The U.S. Army will pursue a mix of long-range, high-speed, agile unmanned and optionally piloted manned aircraft in its attempt to regain aviation dominance.
To defeat near-peer threats, the U.S. must break down traditional barriers between services and hierarchy of command, according to the man charged with building the Army's Multi-Domain Battle concept, Brig. Gen. Mark Odom.
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UTAS wants to upgrade its AVR-2B Laser Targeting Warning System on the Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook to improve pilotage in degraded visual environments.
After a false start, the service has begun engaging with the 103-member Vertical Lift Consortium about how best to replace its long-serving Beechcraft C-12 Huron and Fairchild C-26 Metroliner fleets.
The team aims to demo the tactical value of the coaxial-rotor compound helicopter to the medium-lift utility mission now performed by the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.
