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Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet

Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet
Innovations and open systems pace FVL and the current fleet

Innovative integration approaches and open systems architecture can bring revolutionary improvements to the performance of FLRAA and FARA, as well as the current fleet.

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What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?

What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?
What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?

You get higher speeds with less weight and drag. Meeting speed, range and payload targets for the Army’s two Future Vertical Lift programs can be partially accomplished with transformational integrations of systems that have never been brought together before.

Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data

Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data
Sikorsky: FARA prototype 90% complete, learning from S-97 Raider’s flying data

“If we didn’t have an S-97, we’d have to wait another year-plus to be able to fly those data points and to inform our production design,” said Sikorsky’s chief engineer for the company’s Raider-X FARA offering.

Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?

Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?
Last year, CSBA said the Army could afford both FVL variants. What’s changed since then?

The question of whether the Defense Department or the primes should own all the data rights to various elements of the FVL program is a simplistic, false choice, says a CSBA senior fellow.

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Pacing the threat with open systems for FVL and the enduring fleet

Pacing the threat with open systems for FVL and the enduring fleet
Pacing the threat with open systems for FVL and the enduring fleet

There’s no one software application, wave form, or set of capabilities that can win the day against near peers. Open systems, however, are that one thing that will keep Army systems relevant in all stages of conflict.

Divining the future of heavy vertical lift in the Army

Divining the future of heavy vertical lift in the Army
Divining the future of heavy vertical lift in the Army

With the Army focused on FLRAA and FARA, the question of heavy lift under the Future Vertical Lift program won’t be answered for a decade or more. In the meantime, here’s what the Army is thinking.

‘Come In Low’: Army Aviation Modifies Training To Prepare For Rivals Like Russia, China

‘Come In Low’: Army Aviation Modifies Training To Prepare For Rivals Like Russia, China
‘Come In Low’: Army Aviation Modifies Training To Prepare For Rivals Like Russia, China

“We’re going to be flying in lower flight profiles than we have over the last 20 years in counterinsurgency operations and so, even today, we are changing the way we train Army aviators,” said Maj. Gen. David Francis.

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No Compromises: Tiltrotor Mission Effectiveness For Long-Range Air Assault

No Compromises: Tiltrotor Mission Effectiveness For Long-Range Air Assault
No Compromises: Tiltrotor Mission Effectiveness For Long-Range Air Assault

Bell’s V-280 Valor builds upon 600,000 hours of experience with the V-22 tiltrotor with a clean-sheet design to meet the Army’s requirement for an air-assault platform.

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Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload

Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload
Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload

The Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift’s FLRAA and FARA programs.

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Range, Speed, And Reaction Time At Operational Distances Will Define The Next Phase Of Army Aviation

Range, Speed, And Reaction Time At Operational Distances Will Define The Next Phase Of Army Aviation
Range, Speed, And Reaction Time At Operational Distances Will Define The Next Phase Of Army Aviation

Bell created the V-280 Valor with agility, speed in excess of 280 knots, and more than 500 nm of range that is needed to quickly take advantage of tactical opportunities in multi-domain operations in theaters across the globe.

Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone

Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone
Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone

“I think it’s unanimous from all the soldiers involved that we got this one right,” said the Army’s project manager for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. Manned aircraft, FARA and FLRAA, are also moving out sharply.

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How Future Vertical Lift Will Help The Army Prepare For A Converged Battlespace

How Future Vertical Lift Will Help The Army Prepare For A Converged Battlespace
How Future Vertical Lift Will Help The Army Prepare For A Converged Battlespace

The Army’s Fight for Battlefield Control is Changing, Lockheed Martin is Leaning in with Innovation

FVL: Sikorsky Shows Off S-97 Scout Chopper For Army

FVL: Sikorsky Shows Off S-97 Scout Chopper For Army
FVL: Sikorsky Shows Off S-97 Scout Chopper For Army

The S-97 Raider is Sikorsky’s proto-prototype for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. It’s competing with the Bell 360 Invictus — but unlike the S-97, the 360 isn’t flying yet.

FVL: Army Can Afford Both Scout & Transport, General Pledges

FVL: Army Can Afford Both Scout & Transport, General Pledges
FVL: Army Can Afford Both Scout & Transport, General Pledges

The Army has learned from the Comanche scout chopper debacle, where it spent $9 billion in today’s dollars to get just two prototypes. With Future Vertical Lift, $7 billion will get 18 prototype aircraft, counting both the FARA scout and FLRAA transport.