Army Scraps Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program
The service is also phasing out two legacy drone programs and ending production of the UH-60V Black Hawk variant.
The service is also phasing out two legacy drone programs and ending production of the UH-60V Black Hawk variant.
The firefighting-capable aircraft boasts the capacity to transport up to a dozen crewmembers, as well as carry more than 750 gallons of water.
The decision clears the way for continued development of the $7.1 billion Valor program.
The aircraft were assigned to 101st Airborne Division Air Assault based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The flight management system with radio integrated will deliver to a variety of special missions customers.
Bell is expected to deliver prototypes to the Army in 2025, with the aircraft entering the fleet within five years.
Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), signed a new five-year contract this week with the U.S. Army to deliver at least 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters with an option for up to 225 more.
The updated UH-60V Black Hawks’ new digital technology are upgrades long overdue, according to the state’s Army National Guard leadership.
“What we didn’t want to do was leave him up there for another couple days, because he would have died,” the pilot of an Alaska Army National Guard Medevac flight told FLYING.
DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program conducted the unmanned autonomous demonstration flight.