AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

Counter-rotating coaxial rotor attack helicopter with pusher propeller. Includes variants Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT (demonstrator), DEFIANT X (Future Long Range Air Assault program, FLRAA contender) and RAIDER X (contender for U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program). Derived from X2 technology demonstrator.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Sikorsky X2	2009 / 2010	2011	Technology demonstrator.
Sikorsky S-97 Raider	2010 / 2015		Armed observation helicopter, also known as S-97A Raider.
Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant	2013 / 2019		Co-axial rotorcraft with same mission computer as Boeing AH-64E.
Sikorsky Raider X	2019 /		Compound helicopter, for FARA Program.
Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X	2021 / 2021		Derived from SB>1, for FLRAA Program.

Recent news

• 26/07/2024:  Press Release:  Lockheed Martin Sikorsky advances to next phase of Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability program
• 27/06/2024:  Press Release:  GE Aerospace T901 engines accepted by U.S. Army for UH-60 Black Hawk flight testing
• 27/06/2024:  Press Release:  Two U.S. Army T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE) arrive at Sikorsky for Black Hawk integration efforts

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