The Airframer Bulletin

Airframer · Sikorsky S-97 Raider · Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Every Bulletin story and press release covering Airframer · Sikorsky S-97 Raider · Boeing Defense, Space & Security, newest first.

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2022

16 February

Mark Cherry, vice president and general manager, Boeing Vertical Lift; Ricky Freeman, president, Defense & Space at Honeywell Aerospace and Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky celebrate Honeywell’s selection as engine provider for Defiant X.

Defiant team selects Honeywell power for Army contender

The Defiant X flies twice as far and fast as the venerable Black Hawk helicopter it is designed to replace, and is currently undergoing testing in a digital combat environment. The Army's contract award is expected this year.

18 January

ReleaseDEFIANT executes FLRAA mission profile with unsurpassed speed, manoeuvrability and agility in high-speed, low-level operations and confined area landings

2021

7 September

ReleaseSikorsky-Boeing delivers Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft proposal early to U.S. Army

23 July

ReleaseSB>1 DEFIANT flexes its muscle-lifting 5,300 pounds

15 April

ReleaseSikorsky and Boeing statement on continuing to advance DEFIANT X in U.S. Army's uture Long Range Assault Aircraft program

2019

21 March

ReleaseSikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter achieves first flight

2018

26 December