Featured in FARABYDan ParsonsMay 24, 2022Share28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault MissionArmy proves large numbers of highly networked drones can be controlled by one operator aboard a helicopter or from the ground. BYDan ParsonsMay 24, 2022ShareBYDan ParsonsMay 19, 2022ShareLittle Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation PlanIt may be slow, but the only thing that can replace a M/AH-6 Little Bird special operations helicopter is another Little Bird, at least for now. BYDan ParsonsMay 19, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Army’s New 20mm Aerial Cannon On An Actual HelicopterThe XM915 cannon is being tested on a UH-60 Black Hawk, but is under development for the Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareNorthrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future HelicoptersSwarming loitering munitions, fast-firing cannons, and other new capabilities are core components of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift initiative. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 31, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Begun To Hunt For Its MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter And Fire Scout Drone ReplacementsThe U.S. Navy is looking toward next-generation vertical-lift platforms to replace existing types starting in 2030. BYThomas NewdickJan 31, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareThe Army Has Unveiled Its Plan For Swarms Of Electronic Warfare Enabled Air-Launched DronesThe drones will be able to scout ahead, act as decoys, and launch electronic warfare and other strikes directly against threats they find. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2020ShareBell And Sikorsky To Compete Head To Head To Make The Army’s Future Armed Recon HelicopterThe Army wants to buy hundreds of examples of the winning design to fill the gap left by the early retirement of its OH-58D scout helicopters. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareBoeing Reveals Its Contender To Be The Army’s Future High-Speed Armed Scout HelicopterThe Army expects the winning design will replace nearly half of its AH-64 Apaches, which are also Boeing products. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareArmy To Replace Nearly Half Of Its Apache Gunships With Future High-Speed Armed Recon HeloBefore now, the service had only said that the new rotorcraft would serve as a successor to the now-retired OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWe Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program OfficialsSikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there’s still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareThe Army Nearly Adopted This Stealthy OH-58X Kiowa Warrior VariantAs the Army hunts for a new stealthy, high-speed, long-range attack reconnaissance helicopter, it’s interesting to look back at what might have been. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBehold Sikorsky’s “Raider X” Future High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance HelicopterThe Army wants a survivable and fast “knife fighter” helicopter to fight in contested areas. The Raider X certainly seems like it could be just that. BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2019ShareNo, Bell’s Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Isn’t Stealth But It Aims To Be Fast And CheapBell is pushing traditional helicopter design to its limits in an effort to offer the Army a capable, but low-risk and low-cost armed scout solution. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2019ShareBell Goes Low Risk And Low Cost With Armed Scout Based On 525 Relentless HelicopterBy sticking to a conventional helicopter configuration, Bell will position itself as the low-cost, low-risk, and even possibly stealthy, option. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2019ShareHere’s What’s In The Army’s Requirements For A Future High-Speed Assault HelicopterThe goal is to replace the Army’s Black Hawks and some Marine helos, but the new design might ultimately replace a number of other helicopters too. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2018ShareArmy Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance RotorcraftThe service says it wants flying prototypes by 2022 and that it could have the first examples in service six years afterward. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2018Share
BYDan ParsonsMay 24, 2022Share28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault MissionArmy proves large numbers of highly networked drones can be controlled by one operator aboard a helicopter or from the ground. BYDan ParsonsMay 24, 2022Share
BYDan ParsonsMay 19, 2022ShareLittle Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation PlanIt may be slow, but the only thing that can replace a M/AH-6 Little Bird special operations helicopter is another Little Bird, at least for now. BYDan ParsonsMay 19, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Army’s New 20mm Aerial Cannon On An Actual HelicopterThe XM915 cannon is being tested on a UH-60 Black Hawk, but is under development for the Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareNorthrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future HelicoptersSwarming loitering munitions, fast-firing cannons, and other new capabilities are core components of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift initiative. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 31, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Begun To Hunt For Its MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter And Fire Scout Drone ReplacementsThe U.S. Navy is looking toward next-generation vertical-lift platforms to replace existing types starting in 2030. BYThomas NewdickJan 31, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020ShareThe Army Has Unveiled Its Plan For Swarms Of Electronic Warfare Enabled Air-Launched DronesThe drones will be able to scout ahead, act as decoys, and launch electronic warfare and other strikes directly against threats they find. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 17, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2020ShareBell And Sikorsky To Compete Head To Head To Make The Army’s Future Armed Recon HelicopterThe Army wants to buy hundreds of examples of the winning design to fill the gap left by the early retirement of its OH-58D scout helicopters. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareBoeing Reveals Its Contender To Be The Army’s Future High-Speed Armed Scout HelicopterThe Army expects the winning design will replace nearly half of its AH-64 Apaches, which are also Boeing products. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020ShareArmy To Replace Nearly Half Of Its Apache Gunships With Future High-Speed Armed Recon HeloBefore now, the service had only said that the new rotorcraft would serve as a successor to the now-retired OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWe Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program OfficialsSikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there’s still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareThe Army Nearly Adopted This Stealthy OH-58X Kiowa Warrior VariantAs the Army hunts for a new stealthy, high-speed, long-range attack reconnaissance helicopter, it’s interesting to look back at what might have been. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019ShareBehold Sikorsky’s “Raider X” Future High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance HelicopterThe Army wants a survivable and fast “knife fighter” helicopter to fight in contested areas. The Raider X certainly seems like it could be just that. BYTyler RogowayOct 14, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2019ShareNo, Bell’s Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Isn’t Stealth But It Aims To Be Fast And CheapBell is pushing traditional helicopter design to its limits in an effort to offer the Army a capable, but low-risk and low-cost armed scout solution. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2019ShareBell Goes Low Risk And Low Cost With Armed Scout Based On 525 Relentless HelicopterBy sticking to a conventional helicopter configuration, Bell will position itself as the low-cost, low-risk, and even possibly stealthy, option. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2019ShareHere’s What’s In The Army’s Requirements For A Future High-Speed Assault HelicopterThe goal is to replace the Army’s Black Hawks and some Marine helos, but the new design might ultimately replace a number of other helicopters too. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2018ShareArmy Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance RotorcraftThe service says it wants flying prototypes by 2022 and that it could have the first examples in service six years afterward. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2018Share
