News coverage of the Army’s plan to replace its cold war rotorcraft fleet has focused recently on selection of a successor to the ubiquitous Black Hawk helicopter. Bell Textron’s TXT proposal to ...

The U.S. Army is ending its latest effort to build a new armed scout helicopter, known as the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, an abrupt change of direction that marks one of the department’s ...

The U.S. Army is on the lookout for a new attack helicopter. It wants one as it plans to replace the aging Bell OH-58 Kiowa with something more modern and more capable. To do that, it kicked off back ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER — Since the Army canceled plans to develop a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft earlier this year, the two anticipated ...

DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned first flight ...

The Bell 360 Invictus prototype for the US Army's FARA competition is substantially complete, pending first flight in late 2024. (Bell Flight) The US Army cancelled the Future Attack Reconnaissance ...

GE Aerospace’s long-delayed Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) may soon be delivered to its first customers. The US Army on 4 October said it anticipates delivering the prototype engine to helicopter ...

An artist rendering of a potential U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, or FARA. A contractor has not yet been selected to formally build the helicopter. (Photo provided/Bell) WASHINGTON — ...

An artist's rendering shows the Bell 360 Invictus attack reconnaissance helicopter. Bell revealed the helicopter design as its entry into the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft ...