Futuristic V-280 Not Advanced Enough to Replace the Osprey: AFSOC Commander
16 Sep 2020
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday that he's not interested in acquiring the prototype tiltrotor aircraft being evaluated in the Army's Future Vertical Lift effort as a potential replacement for the CV-22 Osprey.
Army modernization officials are evaluating two experimental aircraft under FVL for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA: the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 coaxial-rotor Defiant helicopter prototype and Bell Textron's V-280 Valor tiltrotor helicopter prototype.
The Army hopes to select one design to replace the venerable UH-60 Black Hawk, and go into full-rate production by 2030.
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