Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Defiant X is a sleek, futuristic helicopter that’s designed to ...

Unlike the Defiant, the V-280 is a tiltrotor aircraft, meaning that large rotors on the craft’s wings can pivot to allow the craft to fly like a plane or land like a helicopter. The Army will ...

The new FVL aircraft will replace aging UH-60 Black Hawks and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, among others. Sikorsky and Boeing released details of the DEFIANT X helicopter designed for the U.S ...

12, 2020. (Courtesy of Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The Sikorsky-Boeing developed SB-1 Defiant coaxial demonstrator aircraft hit 232 knots in a descent, and 211 knots in straight and level ...

The following is the June 3, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) ...

We remain confident Defiant X is the transformational aircraft the Army requires to accomplish its complex missions today and well into the future." Bell Textron did not immediately respond to a ...

When contrasted to the coaxial Defiant-X, the V-280 Valor had greater ... of the lower power consumption required by a tiltrotor aircraft. The blade rotors on a helicopter need to do two things ...

STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Sikorsky Aircraft, the Stratford-based helicopter manufacturer, lost out on a big contract with the U.S. Army. The Army searched for the next generation of long-range ...