The U.S. Army has conducted a thorough assessment of supply chain risks to build the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, the MV-75, and is aiming to deliver the prototype aircraft in fiscal 2027, the program executive officer for Army aviation, Brig. Gen. David Phillips, told Defense News in a recent interview.

Following calls from Army senior leaders to dramatically accelerate the MV-75’s fielding, plans conveyed earlier this year to hit production of the advanced tiltrotor by FY28 still stand, according to Army aviation leadership in the same interview.

Textron’s Bell won the contract to build the aircraft in late 2022, beating out a Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky and Boeing team.

“I think that is fundamental to any of these accelerated efforts that the supply chain has to be energized. T

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