AVX Aircraft and L3 Technologies companies introduced Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft for US Army. The helicopter has a single-engine, coaxial rotor, a wing and two ducted pusher propellers on its aft fuselage. The wing provides to 50% of the rotorcraft’s lift during high-speed flight.

Co-axial design of the prototype has similarities to Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider. AVX Aircraft chief operating officer Kendall Goodman says that their design was more of a conventional soft-in-plane rotor system. This means that the vibrations and the loads that go into the transmission are much lower. That allows to have a lower empty weight, so you get more lifting power out of the engine. The new design also allows it more cabin room.