The Little Bird was originally designed as a scout helicopter for Army armored units, but since the early 1980s it has been used almost exclusively by the special operations community. It has an ...

The Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, or FARA, was seen as the solution. Planners expected that aircraft to begin replacing the Little Bird by the mid-2030s. But the service ...

After fulfilling its contract with Thailand, Boeing will shut down the production line due to a lack of new buyers. The decision, revealed at the DefenceIQ International Military Helicopter conference ...

after the army cancelled development of a new armed scout rotorcraft. SOCOM’s Little Bird programme manager told FlightGlobal at the time those aircraft will now have to be sustained for “much ...