The United States Army selected a winner in the competition for a manned vertical launch and landing platform of the next generation, the first in the comprehensive Future Vertical Lift program. In proceedings on FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft), Bell of V-280 Valor triumphed over Lockheed owned by Martin Sikorsky, who offered a SB>1 Defiant helicopter. This is not only the triumph of 1 company over another, but above all the determination of the direction of the improvement of vertical gold for the next decades.
