Future Long Range Assault Aircraft

Abstract

The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Development Project's funding provides for the development of a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Capability Set 3 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) 2025 budget request funds post Milestone B activities and continued development of a digital backbone architected to meet Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) objectives, and developmental prototype assembly and integration for qualification and test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2025
Source ID
DG5_0605241A_5_2040_PB_2025

Tags

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control

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