AVX Aircraft & L3 Technologies Unveil Leap-Ahead Design for U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive P...
15 Abril 2019 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
The AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies (NYSE:LLL)
announced today their innovative compound coaxial helicopter (CCH)
design, which is competing for Phase 1 of the U.S. Army Future
Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA)-Competitive Prototype (CP)
program competition.
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The AVX-L3 compound coaxial helicopter
delivers innovation, performance and affordability for the U.S.
Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype
program. (Photo: Business Wire)
The innovative design solution will exceed the reconnaissance
and light-attack mission of FARA with a high-performing and
survivable platform. AVX-L3 CCH will meet 100 percent of mandatory
requirements and exceed 70 percent of them. The CCH design,
combined with rigorous engineering and production processes and
certifications, will deliver a safe, performance-driven, affordable
aircraft capable of operating in highly contested airspace and
degraded environments for extended periods.
“This FARA-CP solution provides L3 and AVX an opportunity to
demonstrate the agility and innovation that sets our team apart in
support of the U.S. Army’s modernization priorities,” said
Christopher E. Kubasik, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President of L3 Technologies. “We are collaborating to deliver a
prototype that provides powerful leap-ahead capability for our
warfighters at an affordable life-cycle cost.”
“We are extremely pleased to reveal the design for this very
important U.S. Army program,” said Troy Gaffey, AVX CEO and Chief
Engineer. “AVX and L3 provide unique engineering design skills and
manufacturing expertise that will provide the Army with an
advanced, lethal and affordable reconnaissance and light-attack
platform.”
The companies’ next-generation single-engine design, paired with
a wing for lift during high-speed forward flight, provides
leap-ahead capabilities in a faster, lighter and more lethal
aircraft that requires less maintenance through its life cycle,
featuring:
- A fly-by-wire, side-by-side cockpit
optimized for pilot efficiency
- Two ducted fans that provide forward
and reverse thrust for both high-speed operation and agility
- State-of-the-art modern open systems
architecture (MOSA)-based digital backbone and avionics
systems
- A small form factor that meets C-17
loading and Navy DDG shipboard size limits through manually folding
blades and wings
- Modularity that provides for component
reuse and a high degree of systems commonality across all of the
U.S. Army capability sets
See more about the solution at https://youtu.be/nVdXsVGCyBQ.
The two companies announced their proposal in December 2018.
With headquarters in New York City and approximately 31,000
employees worldwide, L3 develops advanced defense technologies and
commercial solutions in pilot training, aviation security, night
vision and EO/IR, weapons, maritime systems and space. The company
reported 2018 sales of $10.2 billion. To learn more about L3,
please visit the company’s website at www.L3T.com.
Founded in 2005, and headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, AVX
Aircraft Company employs helicopter industry veterans and
executives with a combined experience of over 400 years across a
spectrum of skill sets. AVX has developed and has patented a unique
compound helicopter configuration with coaxial rotors and dual
ducted fans that combine proven technologies to achieve greater
aerodynamic efficiency, speed, range, fuel efficiency, HOGE and
utility than conventional helicopters. www.avxaircraft.com
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