Future Vertical Lift
Abstract
The Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Project's funding provides for the development of a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Capability Set Three weapon system within the FVL family of systems. FLRAA will conduct air assault, urban assault/security, maritime interdiction, medical evacuation, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, tactical resupply, direct action, noncombatant evacuation operation, and combat search and rescue operations. FLRAA will support the Army, including Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Joint Force, in a contested, near peer threat environment. The FLRAA weapon system will retain the Army's ability to project combat power with transformational increases in range, speed, mobility, and payload over current Army and USSOCOM aircraft. FLRAA achieved a Materiel Development Decision approval in October 2016 and the Office of Secretary of Defense granted a sufficiency determination of the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in July 2019. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request funds continued subsystem risk reduction activities, the initiation of the of the FLRAA weapon system detailed design, continued development of a digital backbone architected to meet Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) objectives, and the initiation of developmental prototype assembly and integration for qualification and test. The total estimated cost of the FLRAA Middle Tier of Acquisition effort is $600 million RDT&E from FY21 to FY25. The remainder of the FLRAA program is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- B47_0603801A_4_2040_PB_2025
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