Twice As Far, Twice As Fast
Aug. 15, 2025 | By Cheryl Marino, Army Program Executive Office for Aviation |
The Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft aims to usher in a new era of speed, range and adaptability to support and protect soldiers on the ground. Backed by cutting-edge digital engineering, FLRAA isn't just a new rotorcraft; it's a leap forward in how the Army plans, flies and fights in tomorrow's conflicts.
Close-up view of an aircraft prototype with an eagle head patch on its nose.
"It's a game-changing capability in terms of speed and range," said Army Col. Jeffrey Poquette, FLRAA project manager at the Program Executive Office for Aviation. He characterized the next-generation tiltrotor assault aircraft as "twice as far, twice as fast" at the annual Association of the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, March 2025.
The implementation of digital engineering will be a "pathfinder for the Army," serving as a model for how digital engineering can be adopted and implemented by the Defense Department acquisition enterprise to improve efficiency, reduce costs and accelerate the development and test of capabilities. The challenge, Poquette said, is that this is new territory, but the level of insight that the government gets into the design is unprecedented.
Digital engineering enables the Army to harness the power of technology for digital design creation and assess the impact design changes make before bending metal.
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