{"id":52161,"date":"2022-05-04T18:47:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/04\/how-much-did-engine-delays-set-back-the-future-attack-recon-aircraft-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:56:33","slug":"how-much-did-engine-delays-set-back-the-future-attack-recon-aircraft-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/05\/04\/how-much-did-engine-delays-set-back-the-future-attack-recon-aircraft-program\/","title":{"rendered":"How much did engine delays set back the Future Attack Recon Aircraft program?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The flight schedule has slipped by a year for two prototypes competing for the U.S. Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/08\/26\/us-army-has-flexibility-in-its-path-to-a-future-attack-recon-aircraft-program-leaders-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program<\/a>, budget justification documents show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/10\/11\/covid-snags-armys-race-to-fly-future-helicopter-with-next-gen-engine\/\" target=\"_blank\">The pandemic<\/a> had already delayed government testing of the first Improved Turbine Engine Program engine, but the Army was trying to keep its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/08\/26\/us-army-has-flexibility-in-its-path-to-a-future-attack-recon-aircraft-program-leaders-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">FARA program<\/a> on track, even though prototypes depend on the integration of that engine to get airborne for a full-year flight test program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s fiscal 2023 budget justification books reveal the service<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2022\/04\/07\/industry-teams-aim-to-fly-prototypes-of-future-attack-recon-aircraft-by-end-of-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\"> planned to fly the two prototypes<\/a> \u2014 from Bell and Lockheed Martin\u2019s Sikorsky \u2013 over the course of FY23, but that timeline has slipped. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/08\/05\/bell-changes-design-for-the-us-armys-future-attack-recon-aircraft\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bell\u2019s 360 Invictus <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/02\/20\/lockheeds-raider-x-already-under-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sikorsky\u2019s Raider X<\/a> will fly over the course of FY24, barring any other delays, according to a comparison of the FY23 budget documents and their counterparts from FY22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service awarded contracts to the two companies to build the prototypes in 2020. The aircraft are roughly 80% assembled, and the competitors are waiting to integrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2019\/04\/15\/army-sees-path-to-accelerate-itep-engine-program-with-ge\/\" target=\"_blank\">ITEP engine<\/a> once the first one finishes required testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCOVID challenges to GE Aviation\u2019s Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) supplier base negated realization of a 12-month engine development acceleration necessary to support the original FARA need,\u201d an Army spokesperson told Defense News in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe overall ITE program remains on schedule and began first engine testing on March 22, 2022,\u201d the Army noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FARA vendors plan to start ITEP integration into their prototypes in November 2022, the service spokesperson said, in order to support flight testing in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. Robert Barrie, the Army\u2019s program executive officer for aviation, told Defense News earlier this year that flight testing in 2023 will begin toward the end of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo we still see a path to fly in \u201823? The answer is yes,\u201d Barrie said. \u201cThere\u2019s risk to that, but, yes, our objective remains to fly in \u201823.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with flight testing behind, the Army also must delay when it issues its request for proposals for the engineering and manufacturing development phase, from the third quarter of FY22 to the second quarter of FY23. It will now evaluate those proposals through the first quarter of FY25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army also won\u2019t enter Milestone B \u2014 the technology development phase \u2014 until the third quarter of FY25, delayed from the first quarter of FY24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapons system capability design review has also moved from the third quarter of FY24 to the fourth quarter of FY26, according to a comparison of FY22 and FY23 budget documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA schedule realignment was necessary to allow [competitive prototype] flight testing to inform the final requirement, the Weapons System Increment 1 activities, and documentation necessary for Milestone B,\u201d the Army spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the FARA schedule has slipped, funding continues to be solid. According to the FY23 budget books, there were slight funding boosts across the board compared to planned funding laid out in FY21 documents (the last time the Army issued a five-year funding plan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In FY23, the Army plans to fund the program at $439.9 million, which is roughly $10 million more than it planned to spend in FY23, according to FY21 documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will provide $151.6 million in FY24, which is about $3 million more than planned. Then in FY25, the Army plans to spend roughly $17 million more for a total of $670 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding then ramps up in FY26 and FY27. The Army has budgeted to spend $769 million in FY26 and $1.1 billion in FY27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/03\/31\/us-army-faces-key-decisions-to-advance-future-vertical-lift-aircraft-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\">driving toward fielding two future vertical lift helicopters by 2030.<\/a> The other aircraft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/07\/12\/us-army-triggers-future-long-range-assault-aircraft-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">future long-range assault aircraft,<\/a> is further along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is expected to make a contract award to either a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/01\/25\/lockheed-boeing-team-pitch-defiant-x-its-candidate-for-the-armys-long-range-assault-helo-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sikorsky-Boeing<\/a> team or <a 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