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“Manufacturing challenges” continue to plague the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program and delay FARA flight tests.

“We're very confident that [in] FY24 we're able to maintain the investments that we need in order to deliver the modernization strategy that we've set forth,” Undersecretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo.

GE Aviation engines will power the new Bell 525 and the Army's FARA aircraft.

Bell’s tandem-cockpit, single-main-rotor Invictus is competing for the FARA contest against Sikorsky’s Raider X.

Bell’s 360 Invictus is over 95% complete, with a spring arrival for the type’s General Electric T901 engine set to launch ground run testing.

GAO has up to 100 days to rule in a bid protest, but the congressional watchdog agency strives to resolve cases as quickly as possible.

Douglas Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, told reporters Monday that the service’s FLRAA schedule has “accounted” for a protest but did not disclose what amount of buffer has been factored into the timeline. 

Boeing is looking at what capabilities the Apache could field in the future, with the type expected to stay in service for years to come.

Boeing's innovative solutions help the U.S. maintain global dominance by deterring and defeating the threats of today — for the sake of tomorrow.

"The Apache is going to be the US Army's principal attack helicopter for the next 25 to 30 years. There's nothing right now that is on the books that's going to replace the Apache,” said Jessie Farrington, Boeing’s director of attack helicopter global sales and marketing.