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Sikorsky Innovations Introduces Project Firefly

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

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Sikorsky [UTX] Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, today officially introduced "Project Firefly," an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition. The Firefly Technology Demonstration Aircraft at EAA is part of the world symposium on electric aircraft. Chris Van Buiten, director of Sikorsky Innovations, said: "Our objectives with Project Firefly are to provide a proof of principle concept to validate the benefits of an electrically powered rotorcraft; to develop the technologies to enable…

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