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Army Officially Selects Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing For Continued JMR Investment

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Monday, October 6th, 2014

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Army Officially Selects Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing For Continued JMR Investment

SB1 Defiant Image: Boeing Sikorsky

The Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center with the Program Executive Office, Aviation, Oct. 3 officially selected two teams, one led by Bell Helicopter [TXT], the other led by Sikorsky [UTX] and Boeing [BA], for continued investment under the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) Air Vehicle efforts. These teams will build technology demonstration aircraft with flight tests starting in 2017. Bell offers the V-280 Valor; Sikorsky-Boeing the SB1 Defiant. Both teams revealed their selection Aug. 12,…

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