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Lockheed Martin Unveils Raider X FARA Design

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 14th, 2019

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Lockheed Martin Unveils Raider X FARA Design

Sikorsky unveiled its Raider X design which features a larger airframe than the S-97 Raider and a modular open system architecture for avionics systems. Photo: Sikorsky

Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Sikorsky unveiled its Raider X design for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) on Oct. 14 at the Association of the United States Army annual conference. Raider X is a blueprint featuring a larger air frame than the S-97 compound coaxial Raider helicopter that the company has been flight testing with a modular open systems architecture (MOSA) desired by the Army for the aircraft's avionics and mission systems. Raider X is to use the company's…

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