Army next-gen rotorcraft will fly much farther and faster, but on-board electronics will be the key driver of their wartime performance.
So, there has been continuous coverage in the defense trade press of the airframes being offered, meaning the physical structures of the aircraft including the fuselage, wings, tail and other assemblies.
Collectively, these capabilities suggest a huge gain in operational performance, but what’s striking about the list is that none of them really has to do with the airframe; they are features of the on-board electronics architecture which could be just as easily installed on existing airframes as next-gen aircraft.
What that means in practical terms is that no matter how capable the airframes are that Bell/Textron, Boeing and Lockheed/Sikorsky offer, Future Vertical Lift cannot achieve its objectives unless the government-furnished electronic systems measure up to Army expectations. This largely has to do with employing software-defined systems that use a common operating language and shared standards to assure easy upgrades.
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