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Army Wants Industry To Start Focusing On Future Heavy Vertical Lift Solutions, Esper Says

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Army Wants Industry To Start Focusing On Future Heavy Vertical Lift Solutions, Esper Says
A CH-47F Chinook helicopter with 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade maneuvers to pick up an M119A3 howitzer during sling load operations on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 4. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army

The Army wants industry to start focusing on future heavy vertical lift solutions as potential replacements for the CH-47 Chinook, Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday, as the service continues to push industry partners to focus away from legacy systems towards platforms geared towards a future fight. Esper told reporters following a discussing at the Brookings Institution there isn’t a formal future heavy vertical lift development yet, while adding it’s one of several areas where the Army is committed to exploring…

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