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    Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a plan to develop a family of military helicopters for the United States Armed Forces. Five different sizes of aircraft are...
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    the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program. The UH-60, developed in the early 1970s, has been in service...
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  • successor to the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program. The OH-58 was retired in 2017; three prior programs for...
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    being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. The aircraft was officially unveiled at the 2013 Army...
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    modified to better operate at slower propeller speeds, down to 85% rpm. Future Vertical Lift Related development Sikorsky S-69 Sikorsky S-97 Raider Sikorsky Raider...
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    concept is a contender in the U.S. Army's Joint Heavy Lift program (a part of Future Vertical Lift program). It would have a cargo capacity roughly equivalent...
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  • vehicles. The Future Vertical Lift program is intended to replace the current helicopter fleet flown by the Army Aviation Branch. The Future Long-Range Assault...
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  • The Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) is a US Army program for a 5,000-10,000-shp class turboshaft/turboprop for Future Vertical Lift aircraft and...
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    priorities: Long-range precision fires, Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Future Vertical Lift platforms, a mobile & expeditionary Army network, air and missile...
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    competed for the U.S. Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) unveiled in April, developed from the Future Vertical Lift Capability Set 3 (medium...
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    Wins, (Mar 6, 2019 ) DEVCOM's Roadmap to modernizing the Army: Future Vertical Lift (FVL) MAJ GEN Cedric T. Wins, (December 5, 2018) RDECOM's Roadmap...
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  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
    helicopter. Improvements to the Black Hawk are to continue until the Future Vertical Lift program is ready to replace it. In December 2014, the 101st Airborne...
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    developed prototype, designated as the SB-1 Defiant, for the Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. The Comanche was intended to be an advanced armed...
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  • with Bell Helicopter to propose the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. In September 2013, Lockheed Martin acquired the Scotland-based...
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    of the JSF program has led to a more conservative and open-ended Future Vertical Lift program. Advanced Tactical Fighter Joint Combat Aircraft Joint Unmanned...
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  • Thumbnail for List of future military aircraft of the United States
    that are being developed for use by the United States military in the near future. For aircraft in-service see List of active United States military aircraft...
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  • X2 under the Army's Future Vertical Lift program to create a joint multi-role rotorcraft; the SB-1 was a candidate for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft...
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    The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge is a rail vertical-lift bridge connecting Elizabethport, New Jersey, and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten...
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    Sikorsky/Boeing submitted the SB-1 Defiant helicopter design for the Future Vertical Lift program based on the X2 principle, which was approved by the Army...
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  • The JMR TD is the precursor to the army's estimated US$100 billion Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter...
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    customer, buying their fly-by-wire aircraft control systems for a future Vertical Aerospace aircraft, the VA-X4. Further in 2019 they launched their...
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  • Thumbnail for Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk
    plans to use the VTDP design of the X-49 for their entry in the Future Vertical Lift program, but were not chosen when that project moved into its Joint...
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  • previously utilized for the V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor for the Future Vertical Lift program, and the HV-911 Eagle Eye, another smaller unmanned tiltrotor...
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    the Kiowa was scheduled to be replaced by the light version of the Future Vertical Lift aircraft in the 2030s. In December 2013, the U.S. Army had 338 Kiowas...
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    Software (OWT) / (TMT) / (TSS) - Synthetic training environment In Future Vertical Lift, FARA and FLRAA are projected to be prototyped by 2028, with fielding...
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    train developed under the future affordable turbine engine (FATE) program and a lengthened fuselage. The Future Vertical Lift program is planned to begin...
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  • Thumbnail for Powered lift
    A powered lift aircraft takes off and lands vertically under engine power but uses a fixed wing for horizontal flight. Like helicopters, these aircraft...
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    requirements, so our reach doesn't exceed our grasp. ... A good example is Future Vertical Lift: The prototyping has been exceptional." —Secretary of the Army Mark...
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  • later completing all Phase 1 requirements. Piasecki bid on the Future Vertical Lift program, but was not chosen when that project moved into its Joint...
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    offering an H³ technology based solution for the United States' Future Vertical Lift program, with EADS North America submitting bid to build a technology...
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