“A lot of the reasons that we're making decisions are because of political change. That's the reality of our governmental system," said Maj. Gen. Clair Gill. "And so we might be moving down a path for a couple years, and things change. The world changes. Wars happen.”
"This is very early in the process. My guidance, to my staff, is nobody really overreact to this global transformation. We must transform," said ISR Task Force Director Andrew Evans.
“Just like the Black Hawk, the Apache is going to be around for a while. Is it going to need an improved engine or can we just continue to modify the one that it has?” said Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus.
One Army official acknowledged that the future High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) might go through a program change.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to receive FLRAA, said Gen. James Mingus.
Whether it's protecting airspace and borders, safeguarding critical infrastructure, rushing in aid, or powering government missions —Bombardier Defense platforms are ready to rise to the challenge.
The Foreign Military Sale announcement would cover six of the Boeing-made Chinook helicopters.
"The Army’s program managers for FLRAA and Aviation looked at PEO-RW’s engineering analysis and considered the weight trades before adding a little bit of weight to the baseline of that aircraft,” A PEO-RW official said.