Harry McNeil
The FLRAA programme’s timeline has already seen Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky and its partner Boeing filing a formal protest against the US Army’s decision to award the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract to Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor.
However, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied the protest in April 2023. The FLRAA programme, aiming to replace the ageing UH-60 Black Hawk by 2030, chose the V-280 Valor over Sikorsky’s SB>1 Defiant X, securing a contract valued at approximately $7.1bn.
Collaboration at the forefront
Bell’s collaboration with the US Army has been vital in the FLRAA programme’s development. Lazzara emphasised the integration of efforts, stating, “The collaboration started long before we were on this contract back during the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator phase. It was essential to showcase our capabilities as a reliable partner for a future programme.
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