Army moves 3 companies to Phase III of Flight School Next competition
Bell, M1 and Lockheed Martin confirmed to Breaking Defense that they have been selected to move on to the next phase of the competition.
Army says first MV-75 tiltrotor helo to be delivered by end of 2026 for testing
"We have a new tiltrotor aircraft, and it was supposed to be delivered in 2031, 2032 and we said, 'No, we need it, you know, very quickly,'" the Army chief of staff said.
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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.
Army advances Bell, M1, Lockheed to second phase of Flight School Next competition
A call for solutions notice in December said the Army plans to award a contract by September.
Inside six helo companies gunning for the Army’s Flight School Next program
With Flight School Next, the Army is looking to shake up the way it acquires both the aircraft and the curriculum.
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How the Army is transforming helicopter pilot training
Flight School Next will draw on industry expertise to prepare helicopter pilots for real-world situations.
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Army Flight School Next: A new way to train the next generation of aviators
An innovative program to draw on industry resources to train helicopter pilots in a different way.
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Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
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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.
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.”
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.
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Voyager is accelerating access to space
After manifesting 1,400 payloads aboard the ISS, Voyager is applying its mission management expertise to the next generation of space stations, ensuring uninterrupted mission readiness and success from the ground to space.
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.
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.