FLRAA effort now in midst of competitive phase

The effort to fulfil the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) requirement is now in the midst of its competitive phase, pitching two differing rotorcraft designs – the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X (a development of the SB>1 Defiant demonstrator) and the Bell V-280 Valor – in a head-to-head contest. The effort is on schedule, with the US Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation telling Key.Aero on January 21, “There should be a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-based contract award to