(Courtesy of Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant coaxial demonstrator flew more than 100 knots in a Jan. 13 flight test as the aircraft — built for the U.S. Army’s ...

The program they’re competing in is called FLRAA, which stands for Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft. Sikorsky released a new video today of their coaxial candidate, called the SB>1 Defiant ...

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 ...

Engineered for agility and speed, the SB-1 Defiant was a standout contender in the Army’s modernization plans, featuring a ...

which features a coaxial rotor blade system and a large propeller in the tail section of the aircraft designed to aid in forward thrust. This was the first flight demonstration of the Defiant for ...

For the makers of the Defiant, that means a lot of testing, with the next phase scheduled to put the aircraft through its paces to see how it works when it comes to lifting and handling at low speed.

The Defiant X is Sikorsky/Boeing’s entry into the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, which aims to replace the Black Hawks that were introduced into Army service in the ...

It is time for a new era, and Lockheed-Martin joined forces with Boeing to build a next-generation aircraft: the Defiant X. Any Star Trek fan would recognize the name Defiant as the most powerful ...

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 ...

The Raider and Defiant are competing for two of the Army’s top modernization priorities: the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA ...