All United States Army articles – Page 3
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NewsFARA engine delivery expected in coming weeks
Helicopter makers Bell and Sikorsky, finalists for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) contract, will receive the long-delayed Improved Turbine Engine that will power their prototype designs from GE Aerospace before the end of October.
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NewsTextron and Griffon Aerospace advance in US Army UAS competition
Seeking a new design replacement for the currently serving Textron RQ-7B Shadow, the US Army has winnowed the field of competitors down from five bids to just two.
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NewsCobra pilot awarded USA’s top decoration for improvised rescue in Vietnam
Captain Larry Taylor evacuated a team of US Army troops who had been abandoned under heavy enemy fire, using a Bell AH-1G Cobra attack helicopter that was not designed to carry additional personnel beyond the pilot and weapons officer.
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NewsGE Aerospace joins FLRAA as supplier for Bell
GE Aerospace will provide digital backbone, voice and data recorder, and health awareness system for Bell V-280 Valor, which the US Army selected as its next-generation troop carrying aircraft.
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NewsUS Army to field voice-command technology for UAVs
The prototype artificial intelligence assistant designed by Primordial Labs will allow special-operations troops to control an Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet micro UAV via voice commands.
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NewsSolar UAV may have broken endurance record with three-day flight
The solar-powered Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000 Ultra-Long Endurance UAS completed a 75h nonstop flight in Pendleton, Oregon, nearly doubling the current endurance flight record for the class of small aircraft.
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NewsBoeing secures long-lead funding for US Chinook Block II production
A $22.5 million contract from the US Army will fund preparations at Boeing to deliver Block II CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters under production Lot 4, a platform the service has not yet committed to fully acquiring.
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NewsVictory for Valor: Bell celebrates FLRAA win in Paris
With a new chief executive at the helm and an era-defining contract for its V-280 Valor tiltrotor in hand, helicopter-maker Bell is taking a victory lap at the Paris air show.
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NewsUS Army advances four designs in new UAV development effort
Four manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles have progressed in the US Army Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System competition to replace the Textron RQ-7B Shadow reconnaissance platform.
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NewsSOCOM yet to decide on acquiring Future Vertical Lift aircraft
The US Army is investing billions of dollars to develop its next generation of air assault and reconnaissance rotorcraft, but the Pentagon’s Special Operations Command remains unsure it needs such aircraft.
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NewsPoland to receive eight Apache helicopters from US Army
Following an official visit to Washington, the Polish defence ministry says it has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to receive eight Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the US Army, ahead of Warsaw’s pending purchase of 96 Apaches.
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NewsDefence leaders in Washington warn of debt default
As lawmakers and the Biden Administration debate raising the US government’s borrowing limit, civilian and uniformed military leaders say unpredictable budgets will set back critical modernisation and procurement programmes.
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NewsIndustrial base concerns not a factor in FARA decision
The US Army’s top aviation procurement officer says any potential impacts to the USA’s rotary-wing industrial base will not factor into the service’s eventual choice between Sikorsky and Bell designs for its next-generation scout helicopter.
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NewsThree dead in Alaska AH-64 crash
Two US Army Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters collided during a training flight in Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.
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NewsUS Army to decide future of heavy-lift fleet by year-end
The US Army plans this year to settle details about the future composition of its cargo fleet, a plan that may include purchasing the latest version of Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook.
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NewsCollins developing digital brain for autonomous air-launched UAVs
Aviation systems producer Collins Aerospace is testing flight software that will control the US Army’s developmental Air Launched Effects concept, including collaborative teaming between pilots in the air and the uncrewed autonomous vehicles.
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NewsSikorsky stands by X2 coaxial technology following FLRAA loss
After reviewing feedback from the US Army in its failed bid to provide a new long-range troop carrying helicopter, Sikorsky says it remains confident that its radical X2 line of coaxial compound rotorcraft are the right fit for the army’s needs.
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NewsSikorsky moving on from FLRAA loss
The long-time supplier of helicopters to the US Army will not attempt to further challenge the service’s decision to award rival Bell a multi-billion dollar contract for the next-generation Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
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NewsSikorsky’s FLRAA design was cheaper but ‘unacceptable’: GAO
The DefiantX coaxial helicopter bid submitted by Sikorsky and Boeing to replace the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet was deemed “unacceptable” by service evaluators, primarily due to a lack of detail in the designs.
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NewsGovernment auditor upholds Bell’s FLRAA win, denies Lockheed protest
More than three months after the US Army chose Bell to produce its new fleet of medium-lift helicopters, and independent auditor has denied a protest by rival Lockheed Martin, clearing Bell to proceed.