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Future Long Range Assault Aircraft

Army medium-sized assault and utility aircraft described in GAO’s 2025 assessment, intended to improve speed, range, agility and endurance over current Black Hawk helicopters.

AircraftAirMilestoneAug 2, 2024
Bell V-280 Valor technology demonstrator banking during a flight demonstration

Photo: Danazar via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop. Derivative shared under the same license. V-280 technology demonstrator, not a production FLRAA/MV-75 aircraft.

Army medium-sized assault and utility aircraft described in GAO’s 2025 assessment, intended to improve speed, range, agility and endurance over current Black Hawk helicopters.

Timeline1

  1. MilestoneConfirmed

    Milestone B approved; enters engineering and manufacturing development

    The Army announced approval of the FLRAA Milestone B Acquisition Decision Memorandum, allowing contract options for Bell's V-280-based design.

    SourcesU.S. Army (PEO Aviation)

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  1. 1.
    Government recordWeapon Systems Annual Assessment 2025 — Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, p. 93

    U.S. Government Accountability Office · Jun 11, 2025 · Supports: System

    “Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)”
  2. 2.
    Government recordFLRAA achieves Milestone B, enters next phase of development

    U.S. Army (PEO Aviation) · Aug 2, 2024 · Supports: System milestone

    “the Army announced the approval of the FLRAA Milestone B Acquisition Decision Memorandum on August 2, 2024.”

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