In 2022 the U.S. Army will choose a new aircraft to replace its Reagan-era UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Two contenders from Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell will battle it out to become the winner of the Service’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program and the Army’s next combat helo when it deploys in 2030. The Defiant X will square off against the Bell V-280 Valor for the FLRAA contract in 2022, with Army aviation units receiving their first aircraft by 2030.