With the decision on the replacement of the US Army's UH-60 Black Hawk fleet coming down to the wire, the partners behind the SB>1 Defiant have announced that their candidate advanced rotorcraft has completed its first mission profile test flights.
The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant has successfully completed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft mission profile test flights, including confined area landings and low-level flight operations.