Bell Textron has contracted Safran Defense & Space Inc (DSI) to provide flight testing solutions in support of the US Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme. This move marks a ...

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A Bell spokesperson confirmed that V-280 Valor fuselage construction for FLRAA — taking place near the home of Textron Aviation Defense off of Greenwich Road, south of Central Avenue — will ...

Sikorsky on Jan. 29 said it has started ground runs with the new GE Aerospace [GE] T901 engines integrated on a Black Hawk helicopter, ahead of the first test flight later this year. GE Aerospace ...

In contrast, its program-mate under the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program – the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) – is taking an iterative path that places a reliance on mature and ...

The UH-60M Black Hawk that was built by Stratford-based Sikorsky completed its first tests of the helicopter equipped with GE Aerospace T901 improved turbine engines in Florida. While it is not ...

The engine maker GE Aerospace announced today that the initial ground runs had been completed at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach facility. Conducted ahead of test flying, the tests confirmed the basic ...

Called the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), the service plans to take advantage of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and Digital Engineering Ecosystem (DEE) to ensure affordable ...

EDITOR’S NOTE on Jan. 28, 2025 at 6:44pm ET: Hours after the publication of this report, the Pentagon released a statement attributed to a senior defense official saying that the Defense ...

Textron Systems and Industrials segments also saw a slight decline in sales, while Bell segment revenue was up 5%, amid higher volume on the FLRAA program. Textron’s segment profit margin ...