Sikorsky-Boeing team to use Honeywell engine to power FLRAA offering
The Army's contract award will come later this year.
Sikorsky-Boeing’s FLRAA platform completes first mission profile
The test flight included low-level flight operation and confined area landings, the design team said.
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In the competition for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, high agility and low life-cycle costs matter most, a former Marine tiltrotor test pilot argues.
FVL: Sikorsky Shows Off S-97 Scout Chopper For Army
The S-97 Raider is Sikorsky's proto-prototype for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. It's competing with the Bell 360 Invictus -- but unlike the S-97, the 360 isn't flying yet.
FVL: Key RFP Coming This Summer
Despite tightening budgets, the Army’s pushing ahead with its plan to replace the Reagan-era UH-60 Black Hawk with a high-speed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). It’ll pick between Bell’s V-280 and the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant-X next year, with the winner entering service in 2030.
Defiant-X: Sikorsky, Boeing Unveil FLRAA Design
The companies’ proposed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) to replace the UH-60 is a sleeker, stealthier version of the prototype SB>1 Defiant now in flight tests. Can it beat Bell’s tiltrotor?
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FVL: Army’s High-Speed Helicopters Hurtle Ahead
Bell and Sikorsky have started building their competing prototypes for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) ahead of a Final Design Review in November. The vital digital architecture is still in development.
FVL: Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Hits 235 MPH, Aims For 288
Despite COVID-19, the SB>1 Defiant team is testing furiously to catch up with archrival Bell’s V-280 tiltrotor, which has almost 10 times as many flight hours.
FLRAA In Flight: Watch The SB>1 Defiant & V-280 Valor In The Air
WASHINGTON: In normal times, this week would see Bell Textron and the Sikorsky-Boeing team showing off their cutting-edge aircraft at AUSA Global Force in Huntsville, with video displays, models, and even full-size mock-ups. With conferences closed down because of the coronavirus, we’re making an all-out push to give you a virtual taste of Huntsville (click […]
FVL: Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing Split $181M To Finalize FLRAA Designs
After two years of intensive digital engineering, in 2022 the Army will pick either a Bell tiltrotor or a Sikorsky-Boeing compound helicopter to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk.
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We’ve Got Enough Data On Defiant: Sikorsky & Boeing
The SB>1 Defiant compound helicopter has only 11 hours of flight testing, versus over 160 for Bell’s V-280 Valor. But Sikorsky and Boeing say they have thousands of hours of other testing data to help the Army choose.
FVL: Army Won’t Wait For Sikorsky To Catch Up To Bell
"We don’t have the time or luxury to wait for people," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said. "They’ve got to keep pace with us if they want to do business with us.”