Story by Capt. Andrew Lightsey IV, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Army officially named its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) the MV-75 Cheyenne II on April 15 (2026). The announcement was…
Nashville, TN (April 15, 2026). — The U.S. Army officially designated the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) Bell MV-75 as the Cheyenne II. Consistent with the Army tradition of honoring Native American tribes, the MV-75…
PEO Aviation REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The Army’s Future Vertical Lift program took a major step forward as the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, program entered the next major phase of development when…
Providence, R.I. (December, 5. 2022) – Bell Textron Inc. has been awarded the development contract for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program from the United States Army with the V-280 Valor tiltrotor. The aircraft…
Interview conducted by Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin company) The Sikorsky test pilots Bill Fell and John Groth acumulates between them more than 65 years of helicopter experience. Bill is part of Sikorsky’s efforts to advance…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), and Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced six new members of Team DEFIANT. These supplier teammates will join the team to support DEFIANT X®, the advanced helicopter for the U.S.…
NASHVILLE March 31, 2022 — After three years of proving its transformational flight capabilities, the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter flew 700 nm to arrived in Nashville the past week to give U.S. Army Aviators…
PHILADELPHIA, febrero de 2022 — Sikorsky, una compañía de Lockheed Martin, y Boeing han seleccionado el turboeje Honeywell HTS7500 para propulsar el DEFIANT X, el avanzado helicóptero presentado para la competición por el próximo U.S.…
Fort Worth, Texas (junio de 2021) — Bell Textron Inc, una compañía de Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), avanza en el programa de pruebas de vuelo del tiltrotor Bell V-280 Valor para cumplir con las exigencias del…
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, 15 de abril de 2021 — Sikorsky y Boeing continúan desarrollando el DEFIANT X para el programa de demostración competitiva y reducción de riesgos (CD&RR) del U.S. Army Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft…