{"id":955,"date":"2024-01-05T01:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-01-05T01:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:26:04","slug":"soldiers-conduct-first-touch-point-for-long-range-assault-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers Conduct First Touch Point for Long Range Assault Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. \u2014 Program Executive Office, Aviation conducted a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Soldier touch point the last week of November at the Bell Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

Led by the FLRAA Project Office, the touch point was the first of up to twelve events the Army plans to conduct to optimize both human and system performance while ensuring mission ready capabilities are delivered to the warfighter. Soldier touch points involve gathering data and feedback early in the design and development process to shape future prototypes and fielded capabilities. The events are part of an iterative process to identify, refine and verify system hardware and software designs and functional capability requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoldier touch points are key to FLRAA\u2019s program strategy. In the past, this has included Army pilots flying both demonstrator aircraft,\u201d said Col. Jeffrey Poquette, FLRAA project manager. \u201cToday, the focus is on crewmembers and combat Soldiers who are representative of the FLRAA\u2019s passengers. These interactive events provide our team with crucial feedback to build transformational capabilities for FLRAA.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An infantry squad and two Black Hawk crews from the 1st Cavalry Division supported the event. During the STP they practiced embarking and disembarking from a FLRAA fuselage mockup in a variety of simulations and scenarios. The squad began their practice sessions without any equipment and added tactical and squad level equipment as the STP progressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe STP was incredibly valuable and is paramount to the successful development of the FLRAA,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tylor Enright, an aviator with 1st Cav. \u201cIt\u2019s great that they are willing to hear about what Soldiers and crewmembers actually need for future missions in these aircraft to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the infantry squad members completed their exercises, the aircraft crew members practiced entering and exiting the mockup cockpit and stowing equipment, as required, in a series of tests that added more equipment and tasks for each iteration.<\/p>\n

Representatives supporting the STP included the Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, the Redstone Test Center and Special Operations Command.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese Soldier touch points are a criticality important way to ensure we get the requirements right and inform design decisions early,\u201d Maj. Jeremiah Webb, FVL CFT Future Long Range Assault Aircraft lead.<\/p>\n

The data gathered from the STP will directly inform FLRAA preliminary design as well as the development and delivery of virtual prototypes of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

A tiltrotor aircraft, FLRAA will have the hybrid capabilities of planes and helicopters. When fielded, it will expand the depth of the battlefield by extending the reach of air assault missions and enable ground forces to converge through decentralized operations at extended distances. FLRAA\u2019s inherent reach and standoff capabilities will ensure mission success through tactical maneuver at operational and strategic distances while the aircraft\u2019s speed and range will nearly double the Army\u2019s patient evacuation capability during the \u201cGolden Hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FLRAA is intended to eventually replace part of the U.S. Army\u2019s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet, which has been in service for more than four decades.<\/p>\n

-US Army<\/em><\/p>\n

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