
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…