They call it Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), and it’s the name given by the U.S. Army and several defense contractors to a program that will see, among others, the replacement of the aging ...
The Defiant — a next-generation helicopter being developed under the Army’s joint multi-role technology demonstrator program — has achieved a key milestone by reaching speeds greater than 200 knots, ...
Sooner or later, the U.S. Army will get to play around with something it now calls the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). It remains to be seen whether that will come in the form of the V-280 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled the futuristic helicopter they're proposing to be the U.S. Army's Future Long Range Assault ...
A test pilot gave viewers insight into the flying experience and X2 Technology capabilities of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant during an Oct. 14 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) webcast ...
WASHINGTON, 13 Aug. 2014. U.S. Army Aviation Technology Directorate (AATD) officials have contracted Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), ...
The Sikorsky/Boeing Defiant helicopter has flown for the first time in Florida. WASHINGTON —The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter took off from a West Palm Beach, Florida, facility in ...
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter has taken to the air for the first time at the Sikorsky facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Designed to have twice the speed and range of conventional ...
In late July, two sleek rotorcraft raced together over the cypress wetlands of southern Florida, the pair exceeding 180 kt. as the Sikorsky S-97 Raider and Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant high-speed ...