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Sikorsky S-97 Raider

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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.

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Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Attack, Experimental, Surveillance

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Coaxial

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Sikorsky Innovations 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 (program cancelled in 2024).
Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X	2021 / 2021		Derived from SB>1, for FLRAA Program.

Airframer

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company	News
Boeing Defense, Space & Security	News	Defiant variants jointly developped with Sikorsky

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