Bell Achieves Major Milestone in U.S. Army’s FLRAA Program


Bell Textron Inc. announced in August 2024 that the United States Army has approved the Milestone B decision for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), marking the beginning of this weapon system’s program of record (PoR). Two years earlier, the Army selected the Bell V-280 Valor powered by Rolls-Royce engines as the winner of the FLRAA contract. The FLRAA program represents the largest step in a new direction in 40 years for the Army’s vertical-lift capability.


“The U.S. Army’s new long-range assault aircraft will fly twice as far and twice as fast as the current fleet,” said Jeff Schloesser, Bell’s executive vice president of strategic pursuits. “By utilizing mature tiltrotor technology coupled with an innovative digital engineering approach and an open architecture, it will be the most reliable, affordable and high-performing long-range assault aircraft in the world.”


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Nov/Dec 2024


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