Third in a series of articles on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, formerly the Research, Development and Engineering Command and now part of Army Futures Command, is ...
The U.S. military’s vertical lift fleet of helicopters and tiltrotors is aging. With the exception of V-22 Osprey, no completely new aircraft designs have been introduced since the 1980s. Even the ...
Sometime later this year, the U.S. Army will select the first of two new rotorcraft designed to replace much of the joint helicopter fleet. The initial “down-select” will choose between aircraft ...
The US Army has provided the clearest details yet about what in needs in a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform after releasing two requests for information for next-generation rotorcraft technologies ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 10, 2012) -- The Army's aircraft of the future will be faster than what the service has now, it will carry more weight, it will require less of a logistical ...
Piasecki Aircraft chief executive John Piasecki sees an enduring place for the company’s winged compound helicopters within the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift strategy despite the robust competition ...