The Army has awarded four technology investment agreements to Bell Helicopter, Sikorsky, AVX Aircraft Company and Karem Aircraft, Inc. -- to design Joint Multi-Role helicopter demonstrators, according to a service statement today. The JMR air vehicle technology-development phase will inform designs and concepts for the Army's Future Vertical Lift helicopter, which is expected to take flight around 2035. For the next nine months, the four industry teams "will be refining their initial designs and making preparations toward potentially building and...
