Story by Mark Schauer | U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground | 09.26.2024
The Army Futures Command’s (AFC) Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Cross-Functional Team (CFT)’s 2024 iteration of the Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) concluded earlier this week after three weeks of experimentation. The FVL CFT sees EDGE providing the Army Futures Command an experimentation and demonstration platform to help deliver the Army of 2030 and design of Army of 2040,......
Story by Kelly Morris | Aviation Center of Excellence | 08.04.2022
FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Army aviation leaders and aviation industry representatives came together at Fort Rucker to focus on modernizing the force for large scale combat operations during an Aviation Industry Days event Aug. 2-4, 2022....
Courtesy Story | Capability program Executive for Aviation | 03.22.2022
On 22 March the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) achieved a significant program milestone with the “light off” (first time fuel is ignited in the engine to produce power) of the General Electric (GE) T901 First Engine to Test (FETT)....
Story by T'Jae Ellis | Army Research Laboratory | 12.15.2020
The U.S. Army will commission its Vehicle Innovative Powertrain Experimental Research laboratory later this month and begin operations in early January....
Story by T'Jae Ellis | Army Research Laboratory | 09.22.2020
The U.S. Army recently awarded the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign an $8 million, four-year cooperative agreement to develop key technologies that may allow the Army’s unmanned air and ground vehicles to run on any type of fuel....
Story by Sarah Tate | Aviation Future Capabilities Directorate (AFCD) | 04.09.2020
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division conducted the first Soldier-operated flight during the Army Futures Command-directed Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System capabilities assessment, April 7, 2020....
Story by Amy Tolson | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center | 02.18.2020
By day, Quintessa Thomas shapes the future of Army aircraft at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center. After hours, she helps shape the future workforce....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 10.24.2019
Fifty years ago, the Army began laying the foundation for a more robust and diversified helicopter fleet that could play a decisive role in a possible war against the Eastern Bloc. Today, the Army is laying the foundation for a more versatile, lethal and survivable fleet of aircraft that will support U.S. overmatch on a battlefield that is far more complex than in 1969, encompassing the......
