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ProgramsSikorsky S-97 Raider

Aircraft program

Sikorsky S-97 Raider

In production

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 - not chosen) and Raider X (contender for U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program - chosen). Derived from X2 technology demonstrator.

Lift type
Rotary wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turboshaft
Application
Attack, Experimental, Surveillance

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Sikorsky Innovations X22009 / 20102011Technology demonstrator.
Sikorsky S-97 Raider2010 / 2015Armed observation helicopter, also known as S-97A Raider.
Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant2013 / 2019Co-axial rotorcraft with same mission computer as Boeing AH-64E.
Sikorsky Raider X2019 / Compound helicopter, for FARA Program (program cancelled in 2024).
Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X2021 / 2021Derived from SB>1, for FLRAA Program.

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