Some Magic Has To Happen To Make Bell s High Speed VTOL Concepts Real forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lockheed Martin 2/3
Sikorsky has been flying and testing X2 Technology for more than a decade, accumulating nearly 500 hours
Lockheed Martin 3/3
Future Vertical Lift aircraft like Sikorsky’s Raider are designed to provide US Army commanders with information to self-diagnose maintenance
Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft s S-97 Raider advanced prototype helicopter has shown off its agility in two demonstration flights for the US Army at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. With Sikorsky pilots Christiaan Corry and Bill Fell at the controls, the Raider carried out low-level maneuvers and high-speed runs on April 13 and 15, 2021.
Sikorsky s candidate for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program under the US Army s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) initiative, the S-97 Raider is a compound helicopter based on the company s X2 technology demonstrator. It uses variable speed rigid coaxial main rot
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Apr 17, 2021 - 11:30 PM
For the first time, the Sikorsky S-97 Raider flew multiple flight demonstrations this week for service leaders and soldiers at the company s test center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
Defense giant Lockheed Martin, who owns Sikorsky, released a press release on Thursday detailing the demonstrations on Tuesday and Thursday. The events offered a glimpse at Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company s bid for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, part of the U.S. Army s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort to revolutionize its aircraft fleet, the press release said.
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider is based on its X2 coaxial-rotor technology, making it a fast and agile aircraft, well suited for the modern battlefield. The new FVL is expected to fill a capability gap left by the retirement of the Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter.
16-Apr-2021
Flying low, fast and expertly executing crisp, tight, quick maneuvers that only Sikorsky’s X2 Technology™ family of helicopters brings, the Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER® helicopter flew two demonstrations before Army officials and Soldiers at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama this week. The events offered a glimpse at Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company’s bid for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, part of the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort to revolutionize its aircraft fleet. Sikorsky is a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT).
The S-97 RAIDER, solely funded by Sikorsky is the only representative FARA aircraft flying today and provides risk reduction for Sikorsky’s FARA concept, RAIDER X®, a fast, agile, survivable compound coaxial helicopter that will allow future aviators to address evolving peer and near-peer threats in the most difficult environments.