DARPA is holding a competition that will reward UAS designs that can improve current payload-to-weight limitations.

Sometime later this year, the U.S. Army will select the first of two new rotorcraft designed to replace much of the joint helicopter fleet. The initial “down-select” will choose between aircraft ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (July 29, 2015) -- Efforts are being made to establish methods to reduce the time to develop and field new software capabilities and their life cycle costs for future vertical lift ...

The Bell V-247 tiltrotor is an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that will combine the vertical lift capability of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft, and would ...

The Army is working toward a Black Hawk helicopter capable of launching drones midair. (Spc. Cory Sparks/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The fiscal 2020 budget request is out, showing the U.S. Army is ...

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has been awarded multiple contracts from the U.S. Army to develop key technologies for the Advanced Teaming Demonstration Program (A-Team). BAE Systems was ...

The biggest problem with electric VTOL aircraft is the VTOL system. It's a pain. The world-changing convenience of vertical lift systems comes with a high price tag: they weigh a heap, particularly ...

Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor is part of the Joint-Multi Role demonstration being conducted ahead of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program of record. Mission systems are being incorporated into ...

Collins Aerospace is looking to develop a digital backbone for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs. While the modular open systems approach (MOSA) provides standards for creating open ...

The Italian Air Force Chief of Staff recently talked about the FVL and Tempest/FCAS as the service’s two most important projects. Talking to the media on July 19, 2022, during the “Tende Scaglia” ...

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