Sikorsky-Boeing unveil Defiant X for US Army's FLRAA programme | News
Source: Sikorsky Source: Sikorsky Source: Sikorsky Source: Sikorsky Most noticeably, the helicopter’s exhaust outlets have been covered with a shroud to reduce its infrared signature, a precaution against heat-seeking missiles. The rotorcraft’s landing gear configuration was changed from two mid-section wheels and a tail wheel to a layout that includes a nose wheel, two mid-section wheels and a small wheel under the tail. “We’ve made some changes to the landing gear for a tricycle design landing gear, which improves both stability, but then landing and taxiing in combat and austere en...
Source: flightglobal.com