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Army ditches helicopters for new radical air assault planes

A strong military needs the best equipment. That’s why the Army is speeding up delivery of the new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. Its far more advanced than its predecessor.

It’saplane.It’sahelicopter.It’sboth.Meet“FLRAA,”theArmy’snewtiltrotorforFutureLong-RangeAirAssault.ThisishowtheArmywillislandhopinthePacifictofendoffChina.Andbytheway,ChinesePresidentXiJinpinghasnothinglikeit.  Withastunningannouncement,theArmydidmorethanax40generalsandopenthedoortoAI.TheArmybetitsfutureonthisradicalaircraft,whoseenginesswiveltotakeoffandlandlikeahelicopter,orflyhighandfastlikeanairplane.   ThisaircraftwasonpacetoentertheArmyinventoryintheearly2030s.   PETEHEGSETHSAYSWESTPOINTPROFESSORWHORESIGNEDOVERTRUMPADMINEDUCATIONOVERHAUL‘WILLNOTBEMISSED’ ThencametheArmyshake-up.OnMay1,SecretaryofDefensePeteHegsethdirectedtheArmytofocusmoreontheIndo-Pacific.Inthatregion,sheerdistanceandChinesemissilethreatringsarelockingoutcurrenthelicopters.Forthemissionofairassault–whentroo