Talk:Future Vertical Lift

Latest comment: 9 months ago by 75.117.124.3 in topic FARA cancelation

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This isn't really an aricraft as such, or een a program. Per the article's only source, it's really a strategy. It's probably premature to have an article on this yet, as at this point it's basically just news. - BilCat (talk) 17:16, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

This project has been simmering on the Air Force's back burner for years so I don't think it's just news. Marcus Qwertyus 17:27, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
This is mainly an Army program or at least that service is in the lead. -Fnlayson (talk) 19:24, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I wish my update to this information on 5 JUNE 13 had not been changed back. There are some inaccuracies in the current information that I tried to correct. The biggest being that JMR-TD is the same as FVL and that the two terms are interchangeable. Also, Army is the lead agency/Service for FVL-medium, the lead the fleet effort at the moment and mostly due to the fact that the vast majority of R&D and S&T work in the rotary wing/ vertical lift DOD community is done by the Army. Since I am the Joint Coordination and Integration Officer for FVL on the Joint Staff, I acan attest that the information placed in the article on 5 June was accurate.-mburns204 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.247.166 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Even if you are a coordinator, WP rules require actual source material. I work Army aviation programs, myself; but can't quote myself as a source. Nevertheless, the article is sadly out of date, and needs new info. Much has transpired. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE 13:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Karem Aircraft proposal

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Why the Karem Aircraft proposal is in the list of former proposals?
Did the US military reject the TR36TD and the TR75 proposals?
Megaidler (talk) 18:09, 26 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

The section is about JMR, not FVL. The military wants AVX and Karem to continue with their technology, but not their demonstrator aircraft. This is indicated by the paragraph "Downselection". Even the winner of the final JMR may or may not progress into FVL. The article has grown bit by bit into a hodgepodge, and could use a rewrite. TGCP (talk) 17:31, 27 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

JMR-Medium-Light

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What is the JMR-Medium-Light? I didn't see this in any website. Isrul (talk) 09:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Major issues

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This page seems to mix the Future Vertical Lift program with the JMR-Medium/FLRAA program. V-280 Valor and the SB-1 Defiant are ONLY for the JMR-Medium/FLRAA program, not Future Vertical Lift in general. Ergzay (talk) 02:13, 31 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

SDLENGTH

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Hello @Fnlayson: Please see WP:SDLENGTH. — Invasive Spices (talk) 17:57, 31 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Yes but making the description too short and vague makes it almost worthless. I did shorten the desciption some more. Also MOS:NOTUSA. Regards, -Fnlayson (talk) 18:24, 31 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Moved content from Army Futures Command

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Here is text I removed from Army Futures Command; perhaps it will be of use to editors of this article. PRRfan (talk) 14:53, 29 September 2023 (UTC) Reply

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Future Vertical Lift

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Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a plan for a family of military helicopters for the United States Armed Forces using common elements such as sensors avionics and engines.[1] Five different sizes of aircraft are to be developed, to replace the wide range of rotorcraft in use. The project began in 2009. By 2014, the SB-1 Defiant and V-280 Valor had been chosen as demonstrators. On 5 December 2022 Bell's V-280 was chosen for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft; the first phase of the contract award will be for a virtual prototype.[2][3]

  • The FVL CFT has secured approval for the requirements in all four of its Lines of Effort:[4][5]

Future Vertical Lift will use the DoD modular open systems approach (MOSA), an integrated business and technical strategy in FARA, and in FLRAA[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Both FLRAA and FARA are to enter service by Fiscal Year 2030.[15] By abstracting its requirements, the Army was able to request prototypes which used new technologies.

Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) prototypes are to be built by two teams to replace Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawks with Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).[16] The tilt-rotor FLRAA demonstrator by Bell is flying unmanned (October 2019); it logged 100 hours of flight testing by April 2019.[17] Both Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing received contract awards to compete in a risk reduction effort (CDRRE) for FLRAA in March 2020.[18][17][19] The risk reduction effort will be a 2-phase, 2-year competition. The competition will transition technologies (powertrain, drivetrain and control laws) from the previous demonstrators (JMR-TDs) of 2018–2019 to requirements, conceptual designs, and acquisition approach for the weapon system.[18][20] The Army wants flight testing of FLRAA prototypes[21] beginning in 2025, with fielding to the first units in 2030.[22]

The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) is smaller than FLRAA. The Army's requests for proposals (RFPs) for FARA were due in December 2018;[23][24]

A long range precision munition for the Army's aircraft will begin its program of design and development. In the interim, the Army is evaluating the Spike 18 mile range non-line of sight missile on its Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.[25]

Unmanned UH-60

An unmanned UH-60 Black Hawk flew pilotless in July 2022.[26] An FVL FLRAA (JMR-TD) flew unmanned in 2019.[17]

Uncrewed air taxi

An uncrewed air taxi is under evaluation at Edwards Air Force Base.[27]

