Helicopter plans spark interest across DOD, among foreign governments

By Courtney McBride / March 28, 2016 at 2:08 PM
A joint program meant to reinvent military lift platforms while satisfying individual service requirements has begun to attract interest from foreign governments and could address civil aviation needs as well, according to Army Training and Doctrine Command's capability manager for Future Vertical Lift. Col. Ramsey Bentley told Inside the Army in a March 22 interview that FVL will "enable the Army Operating Concept of being more expeditionary," providing the service with greater self-deployment capability to and within theater than...

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