{"id":44112,"date":"2018-04-27T22:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T22:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/27\/army-future-vertical-lift-team-figuring-out-how-field-a-helo-within-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:07:42","slug":"army-future-vertical-lift-team-figuring-out-how-field-a-helo-within-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/27\/army-future-vertical-lift-team-figuring-out-how-field-a-helo-within-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s Future Vertical Lift team working out how to get a helo within a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 The Army\u2019s Future Vertical Lift cross-functional team<\/a> that falls under the service\u2019s new Futures Command<\/a> has a goal of getting a new helicopter much earlier than the long-stated projection of fielding an aircraft in the early 2030s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army secretary has essentially directed the new CFT designed to address the service\u2019s third-highest modernization priority to look at ways to buy helicopters within 10 years, Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, the leader of the FVL CFT, said at the Army Aviation Association of America\u2019s annual summit on April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we wait for a typical capability development, we are looking at the 2030s, and that is not my charge,\u201d Rugen said. \u201cThe secretary told us this decade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is now weighing when and how it will procure two specific helicopters. It\u2019s possible the Army will develop requirements for other aircraft that would fit into an FVL family, but for now the service is focusing on a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft that would be categorized as a light helicopter and a Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft that would fit more in a medium-lift category.<\/p>\n\n\n\t