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Sikorsky, Boeing To Offer Joint Proposal For Army Joint Multirole Tech Demonstrator

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 1st, 2013

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Sikorsky, Boeing To Offer Joint Proposal For Army Joint Multirole Tech Demonstrator

Artist's rendering of a potential Boeing-Sikorsky future vertical lift platform. Photo: Sikorsky.

Sikorsky and Boeing Image Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.[UTX], and Boeing [BA] yesterday said they will submit a joint proposal by March 6 to build a demonstrator aircraft--based on Sikorsky’s X2™ Technology rotorcraft design--for the Army's Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) Phase 1 program. The JMR TD program supports the Army's Future Vertical Lift initiative to deliver the next generation of vertical lift utility and attack aircraft. "The Sikorsky and Boeing proposal will demonstrate how X2 Technology, with its counter-rotating coaxial…

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