The US Army revealed plans to rebalance its aviation modernisation investments on February 8, including the cancellation of its multi-billion dollar Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme – which was set to see a fly-off competition between Bell’s 360 Invictus and Sikorsky’s Raider X offerings in the near future – and also the axing of the service’s plan to upgrade hundreds of Black Hawks to UH-60V standard

El gigante estadounidense de la fabricación de helicópteros, Bell, ha publicado imágenes de su prototipo 360 Invictus -la solución propuesta por la empresa para el requisito de la Futura Aeronave de Reconocimiento de Ataque (FARA, por sus siglas en inglés) del Ejército estadounidense- añadiendo que la plataforma está casi terminada.

US-based helicopter manufacturing giant, Bell, has released images of its 360 Invictus prototype – the firm’s proposed solution for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) requirement – adding that the platform is nearly complete

Sikorsky announced on April 4 that the production of its Raider X competitive prototype for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft programme – a part of the service’s wider Future Vertical Lift portfolio – is now more than 85% complete

Sikorsky anunció el 4 de abril que la producción de su prototipo competitivo Raider X para el programa Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, que forma parte de la cartera más amplia de Future Vertical Lift del servicio, se ha completado en más de un 85%.

Bell Textron has released new data on the build and testing for the Bell 360 Invictus competitive prototype. The programme is rapidly progressing through manufacturing, assembly, components testing and systems integration work