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References

  1. ^ a b New Army aircraft will be durable, lethal, unmanned for modern conflicts
  2. ^ Marcus Weisgerber (5 December 2022) Army Chooses Bell V-280 to Replace Its Black Hawk Helicopters
  3. ^ Bell (2021) Bell Master Avuators Retired CWSs give their perspective: operations, maintenance, training, tactics, capability
  4. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (25 February 2020) Future Vertical Lift: Army's Aerial Vanguard LRPF will be the prime customer for the AI targeting data provided via FVL. The Joint force is also a consumer of this data, provided by FVL's manned or unmanned missions.
  5. ^ Sean Kimmons, Army News Service (11 June 2020) Future Vertical Lift pushes forward with new requirements
  6. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr. (3 October 2018) Army Wants Revolutionary Scout Aircraft For $30 Million, Same As Apache E FARA Solicitation
  7. ^ Eric Adams (5 July 2019) The Pirouetting S-97 Raider Makes Your Helicopter Look Lazy
  8. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Richard Whittle (23 October 2019) Tilting Wings, Tilting Tailprop, But Not A Tiltrotor: Karem's FARA Design
  9. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Richard Whittle (23 October 2019) Bell 360: Will Slower & Steadier Win The Race For FARA?
  10. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (13 March 2020) MOSA: The Invisible, Digital Backbone Of FVL Modular Open System Architecture
  11. ^ "DoD Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  12. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (28 March 2019) FVL: Next Steps For UH-60 & Shadow Replacements In 'Weeks'
  13. ^ Sean Kimmons (24 October 2018) Future Vertical Lift projects to build on recent progress FVL Deliverables—1: Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration (JMR). 2: Analysis of alternatives (AoA). Phase II award—2020–2023
  14. ^ Jen Judson (4 April 2019) US Army plans to field a future long-range assault helicopter by 2030 FLRAA
    • RFI posted on the Federal Business Opportunities, 4 April
    • Contract award: fourth quarter of FY21
    • preliminary design review (PDR) second quarter of FY23
    • first flight in the third quarter of FY24
    • critical design review (CDR) in the fourth quarter of FY24
    • fielding to first unit in second quarter of FY30
  15. ^ Steve Trimble (24 July 2020) U.S. Army Upgrades Vision For Future Vertical Lift Programs
  16. ^ FLRAA, JMR-TD: Flight test
  17. ^ a b c Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (15 October 2019) 4 Flights, 3 Hours, 20 Knots: Defiant Inches Ahead
  18. ^ a b Jen Judson (16 Mar 2020) Army selects companies to continue in long-range assault aircraft competition
  19. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (20 February 2020) We've Got Enough Data On Defiant: Sikorsky & Boeing
  20. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (26 February 2020) FVL: Can Army Break The Comanche Curse?
  21. ^ Jen Judson (13 Oct 2022) US Army nearly ready to make future long-range assault aircraft award
  22. ^ Jen Judson (12 Jul 2021) US Army triggers competition for future long-range assault aircraft
  23. ^ "Army Pushing Forward with Major Future Helicopter Projects". www.nationaldefensemagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  24. ^ Andrew Eversden (8 Jul 2022) Army's FARA-destined future helicopter engine passes first test ITEP engine
  25. ^ Jen Judson (14 Jun 2021) US Army sets timeline to design new long-range weapon
  26. ^ Kris Osborn (28 Jul 2022) UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Achieves Pilotless Flight Sikorsky, DARPA's ALIAS program "... includes the ability to operate aircraft at all times of the day or night, with and without pilots, and in a variety of difficult conditions, such as contested, congested, and degraded visual environments".— Stuart Young, DARPA
  27. ^ Stephen Losey (25 Sep 2023) Joby’s air taxis to help US Air Force usher in electric aviation era

PRRfan (talk) 14:53, 29 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

More content from Army Futures Command

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Future Vertical Lift developments include:[1]

  • The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) scout helicopter prototypes are to be designed to fly along urban streets, to survive air defenses.[2] Five design vendors were selected, with downselect to two for prototyping by February 2020.[2]
  • These aircraft are envisioned as platforms for utilizing sensor networks to control and enable weapons delivery, as demonstrated in a 2019 experiment.[3][4] In preparation for FVL platforms, the FVL CFT demonstrated a 2020 Spike non-line of sight missile launch from an Apache gunship at Yuma Proving Ground, for extended range capability;[5] a forward air launch of an unmanned sensor aircraft (UAS) from a helicopter was demonstrated at YPG as well.[6]

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  1. ^ Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. (26 Mar 2020) FVL Q&A: 7 Leaders On The Future Of Army Aviation Nicknamed "6-pack+1";
    1. Commander, Aviation Center of Excellence (CoE)
    2. Commander, Aviation Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC)
    3. Director, Aviation directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff G3/5/7
    4. Commander, Aviation Special Operations Command (USASOAC)
    5. Deputy PEO, Aviation
    6. SES, Aviation and Missile Command
    7. Director, FVL CFT
  2. ^ a b Cooper, Scott (2019-04-23). "FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. ^ Gary Sheftick, Army News Service (9 September 2019) Smart sensor network helps redirect missile The GBU-69 was redirected; FARA is slated to replace AH-64 in subsequent A3I experiments
  4. ^ Dan Gouré (29 Feb 2020) Finally, There Is a Solution to the Problem of Flying in Degraded Visual Environments: Terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS)
  5. ^ David Craig (6 April 2020) Future Vertical Lift Conducts a Demonstration of the Spike NLOS Missile System
  6. ^ Kerensa Crum CCDC Aviation & Missile Center Public Affairs (30 March 2020) CCDC Aviation, Missile Center highlights forward-launched UAS technology

PRRfan (talk) 05:12, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

FARA cancelation

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Article needs to be updated due to the cancelation of the FARA (Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft) program cancelation on Feb 8 2024 75.117.124.3 (talk) 01:37, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply