Future Vertical Lift (FVL)

Americas Air 

Bell Textron’s Statement on Being Selected to Build U.S. Army FARA Prototypes

March 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bell 360 Invictus, Bell Helicopters, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) US Army, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Helicopter, U.S. Army, USA

Bell Textron is one of the two companies selected to build prototypes for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

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Air Americas 

Bell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Raider X to Compete for U.S. Army FARA Program

March 25, 2020May 27, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Bell 360 Invictus, Bell Helicopters, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) US Army, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, Sikorsky RAIDER X, Textron, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army has selected Bell Textron and Lockheed Martin Sikorsky to build prototypes for the service’s Future Attack Reconnaissance

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Air Americas 

Bell, Sikorsky Awarded CD&RR Agreements for U.S. Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Program

March 16, 2020April 14, 2020 Arun Mathew 1 Comment Bell Helicopters, Bell V-280 Valor, Compound helicopter, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) US Army, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Sikorsky, Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant, Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army has awarded Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) agreements to Bell Textron and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky for

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Air Americas 

U.S. Navy Postpones Future Vertical Lift – Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) Industry Day

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Future Vertical Lift - Maritime Strike (FVL-MS), Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Helicopter, Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout, Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout, Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy has postponed the Industry Day for Future Vertical Lift – Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) program scheduled on March

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Misc Americas 

U.S. Army Seeks $2 Billion Boost for Modernization Priorities

February 14, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Future Vertical Lift (FVL), FY 2021 Budget Proposal (USA), Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF), Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) US Army, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army has requested $10.6 billion for its six modernization priorities in the fiscal year 2021 budget request released

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Air Americas 

Bell Textron Demos V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Aircraft

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bell Helicopters, Bell V-280 Valor, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) US Army, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) US Army, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD), Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Army, USA

Bell Textron demonstrated its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft to U.S. Army officials during an event in Dallas and Fort Worth,

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Americas Missiles 

U.S. Army Tests Spike NLOS Air-To-Ground Missile at Yuma Proving Ground

November 11, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing AH-64 Apache, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Spike missile, Spike NLOS, U.S. Army, USA, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)

The U.S. Army has tested the Israeli Spike non-line-of-sight (NLOS) air-to-ground missile (AGM) from an AH-64E Apache helicopter at the

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Air Americas 

Sikorsky Hosts Flight Demo of its S-97 Raider Compound Helicopter

November 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Compound helicopter, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) US Army, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) US Army, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Sikorsky, Sikorsky S-97 Raider, U.S. Army, USA

Sikorsky hosted the inaugural flight demonstration of its S-97 Raider™ at its West Palm Beach flight test center this summer.

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Americas Industry 

U.S. Army, GE Aviation Begin Testing First Full Future Affordable Turbine Engine

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), Future Vertical Lift (FVL), GE Aviation, General Electric (GE), Turboshaft, U.S. Army, USA

GE Aviation successfully began testing the first full engine in the Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) program under a cooperative

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Air Americas 

Bell V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Aircraft Completes Low-Speed Agility Demonstrations for U.S. Army-Led JMR TD Program

May 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bell Helicopters, Bell V-280 Valor, Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD), Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Army, USA

The Bell V-280 Valor recently completed flight demonstrations of its low-speed agility key performance parameter (KPP) in the U.S. Army-led

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