The US Army is shutting down its multibillion-dollar program to create the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), the “helicopter of the future.” The American publication reported that the reason for this decision was the analysis of the conflicts in Ukraine. Defense News.
“The sudden change in direction marks one of the most significant reversals in the ministry’s program in the last decade,” the publication said.
According to Defense News, the US military spent at least $2 billion developing the FARA prototype and requested another $5 billion over the next five years. However, the program will now be stopped.
It was assumed that the attack reconnaissance helicopter should be an armed reconnaissance helicopter on the battlefield. But technology has changed and the U.S. Army will no longer rely on manned vehicles to perform most armed reconnaissance missions, U.S. Army officials said. Instead, UAVs will be used.
“The future will depend on who can effectively integrate humans and machines,” said Gen. James Rainey, who oversees the program.
Australia on February 8 recycling It decommissioned the MRH-90 helicopters rather than transferring them to Kiev.
Previously at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said About the combat types of Ka-52 helicopters in the Northern Military District area.