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Army Green-Lights FLRAA For Engineering And Manufacturing Development Phase

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

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Army Green-Lights FLRAA For Engineering And Manufacturing Development Phase

The V-280 Valor. Bell photo.

The Army last Friday said that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program has been approved to enter engineering and manufacturing (EMD), allowing the service to award contract options to Textron’s [TXT] Bell to begin the next phase. The Milestone B acquisition decision memorandum was signed by Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush on July 30 after the Army Systems Acquisition Review Council met in June to confirm program risk has been mitigated, the Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) for…

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