US Army aims to get attack recon helicopter prototype flying by 2023

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is aiming to get two future attack reconnaissance helicopter prototypes flying by 2023, according to a June 22 draft solicitation.

Posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, the solicitation calls on industry to help refine the Army’s effort to solicit design and development plans for a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype, or FARA CP ― part of the service’s larger move to procure a family of Future Vertical Lift aircraft in the early 2030s, if not sooner.

The Army has been talking about procuring an FVL family of helicopters for the better part of a decade and has debated whether to prioritize the pursuit of a medium lift helicopter to replace UH-60 Black Hawks and AH-64 Apaches. Alternatively, the service was considering buying an armed reconnaissance helicopter to fill the gap left from the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior’s 2014 retirement.

It became clearer in March, at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, that the service would focus on pursuing both a long-range assault helicopter that would fit into the medium-lift category and an armed reconnaissance helicopter that would be considered a light aircraft.

While the Army is in the throes of its Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration for one medium-lift prototypeBell’s V-280 Valor — and is awaiting the first flight of its second prototype — Sikorsky and Boeing’s SB-1 Defiant — it’s unclear how the service might pursue an armed reconnaissance helicopter.



The draft solicitation shows the service would like to see four to six initial awards made in fiscal 2019 based on conceptual designs and approaches to build prototypes that meet the Army’s desired attributes.

Industry participants would have nine months to develop preliminary designs, according to the draft solicitation.

The Army would then down-select to two companies or teams after an initial design and risk review, it says. This is expected in the third quarter of 2020, the draft solicitation notes.

“The two companies/teams that are selected will proceed to detailed design, build, and test phase,” the document states. A final design and risk review will take place to move forward.

In the third quarter of 2022, the Army would move into a design review that will determine the entrance into a formal acquisition process.

The first flight of the two prototypes would be planned for the first quarter of 2023 and would fly through the fourth quarter, which would involve a test in an operationally relevant environment, or a fly-off.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/20...ck-recon-helicopter-prototype-flying-by-2023/


these fucking retards, they can easily save money by bringing this out an give it a updated frame an avionics an save endless money.

*sighs*


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look at the fucking size of this thing!? Someone tell me how in gods name this is a "small recon helo"?
 
I “recon” that this will be very costly for the tax payers!
 
Why does just about every conspiracy have to be proven right?

The black helicopters are out there man.
 
The U.S. Army Bell AH-1 Cobra was one of the most 'bad-ass' helicopter designs made. The U.S. Marines put it on 'steroids' and turned it into the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. Nicknamed the 'Zulu Cobra', it features advanced target-sighting technology as well as an impressive artillery array that includes rockets, missiles, and a Gatling gun. Make any upgrades to this helicopter instead of re-inventing the wheel. The Army's Apache is one ugly duckling. Attack helicopters should not have wheels.


 
At some point you think it might make more sense for Lockheed Martin and Boeing to just collect taxes from me, directly.
 
The Russians have already completed their next-gen prototype...

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Oh goodie. A knock-off of the V-22 Osprey is going to replace the UH-60 Crash-hawk, I mean Blackhawk, the AH-64 Apache (and presumably its Longbow brother, the only 2 fucking helicopters that actually seem to work), and the Oh-58 Kiowa. A one-size-fits all approach seems to always work, right?

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Well, I look forward to crashing in one of these at some point in the future. Should be a hoot and a half.
 
Awesome, no wonder why we have to cut all the social programs, infrastructure, environmental protection while giving the richest among us a massive tax cut.
 
first the chey
Oh goodie. A knock-off of the V-22 Osprey is going to replace the UH-60 Crash-hawk, I mean Blackhawk, the AH-64 Apache (and presumably its Longbow brother, the only 2 fucking helicopters that actually seem to work), and the Oh-58 Kiowa. A one-size-fits all approach seems to always work, right?

F35A-FeatureArt.jpg


Well, I look forward to crashing in one of these at some point in the future. Should be a hoot and a half.

don't seagal yourself, you silly snakeeater

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https://www.defensenews.com/land/20...ck-recon-helicopter-prototype-flying-by-2023/


these fucking retards, they can easily save money by bringing this out an give it a updated frame an avionics an save endless money.

*sighs*


V-280-Valor-first-flight.jpg


look at the fucking size of this thing!? Someone tell me how in gods name this is a "small recon helo"?

Not sure if that is technically an Osprey, but if it is, the higher ups have been pushing them for a long time. In the beginning they were considered pieces of shit and death traps. Not sure if they worked out all of the bugs.
 
Not sure if that is technically an Osprey, but if it is, the higher ups have been pushing them for a long time. In the beginning they were considered pieces of shit and death traps. Not sure if they worked out all of the bugs.

it isn't, believe it's an offshoot of a bell/agusta tiltrotor from a while back
 
It lools like some sort of wolf .....one that flies through the air
 
Awesome, no wonder why we have to cut all the social programs, infrastructure, environmental protection while giving the richest among us a massive tax cut.


its the problem that congress cancles good projects infavor of shit ones. If they want an armed recon, logically speaking they have the prototype Comanches still laying around. Why not update it with new technologies. save money
 
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