Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
Abstract
The Capability Set 1 (CS1) Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) was part of the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems. FARA was intended to restore crewed attack/reconnaissance dominance with sweeping improvements in lethality, agility, reach, survivability, and sustainability. FARA was intended to mitigate enemy long-range capabilities to allow joint force commanders to fight and operate from relative sanctuary while creating lethal effects from outside enemy sensor/weapons range. Funding supported the development and integration of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). FARA would have been powered by Improved Turbine Engine (ITE), with maximum cruise airspeed greater than or equal to 180 KTAS, an integrated Area Weapons System (AWS), Modular Effects Launcher (MEL) for Launched Effects (LE) and Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM), and Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) digital backbone. The FVL Capability Set 1 Initial Capabilities Requirements Document (ICRD) was approved in July 2018 under the name Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). An Abbreviated Capability Development Document (A-CDD) was approved on 9 Apr 2021 and updated on 15 Aug 2022. The Acquisition Approach and Determination and Findings for Other Transaction Authority for Prototyping agreements were approved on 1 February 2019 by the Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) to execute a Competitive Prototyping (CP) effort. Prior to the Army's decision to discontinue FARA program funding beyond FY 2024, FARA was conducting a Competitive Prototyping (CP) design and demonstration in parallel with the Weapons System (WS) Preliminary Design to inform a Milestone B decision.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- F12_0603801A_4_2040_PB_2025
Related Documents
- Root: Aviation - Adv Dev
- Child Accomplishment: Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Child Cost Item: 09f9d16b7737f16e82e0371e96c0a01a
- Child Cost Item: 61ab8acd02e6813c37f8813a4a14a849
- Child Cost Item: 11a0e2019e0f1b48d7cd3c167fcf45c8
- Child Cost Item: 301f3c02a128a52782dbbb4496cb07b0
- Child Cost Item: 4531dab996aa1261315aea55123f50a2
- Child Cost Item: 842354f45443d7faf86177b2518936bc
- Child Cost Item: ac302c1bc320c52c27e93e0aaea353ca
- Child Cost Item: 315dd2b083d2edc9269c73d84e67ece9
- Child Cost Item: fe9c8135207b7962390e93777e1c79ed
- Child Cost Item: d070b6c5bb10a01690ec481c3faea753
- Child Cost Item: b8350fbabb7c4b1ff731baf3c1f4cf81
- Child Cost Item: 8d70ec2a998945f68e26b90ffd01c712