The U.S. Army is on the lookout for a new attack helicopter. It wants one as it plans to replace the aging Bell OH-58 Kiowa with something more modern and more capable. To do that, it kicked off back ...

The U.S. Army is ending its latest effort to build a new armed scout helicopter, known as the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, an abrupt change of direction that marks one of the department’s ...

DENVER — Since the Army canceled plans to develop a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft earlier this year, the two anticipated competitors have both moved to make use of their work on the program.

It was only in late October that we learned of helicopter maker Bell getting its hands on a brand engine called T901. Intended for use in the 360 Invictus attack helicopter, the engine has already ...

When the U.S. Army retired their fleets of OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters, they ran into a rather sticky predicament as a result of their short-sighted haste: they had no adequate ...

GE Aerospace’s long-delayed Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) may soon be delivered to its first customers. The US Army on 4 October said it anticipates delivering the prototype engine to helicopter ...

An artist rendering of Lockheed Martin's Raider X. The U.S. Army chose the company to build a prototype as part of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition. (Courtesy of Lockheed Martin) ...

Sikorsky takes delivery of the GE T901 ITEP engine. (Lockheed Martin) The US Army has delivered two General Electric T901 Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) engines to Bell Helicopters and ...