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The recent 30-minute flight is the result of Sikorsky’s and DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program.

The Marine Corps have landed on a family-of-systems approach to developing its next rotary-wing fleet, as it refines requirements for its Future Vertical Lift program, service officials said on Wednesday. After Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger issued his Commandant’s Planning Guidance in 2019, the service began reassessing its needs for Future Vertical Lift. Now, […]

By implementing a design-as-built methodology that digitally connects entire FVL programs throughout the lifecycle, Bell has increased its ability to collaborate in real-time with program partners and the Army to deliver new capabilities faster and more affordably.

The Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift’s FLRAA and FARA programs.

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has redesignated its Future Little Bird (FLB) concept as the Mission Enhanced Little Bird ‘X' (MELB-X), service officials confirmed at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) on 1...

Ask retired Lieutenant General Pat Donahue what difference just five years makes to the U.S. Army’s mission. He’ll tell you it’s virtually a world away. “When I parted the service in 2017, after a 37 year career, the primary mission was counterinsurgency in Africa and the Middle East,” said Donahue. “Today the Department of Defense’s focus is the great power competition with Russia and China. There’s growing emphasis, too, on readiness to address tensions within the Indo-Pacifi...

Sikorsky-Boeing Reveals DEFIANT X, Fastest and Most Advanced Assault Helicopter Yet Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing has released details of its advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition, known as FLRAA. The aircraft, named DEFIANT X, will be the fastest, most maneuverable and most survivable assault helicopter in history. The Army is expected to release a request for proposal on FLRAA later this year, with a contract award expected ...

Sikorsky And Boeing Unveil The Defiant X That Will Compete For The Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Sikorsky And Boeing Unveil The Defiant X That Will Compete For The Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Sikorsky and Boeing released details of the DEFIANT X helicopter designed for the U.S. Army. With its rigid coaxial rotor system and pusher propeller, DEFIANT X will provide the U.S. Army with increased speed, maneuverability and survivability. (Image courtesy Sikorsky and Boeing) The advanced ...

Sikorsky and Boeing officially introduced their latest assault helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s FLRAA program, the Defiant X, on Monday.

DEFIANT X - The Fastest and Most Maneuverable Assault Helicopter in History (27 Jan 2021) Sikorsky and Boeing have unveiled details of what they promise will be the fastest, most maneuverable and most survivable assault helicopter in history. Named DEFIANT X, the helicopter has been designed for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition (FLRAA). DEFIANT X is a complete weapon system that builds on the handling qualities and transfo...