Bell’s Model 360 Invictus competitive prototype will be flight tested at the company’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas. Credit: Bell FORT WORTH—Bell aims to start test flights of its Bell ...

In future conflicts, attack reconnaissance aircraft will be key to “achieving and sustaining overmatch against potential competitors and enduring asymmetric threats by closing or mitigating gaps in ...

The Bell 360 Invictus prototype for the US Army's FARA competition is substantially complete, pending first flight in late 2024. (Bell Flight) The US Army cancelled the Future Attack Reconnaissance ...

Both contenders for the Army’s new Future Attack Recon Aircraft (FARA) have now received their General Electric T901 Improved Turbine Engined and have begun installation on their respective advanced ...

With the Army’s next-gen engine installed, the helicopter vying for the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft competition is expected to take its first flight next year.

The U.S. Army is on the lookout for a new attack helicopter. It wants one as it plans to replace the aging Bell OH-58 Kiowa with something more modern and more capable. To do that, it kicked off back ...

GE Aerospace’s long-delayed Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) may soon be delivered to its first customers. The US Army on 4 October said it anticipates delivering the prototype engine to helicopter ...

In a major milestone for its aviation modernisation effort, the US Army has delivered the engine that will power the service’s next-generation attack helicopter to vendors competing to build the new ...

The US Army on 25 March selected Bell and Sikorsky to move forward with its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype (FARA-CP) programme. The two companies edged out AVX Aircraft-L3 ...

The general public has come to know the concept of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) machines only recently, thanks to the many startups out there working on delivering new transportation solutions ...