IN 2030, under its multi-billion-dollar Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, the US Army plans to introduce the first increments of a two-phase plan to replace many of its current battlefield helicopters with rotorcraft able to fly twice as far and twice as fast as today's helicopters, and be significantly more agile, lethal and connected across the battlespace. The US Army is embarking on this program because it recognises tomorrow's battlefield will be an increasingly more lethal place to fight. Rapidly evolving technology is producing weapons which are faster (capable of up to Mach 5 and possibly even higher in the not-too-distant future), multi-spectral sensor systems which are more capable and networking capabilities able to dramatically reduce 'sensor-to-shooter' times.
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