Sikorsky's coaxial Raider X will not see service with the U.S. Army as a Kiowa Warrior replacement - nor will its competitor, Bell's 360 Invictus. In a move that caught defense circles by surprise, ...

DENVER — When the Army announced the cancellation of its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft in February, it marked the service’s fourth failed attempt to replace the Kiowa scout helicopter, with ...

Sikorsky's Raider X competitive prototype for FARA was essentially complete by the end of 2022. In March 2018, the US Army unveiled an ambitious plan to field a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army is ending its latest effort to build a new armed scout helicopter, known as the Future Attack Reconnaissance ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — One of the signature helicopters of special operations forces won't get the expected relief from a major replacement program now that it was canceled earlier this year. U.S. Special ...

Last Thursday, the U.S. Army announced it would cancel its next-generation Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) helicopter program after having invested some $2.4 billion into its development ...

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 ...

DENVER — When the Army released its 2025 fiscal year budget request in March, it came on the heels of a dramatic shift in its aviation portfolio, including the cancellation of the Future Attack ...

You know, sometimes these things just don't work out. The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program was meant to create the U.S. Army's new weaponized scout helicopter. The Army had even ...

War is changing fast. It is hard for the people who plan for the military to keep up. A new weapon can seem like an idea when it is being made but by the time it is finished it is already old news.

Citing a resource-constrained environment, the US Army is opting to invest more into existing rotary aviation platforms, walking away from the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, ...