The US Army has whittled the competition down to four teams vying to build a Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System. Why do Kentucky pilots keep crashing World War I-era planes? Maybe it's because they fix them and fly them again. A team of five industry players is building the first launched effects prototypes for the Army as the service continues to experiment with the capability. The gunships still take center stage but require advancements to keep up with the pace of warfare. Maj. Gen. Mac McCurry sat down with Defense News to discuss how the service will simultaneously balance the existing and future fleet. Lockheed's future assault aircraft proposal lacked detail needed to validate its design had an open architecture at sub-system levels, the GAO found. The company has announced it's reached the end of the road in its pursuit of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. A preliminary accident report revealed how — but not why — two helicopters crashed last month. The Government Accountability Office rejected Sikorsky's protest of the Army's decision to choose Bell to build its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. “We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe." Load More