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Army

Sikorsky, Boeing Detail Updated Defiant X Offering For Army’s FLRAA Competition

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 25th, 2021

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Sikorsky, Boeing Detail Updated Defiant X Offering For Army’s FLRAA Competition

Sikorsky-Boeing's Defiant X

Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing [BA] on Monday detailed their new Defiant X aircraft, the company’s updated offering for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to find a UH-60 Black Hawk replacement. The co-axial rigid rotor Defiant X builds on the SB>1 Defiant technology demonstrator platform the company has flown for several years, and includes enhancements to the design “to reduce thermal signature and improve aerodynamic handling” and “fly-by-wire flight controls integrated with autonomy capability.” “Defiant X is…

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Congress

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