Earlier today, we got a glimpse of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant, as the U.S. Army’s possible future helicopter traveled for over 800 miles between West Palm Beach, Florida, and Nashville, ...

There is no question about it that the largest combat deployment of American military helicopters took place during the Vietnam War. Due to the nature of the country's terrain, helos were basically ...

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The Raider X is a next-generation helicopter under development by Sikorsky that shows signs of a striking change to the US Army’s helicopter community. The United States Army's (US Army) Future Attack ...

Sikorsky has completed 90% of the construction of its Raider X competitive prototype (CP) helicopter, its submission for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition, the ...

What does it take to build a military vehicle? A company must prove it can manufacture machines that get the job done, keep their occupants safe, and most important of all, cost less than similar ...

RAIDER: Sikorsky is shifting the focus of its private-venture S-97 Raider high-speed helicopter prototype program from competing for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) requirement to ...

The S-97 RAIDER„¢ is a next-generation light tactical prototype helicopter that can reach speeds of more than 220 knots, nearly double the speed of a conventional helicopter, and capable of flying at ...

The Aviationist was among the outlets invited to attend a demonstration event of the X2 technology at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Here’s how it went. After the U.S. Army’s FARA program was ...

Assembly of the first of Sikorsky’s two industry-funded S-97 Raider helicopter prototypes is 25% complete at its West Palm Beach, Fla., development test center and on track for a rollout in September ...

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a United Technologies Corp. subsidiary, announced the successful first flight of the S-97 Raider helicopter, a rigid coaxial rotor prototype designed to demonstrate a ...

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. announced the start of bladed ground testing, a major milestone, for the S-97 Raider program. The Raider is an armed reconnaissance ...