Army working with NAVAIR engineers on FLRAA design

By Dan Schere / June 25, 2024 at 10:12 AM
As the Army works to reduce risk in its design of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, the service has included Naval Air Systems Command engineers that previously worked on the V-22 Osprey in the process, with the goal of incorporating lessons learned from the Osprey into FLRAA. The Army awarded the FLRAA contract to Bell Textron in December 2022 to develop its V-280 Valor aircraft as the eventual replacement for the Black Hawk. A protest by bid competitor Sikorsky...

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