The US Army could fund development of rotorcraft technology offered by two companies not selected to build demonstrator aircraft under the Pentagon's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) programme, officials announced on 3 October. The army selected a Sikorsky-Boeing team and Bell Helicopter in August to build rotorcraft for JMR-TD with partial government funding. However, in a 3 October statement, the army said AVX Aircraft Company and Karem Aircraft Inc, two smaller companies, "also offer technologies and configurations of interest", adding it would "seek to continue technology development efforts with those teams based on resources and opportunities".
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