Pentagon designates first Future Vertical Lift aircraft a pre-MDAP

By Courtney McBride / November 4, 2016 at 11:26 AM
The Defense Department has concluded that a planned family of systems to overhaul the Army's aviation fleet can proceed, according to a Pentagon spokesman. Frank Kendall, the Pentagon acquisition chief, "chaired a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Capability Set 3 (CS 3) Program Materiel Development Decision (MDD) Defense Acquisition Board review on October 28, 2016," Mark Wright told Inside the Army in a Nov. 3 email. "As a result, FVL CS 3 was designated a pre-Major Defense Acquisition Program with...

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