The Army will have a more firm cost and schedule baseline for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft once it reaches a milestone B decision later this year, according to service officials. The Army awarded the FLRAA contract to Bell Textron in December 2022 to develop its V-280 Valor helicopter as the eventual replacement for the Black Hawk beyond 2030. However, a bid protest by competitor Sikorsky led to a pause in work on the program until the protest was...
