{"id":29303,"date":"2019-04-04T20:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/04\/us-army-plans-to-field-a-future-long-range-assault-helicopter-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:25:43","slug":"us-army-plans-to-field-a-future-long-range-assault-helicopter-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/04\/04\/us-army-plans-to-field-a-future-long-range-assault-helicopter-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army plans to field a future long-range assault helicopter by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is wading further into the process of buying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/30\/army-future-vertical-lift-hones-in-on-attack-recon-long-range-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\">future long-range assault aircraft <\/a>to replace UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters by issuing a request for information to industry to see what might be in the realm of the possible when it comes to fielding a new helo by fiscal 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbo.gov\/index?s=opportunity&#038;mode=form&#038;id=7683549fd2b3248f8db1b821b4f94f4f&#038;tab=core&#038;_cview=0\" target=_blank>an RFI on the Federal Business Opportunities<\/a> website April 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is planning to pursue a program of record for the future aircraft, known as FLRAA, with Special Operations Command, and U.S. Marine Corps acquisition programs are expected to follow roughly two years later, the RFI notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2018\/10\/10\/can-the-army-pull-off-buying-two-new-helicopters-back-to-back\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AUSA-FVL-1-web.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can the Army pull off buying two new helicopters back to back?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army\u2019s track record over the past few decades hasn\u2019t been good when it comes to trying to buy a new helicopter, but now the service wants to buy not one, but two different aircraft.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service wants to award contracts in the fourth quarter of FY21 for preliminary designs with a review of those designs in the second quarter of FY23, a first flight in the third quarter of FY24, followed by a critical design review in the fourth quarter of FY24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan, according to the RFI, is to get the first unit equipped in the second quarter of FY30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While most of the cost requirements are not made public in the RFI, the Army does note that it wants an aircraft that is roughly $43 million per unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RFI requests that industry responses include a detailed scheduled that accelerates the fielding of FLRAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army specifically asks industry to \u201cprovide a detailed description of tailored, alternative or innovative approaches that streamlines the acquisition process to accelerate the program as much as possible.\u201d The RFI also asks industry to include growth potential in terms of a variety of areas including weapon systems that would keep the aircraft relevant over a 50-year useful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army wants FLRAA \u2014 at a minimum \u2014 to have a 95% maximum rated power to perform a 500 feet per minute vertical rate of climb from a hover-out-of-ground effect. The helicopter should be able to fly at 6,000 feet in 95 degree heat with 12 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has set its objective requirements for the aircraft to maintain 100% maximum continuous power in a 500 feet per minute vertical climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft should at least be able to fly 1,725 nautical miles one way without refueling. But the service would like to have the capability to fly 2,449 nautical miles. FLRAA should also be able to fly up to 250 knots, but with an objective cruise speed goal of 280 knots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has already collected a great deal of data on a future vertical lift platform of this size through its Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator, or JMR-TD.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/01\/30\/future-vertical-lift-plan-poised-to-lead-army-out-of-acquisition-dark-ages\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Valor100percent.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Future Vertical Lift poised to get Army out of the acquisition dark ages<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is developing a digital backbone for its future family of vertical lift aircraft that could transform procurement across the service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell and a Sikorsky-Boeing team have each built a technology demonstrator aircraft to help the Army lay out its requirements for a future aircraft. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/06\/19\/bells-v-280-valor-shows-off-agility-speed-in-first-public-flight-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bell\u2019s V-280 Valor tiltrotor <\/a>has been flying since December 2017, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/03\/21\/sikorsky-boeing-defiant-helo-takes-first-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant<\/a> flew last month for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. 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