Black Hawk Replacement

The US Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft or FLRAA, developed in conjunction with the FARA, program aims to replace the Black Hawk helicopters. Planning began in 2016 with an analysis of alternatives or AOA which was completed by end 2018

The Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) contract award is scheduled for 2021, first flight for 2023 and initial operational capability (IOC) by 2030.

Although led by the Army, the FLRAA is defined as a multi-service program.

FLRAA Contenders

Bell V-280 Valor

12-Apr-21 - Bell V-280 Competitive Demonstration #FLRAA
14-Jan-21 - Bell V-280 Agility Testing #agility

21-Dec-20 - 200 Flight Hours for Bell V-280 Valor #FLRAA
17-Dec-20 - External Cargo Loads with Bell V-280 #ExternalLoad

19-Sep-20 - Army Experimental Test Pilots Fly V-280 Valor #Redstone
22-Jul-20 - Astronics Power Systems for Bell’ FARA and FLRAA #electric
21-Jul-20 - Rolls-Royce Engines for V-280 Valor #RollsRoyce
24-Jun-20 - Bell Proposals for Future US Army Aviation #FVL

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Sikorsky SB>1 Defiant

18-Apr-21 - Defiant X Competitive Demonstration #DefiantX
25-Jan-21 - Sikorsky-Boeing Announced Defiant X #DefiantX

15-Oct-20 - SB>1 Defiant Achieved 211 Knots #Defiant

09-Aug-20 - Sikorsky in the Army Modernization Program

16-Jun-20 - Defiant Reached 205 Knots #Speed

16-May-20 - SB-1 Defiant in High Speed Trials

19-Jan-20 - SB>1 Defiant Reached 100 Knots #Defiant

16-Oct-19 - SB>1 Defiant Tested at NFAC Wind Tunnel #NFAC

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Defiant X Competitive Demonstration, 18-Apr-21 : #DefiantX The Sikorsky / Boeing Defiant X to continue to the Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) phase. Defiant X is competing in the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Program (FLRAA) against the Bell V-280 Valor

S-97 Raider Visit to Redstone Arsenal, 15-Apr-21 :

#Raider Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter completed demonstration agility at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama home of US Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) team

Bell V-280 Competitive Demonstration, 12-Apr-21 : #FLRAA Bell is executing the second phase of a Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) contract to inform the imminent program of record competition for US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)

OPV Black Hawk with Supervised Autonomy, 30-Mar-21 :

#drones Sikorsky and DARPA fly the optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk helicopter with supervised autonomy

Sikorsky-Boeing Announced Defiant X, 25-Jan-21 :

#DefiantX The Sikorsky / Boeing team announced Defiant X as its proposal for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. Will compete against a derivative of the Bell V-280 Valor in 2022

Bell V-280 Agility Testing, 14-Jan-21 :

#agility Bell V-280 Valor for the US Army Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition demonstrates its agility

200 Flight Hours for Bell V-280 Valor, 21-Dec-20 : #FLRAA The Bell V-280 Valor competing in the US Army Future Long-range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition completed 200 hours of flight with more than 150 sorties through three years of flight testing

SB>1 Defiant Achieved 211 Knots, 15-Oct-20 :

#Defiant The Sikorsky/Boeing SB>1 Defiant achieved a new speed milestone reaching 211 knots ~ 390 km/h for the first time

Army Experimental Test Pilots Fly V-280 Valor, 19-Sep-20 : #Redstone US Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) Experimental Test Pilots (XPs) flew the Bell V-280 Valor as part of the US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) preparations for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.

Bell New Manufacturing Technology Center, 10-Aug-20 :

#manufacturing Bell unveiled its new 140,000-square-foot Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) in Fort Worth, Texas. Innovative proving ground to test and refine technologies and processes and support Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft

09-Aug-20 - Sikorsky in the Army Modernization Program

22-Jul-20 - Astronics Power Systems for Bell’ FARA and FLRAA #electric
21-Jul-20 - Rolls-Royce Engines for V-280 Valor #RollsRoyce
14-Jul-20 - Army Searches Configurations for Future Helicopters

29-Jun-20 - Mecaer Joined Invictus Team for FARA #TeamInvictus
24-Jun-20 - Bell Proposals for Future US Army Aviation

#FVL
23-Jun-20 - Army VIPER Lab Speeds Changes to Helicopters #mechanics
16-Jun-20 - Defiant Reached 205 Knots

#Speed
04-Jun-20 - Bell 360 Invictus Team
28-May-20 - Triumph to Supply Bell 360 Subsystems #Triumph
16-May-20 - SB-1 Defiant in High Speed Trials

31-Mar-20 - Bell 360 Selected to Continue in FARA Competition #FARA
17-Mar-20 - Bell V-280 Selected to Continue in FLRAA Competition #FLRAA
03-Mar-20 - Boeing Unveils US Army FARA Proposal

#BoeingFARA
19-Jan-20 - SB>1 Defiant Reached 100 Knots

#Defiant
28-Oct-19 - Laying the Foundation for Army Aviation #ArmyAviation
18-Oct-19 - AVX / L3Harris FARA Helicopter at AUSA 2019

#FARA
16-Oct-19 - Honeywell to Upgrade Chinook’ T55 Engines #T55
14-Oct-19 - Sikorsky Unveils Raider X for US Army FARA

#RaiderX
02-Oct-19 - Bell 360 Invictus Announced for US Army FARA #Invictus
27-Sep-19 - Bell Teaming with Collins for US Army FARA #FARA
22-Sep-19 - Marines Starts UH/AH-1 Replacement Process #AURA
03-Jul-19 - Karem Announced FARA Competitive Prototype Team #Karem
29-May-19 - Higher Speed for Future US Army Tilt-Rotor

#HighSpeed
19-May-19 - Boeing Unveil High Speed Apache #Apache
18-Apr-19 - AVX/L3 Unveiled its FARA Design

#FARA
16-Apr-19 - Collins Aerospace in Development of Future Vertical Lift #JointMultiRole
06-Apr-19 - US Army Could Select Future Aircraft by 2020 #FARA
24-Oct-18 - US Army Future Vertical Lift Projects #FutureLift
30-Oct-15 - US Army Discuss Future Vertical Lift Architecture