Collins Aerospace to support US FVL
Collins Aerospace has been selected by the US Army to provide expertise for the development of Future Vertical Lift (FVL), the company announced on 14 April.
The company will serve as one of three mission systems integrators for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) programme. The JMR MSAD programme will provide critical information to the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for FVL, which is expected to eventually replace the US Army’s helicopters.
Collins Aerospace will design and demonstrate the next generation of cyber-hardened mission system architecture, and the model based systems engineering tools and processes required to develop and integrate the avionics on FVL.
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