U.S. Army Rotorcraft Initiative Draws Praise

By Graham Warwick
Philadelphia

Finally heeding the helicopter industry’s dire warnings of a production gap beyond 2020, the U.S. Army is launching a program to fly technology demonstrators for advanced rotorcraft that could enter production around 2025.

The Army is working to bring other U.S. services into the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstration, which is modeled on the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) ...

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