Aircraft
U.S. Army Set To Announce Demo Contracts For Radical New Rotorcraft
A Sikorsky/Boeing team is one of several working on a series of helicopters to meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator.
A Sikorsky/Boeing team is one of several working on a series of helicopters to meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator.

Contract negotiations between the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate and AVX Helicopter, Bell Helicopter and the Sikorsky/Boeing team–the potential Phase I vendors for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator (JMR-TD)–are nearing completion. Announcement of the awards for a new U.S. Army medium helicopter are planned for September, according to an Army spokesman. However, “like many other efforts, this schedule is challenged by furlough effects,” he said.