Bell Textron has been selected for the Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. The deal will see the company build on their prior work from the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR TD) program, using the matured tiltrotor design as a base for what might eventually replace the Black Hawk helicopter in service.
On 02 December 2022, the United States Air Force rolled out its new, long-range, intercontinental, stealth, strategic bomber during a nighttime ceremony contrived to obfuscate details of the aircraft’s design and capabilities. The event, which coincided serendipitously with a new report on Chinese military capabilities, provided a dramatic backdrop against which senior Pentagon officials proclaimed the new bomber—Northrop Grumman’s B-21—the cornerstone of American deterrence capability for decades to come.
USAF Report Ascribes March 2022 Accident to Pilot Error
A newly-released USAF Accident Investigation Board report faults an F-16 pilot and the flight-lead by whom he was accompanied for failing to follow Air Force rules and regulations during a training exercise. The two pilots' lapses in judgement and rash actions resulted in the loss of a $27-million fighter jet.
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