Army now pursuing two future aircraft replacements concurrently

By Maximilian Kwiatkowski / October 19, 2018 at 4:30 PM
The Army is speeding up the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program thanks to lessons learned from the success of its Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator effort, according to the director of the Future Vertical Lift cross-functional team. Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen told reporters at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting in Washington earlier this month that the design knowledge gleaned from the JMRTD advanced aircraft designs can be applied to other capability sets in the FVL family. "We've...

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