In a move that caught defense circles by surprise, the Army announced Thursday that it is canceling its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) helicopter program.

With the Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program cancelled earlier this year, FLRAA becomes the only Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform to move into the EMD phase. In a press release ...

Sikorsky is staying positive. After losing the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program in December and declining to proceed with any further legal challenge following a ...

The following is the June 3, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). From the report The U.S. Army is developing the Future Long-Range ...

As the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program enters the next major development phase, the service plans significant upgrades to Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor, the FLRAA ...

Textron won the FLRAA contest, unlocking massive revenue potential in the tens of billions of dollars. Click here to learn more about the huge implications of TXT's win.

Sikorsky and Bell helicopter proposals are drawing close to completion for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition. Both US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) ...

Bell and Lockheed Martin are competing to build the FARA. The service plans to field FARA along with FLRAA around 2030. The two teams building prototypes are aiming to fly them by the end of 2023.

Lockheed Martin is to continue developing its X2 technologies for the international market despite suffering setbacks with its offerings to the US Army.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by the Sikorsky-Boeing team against the US Army’s decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft in the the Future ...

Bell, the Fort Worth-based aerospace and defense manufacturer, is offering a voluntary separation program in its Fort Worth and Amarillo facilities. “As we begin to ramp up for the FLRAA program ...

The Army's helicopter modernization program is expected to have a significant impact on local defense manufacturing. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has sided with Textron Inc. and ...