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Sikorsky’s Raider X Prototype For FARA Over 85% Complete, Also Built Second Fuselage

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Sikorsky’s Raider X Prototype For FARA Over 85% Complete, Also Built Second Fuselage
Sikorsky’s FARA competitive prototype, Raider X, is seen at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. in March 2022. Photo: Sikorsky

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sikorsky’s [LMT] build of its Raider X helicopter for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototyping (CP) effort is now over 85 percent complete, with the company also having completed the build of a second fuselage. “We’re really proud of the progress. We’re now at ‘weight on wheels,’ where we have the landing gear on the aircraft. We completed landing gear swings, both deploy and retract with the gear doors installed,” Jay Macklin, Sikorsky’s director…

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