{"id":4246,"date":"2019-04-09T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T18:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2019-04-09T13:29:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T18:29:35","slug":"sikorsky-boeing-sb1-defiant-helicopter-achieves-1st-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4246","title":{"rendered":"Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT Helicopter Achieves 1st Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 21, 2019 <\/strong>\u2013 The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT\u2122 helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky\u2019s West Palm Beach, Fla., site. This revolutionary aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company [NYSE: LMT], and Boeing [NYSE: BA], will help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the U.S. Army\u2019s Future Vertical Lift program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe design and development of DEFIANT has revealed the capability \nadvancement that is truly possible for Future Vertical Lift,\u201d said David\n Koopersmith, vice president and general manager, Boeing Vertical Lift. \n\u201cClearly, the performance, speed and agility of DEFIANT will be a game \nchanger on the battlefield and we look forward to demonstrating for the \nU.S. Army the tremendous capabilities of this aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its two coaxial main rotors and a rear mounted pusher propulsor,\n DEFIANT is unlike production rotorcraft available today. It represents a\n leap forward in technology to achieve the U.S. government\u2019s desire for \nvast increases in speed and range while improving maneuverability and \nsurvivability in a cost-effective way. DEFIANT aircraft\u2019s use of X2\u2122 \nTechnology will allow the Army to penetrate from strategic standoff and \nexploit gaps created in complex Anti-Access Area Denial systems against \nnear-peer adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDEFIANT is designed to fly at nearly twice the speed and has twice \nthe range of conventional helicopters while retaining the very best, if \nnot better, low-speed and hover performance of conventional \nhelicopters,\u201d said Dan Spoor, vice president, Sikorsky Future Vertical \nLift. \u201cThis design provides for exceptional performance in the objective\n area, where potential enemy activity places a premium on \nmaneuverability, survivability and flexibility. We are thrilled with the\n results of today\u2019s flight and look forward to an exciting flight test \nprogram.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The helicopter is participating in the Army’s Joint Multi-Role-Medium\n Technology Demonstrator program. Data from DEFIANT will help the Army \ndevelop requirements for new utility helicopters expected to enter \nservice in the early 2030s. This flight marks a key milestone for the \nSikorsky-Boeing team and is the culmination of significant design, \nsimulation and test activity to further demonstrate the capability of \nthe X2 Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X2 Technology is scalable to a variety of military missions such as \nattack and assault, long-range transportation, infiltration and \nresupply. DEFIANT is the third X2\u00ae<\/sup> aircraft in less than 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit http:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/defiant<\/a> and https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/defense\/future-vertical-lift\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Lockheed Martin<\/strong>
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Boeing<\/strong>
For more information on Defense, Space & Security visit www.boeing.com<\/a>. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense<\/a> and @BoeingSpace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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