing the Army is about much more than equipment. To defeat Russia and China in future multi-domain warfare — or better yet, deter them — the service is contemplating cultural revolutions as ripe for controversy as any multi-billion dollar weapons program. They include allowing junior officers more initiative, ending chronic micromanagement; creating long-term “regimental” affiliations…

Don’t Panic About Apaches: Army Not Junking Gunships

Don’t Panic About Apaches: Army Not Junking Gunships
Don’t Panic About Apaches: Army Not Junking Gunships

Will the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft “replace” some AH-64 Apache gunships? Sort of, technically — but that’s a misleading slice of a bigger story.

FVL: Next Steps For UH-60 & Shadow Replacements In ‘Weeks’

FVL: Next Steps For UH-60 & Shadow Replacements In ‘Weeks’
FVL: Next Steps For UH-60 & Shadow Replacements In ‘Weeks’

How can Army accelerate its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft when one leading contender started flight tests just seven days ago?

Army Vice-Chief Tapped For CSA,  First Time Since 1999

Army Vice-Chief Tapped For CSA,  First Time Since 1999
Army Vice-Chief Tapped For CSA, First Time Since 1999

No Army vice-chief has won the top job since Eric Shinseki. But Gen. McConville brings some unique credentials.

SB>1 Defiant Takes Flight: Can It Catch Bell?

SB>1 Defiant Takes Flight: Can It Catch Bell?
SB>1 Defiant Takes Flight: Can It Catch Bell?

The thing that delayed Defiant, it turns out, is the same thing that makes it really attractive to the Army.

SOCOM Tests Sarcos Exoskeleton (No, It Isn’t ‘Iron Man’)

SOCOM Tests Sarcos Exoskeleton (No, It Isn’t ‘Iron Man’)
SOCOM Tests Sarcos Exoskeleton (No, It Isn’t ‘Iron Man’)

Sorry, you won’t be punching aliens in the face. But loading 200-pound missiles onto a helicopter by yourself? That’s plenty useful.