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By Dan Parsons | January 25, 2021 Estimated reading time 10 minutes, 45 seconds. Sikorsky and Boeing have unveiled a refined vision of the Defiant compound coaxial helicopter, the team’s ultimate pitch to replace the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk helicopters with a speedy Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). The companies have released splashy renderings of the “Defiant X” and a video showing it performing demanding battlefield duty — cruising through forested ravines with an underslung artillery cannon, landing troops in combat formation — but were cagey with reporters about ...

Lockheed-Boeing team pitch Defiant X, its candidate for the Army’s long-range assault helo competition January 25 Lockheed Martin and Boeing unveiled its offering to the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition Jan. 25, 2021 -- calling it Defiant X. (Artistic rendering courtesy of Lockheed Martin and Boeing) The modified, competition-ready aircraft design is being called Defiant X, taking the same surname as little brother Raider X, which is Lockheed’s submission for the Army’s other helicopter competition — the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) progra...