Next steps for FLRAA MV-75, from the Army and Bell program leaders
Discussing the MV-75 FLRAA program objectives and how they align with the Army's modernization strategy.
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Moving faster, sharing risk: How the Army wants to accelerate FLRAA helo program
The intent, Brig. Gen. David Phillips said, is not to “leave any rigor behind” but to focus on producing a “a safe, suitable, effective platform for the users.”
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An autonomy blueprint is essential to keep legacy platforms relevant in modern warfare
It’s about improving existing platforms with autonomy, and applying AI, edge computing, quantum encryption, and sensor fusion.
FLRAA added extra payload capacity to prep for SOF missions
"The Army’s program managers for FLRAA and Aviation looked at PEO-RW’s engineering analysis and considered the weight trades before adding a little bit of weight to the baseline of that aircraft,” A PEO-RW official said.
Army leaders want FLRAA by 2028, sidestep questions on Black Hawk’s fate
“We are unwilling to make commitments that are [not], in our opinion, in the best interest of soldiers...,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said of the fate of a new multi-year UH-60M procurement deal.
V-22 will fly with restrictions until 2026
“We had some learning in the middle,” said V-22 Program Manager Marine Corps Col. Robert Hurst, “and that learning in the middle took us from the summer of ‘25 to start in the spring of ‘26.”
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A ‘Pathfinder’ for the Army: FLRAA will be a first for MOSA in helicopter design
MOSA and the digital backbone give the Army a vendor-agnostic path to make aircraft system modifications from the outset of Future Vertical Lift.
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AI will make drone threats a nightmare. It could also save us.
Drones present a formidable challenge for security forces. AI is uniquely suited to powering next-gen defenses.
The sights of Avalon Air Show 2025: Day Three [PHOTOS]
An on-the-ground look at the 2025 Avalon Air Show in Australia.
Addressing risk and intellectual property rights in the FLRAA supply chain
Army aviation is introducing a tiltrotor to its fleet, creating defense industrial base challenges and opportunities.
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Tiltrotors will change CONOPS for Army aviation, bring “step-change” to industry
FLRAA is a clean-sheet weapon system that will leverage the latest in manufacturing technology and digital engineering.
Army’s FLRAA fuselage production staying in Kansas, Bell announces
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.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
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Tiltrotor: The need for speed & range in response to global threats
With range and speed, the tiltrotor enables operations in dispersed locations, safe from most long-range fires and threats that make current assets vulnerable.
Air Force special ops CV-22 Ospreys could be ready to deploy in weeks, commander says
“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.
Over next year, Army shaping FLRAA version 2 requirements
“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.
Milestone B: Army’s FLRAA tiltrotor graduates to engineering and manufacturing development phase
Prime contractor Bell is now tasked with providing six aircraft prototypes, with first flight set for 2026.