The HH-60W helped rescue a pilot in Iran. Here’s why the Air Force might not buy more.
The Air Force in fiscal 2023 attempted to cap the Jolly Green II’s fleet at 75 aircraft, but lawmakers have pushed back.
Preparing the industrial base for when the Army’s FLRAA tiltrotor is built at scale
The program manager for the Future Long Range Attack Aircraft breaks down what the supply chain needs to be doing now for production.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
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MOSA: A Winning Strategy for FLRAA and Army Current Fleet Modernization
An open digital architecture leads to increased interoperability, affordability, upgrades and enhanced capabilities like launched effects and autonomy.
Army plans for Black Hawk to be Future Vertical Lift testbed for launched effects and autonomy
The Army has received its first two ITEP engines, and a re-engined Black Hawk will fly in late FY25/early FY26.
FARA fallout: A ‘resurrection’ of Boeing’s A/MH-6 Little Bird for special forces
Special operators had planned for FARA to take the role of the AH-6, but the program’s cancellation “changed our equation,” a SOCOM official said.
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Military innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
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How to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
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As threats expand, so does the Army’s FVL ecosystem of air launched effects and open systems capabilities
There are many critical connections being made across the FVL ecosystem that will also serve to modernize the current fleet.
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Survivability soars when the countermeasures are infrared and multispectral
IR countermeasures including missile-blinding lasers need to cover 360 degrees around a platform like Future Vertical Lift, because any gap is a vulnerability.
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RAIVEN: Sensing at the edge and beyond the pixel with embedded hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence
For Future Vertical Lift, the Army wants new and innovative technology that transforms their platforms into advanced weapons systems. One such technology is Raytheon Technologies’ revolutionary RAIVEN Turret 1000, first in a new family of EO/IR systems.
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
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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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Ready for today, modernizing for the future
Boeing's innovative solutions help the U.S. maintain global dominance by deterring and defeating the threats of today — for the sake of tomorrow.
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Bell’s V-280 VALOR is the standalone choice for FLRAA
To deter the threat from near-peer competitors, the Army’s air assault mission demands a revolution in capability that only a tiltrotor can provide — not just a faster helicopter.
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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.