{"id":69151,"date":"2024-11-07T20:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/07\/armys-long-range-assault-aircraft-fuselages-to-be-built-in-kansas\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:13:13","slug":"armys-long-range-assault-aircraft-fuselages-to-be-built-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/11\/07\/armys-long-range-assault-aircraft-fuselages-to-be-built-in-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s long-range assault aircraft fuselages to be built in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell Textron will build the U.S. Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2022\/12\/05\/us-army-makes-largest-helicopter-award-in-40-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">Future Long Range Assault Aircraft<\/a>, or FLRAA, fuselages in Wichita, Kansas, the company announced this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company won the Army\u2019s bid to build FLRAA in late 2022 following a competition in which it and a Sikorsky-Boeing team flew technology demonstrators for several years to evaluate aircraft capabilities and drive out risk to a future program of record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bell will use an existing facility near Textron Aviation Defense and plans to start work there \u201cin the next several months,\u201d according to a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company will also conduct supporting work at several of its advanced manufacturing facilities in Texas, like its Advanced Composite Center in Fort Worth. 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