Brig. Gen. Robert Barrie, commander of the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office Aviation, said the service branch has commenced field-testing of Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FTUAS). Barrie said at the Association of the U.S. Army's virtual conference last week that soldiers are now being equipped with FTUAS prototypes for fielding.
Read More » Lt. Gen. Warren Berry, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection at the U.S. Air Force, said the service is looking at the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program as an option to meet the need for carrying out agile airlift operations in a time of war.
Read More » The U.S. Army has released new details about a family of manned and unmanned helicopters that the service branch intends to procure for future battlefield operations, Military.com reported Tuesday. The report noted the Army’s Future Vertical Lift fleet will consist of an unmanned aerial system, an attack reconnaissance aircraft and a …
Read More » The U.S. Army aims to acquire and create new vertical lift aircraft variants for operations in the 2030s and beyond, Defense News reported Tuesday. Future vertical lift was listed third among top modernization priorities when the Army stoop up a new command in the fall. Brig. Gen. Frank Tate, director …
Read More » The U.S. Army plans to hold a flight demonstration of tactical unmanned aircraft systems that could replace the service branch’s Shadow and Gray Eagle UAS, Defense News reported Thursday. Layne Merritt, a chief engineer at the Army’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, told the publication that the Army looks to …
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