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US Army triggers competition for future long-range assault aircraft
The Army has released its request for proposals to two industry teams to build its future long-range assault aircraft. According to FY22 budget documents, it also laid out a schedule to reach a first unit equipped by FY30.
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Three Ways JADO is Transforming the Future of Aviation
Imagine a conversation with Allan and Malcolm Loughead (who later became the “Lockheed” brothers) in 1913 on the day they flew the Model-G Hydro-Aeroplane, or with aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky after his first practical helicopter took flight in Connecticut in 1939. How would you explain the game-changing, integrated capabilities of today’s next-generation aircraft—and what they’ll…
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US Army awards air-launched effects contracts for future helicopters
Ten companies will provide air vehicles, payloads and mission systems to the Army that will make up prototypes intended to launch from current and future vertical lift platforms to perform a wide variety of missions.
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With only weeks remaining, US Army preps for release of climate strategy
The service is preparing to release a new climate strategy with four key lines of effort, according to a memo obtained by Defense News outlining the plan.
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US Army finalizes requirements for future attack reconnaissance aircraft
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft designs has passed through the requirements gauntlet.
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Lockheed and Bell will compete head-to-head to build US Army’s future attack recon aircraft
It’s Invictus versus Raider in the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition.
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US Army sets first shoot-off for airborne, long-range precision munitions
The Army is planning for a shoot-off to search for a long-range precision munition to give its future aviation fleet stand-off from enemy assets.
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Bell V-280 flies autonomously for first time
Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor demonstrator flew without pilot control for the first time in December 2019 as the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration program comes to a close.
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AUSA Global Force Next: Understanding the Army’s future for planning, weapons and platforms
he U.S. Army is in the midst of a massive transformation, from strategy to platforms to weapons — all amid the prospect of a flat budget.
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Lockheed, Bell begin forging prototypes to compete for Army’s future armed recon aircraft
It’s getting real for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program as companies competing begin to bend metal.
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