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After delays, the ITEP engine will start preliminary flight rating testing in the fall and the Army plans to make it available to FARA prototypes by November.
“If we didn't have an S-97, we'd have to wait another year-plus to be able to fly those data points and to inform our production design,” said Sikorsky's chief engineer for the company's Raider-X FARA offering.
Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), signed a new five-year contract this week with the U.S. Army to deliver at least 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters with an option for up to 225 more.