Future Vertical Lift Entries Take Different Approaches With Prototypes

Sikorsky/Boeing SB-1 Defiant demonstrator
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant demonstrator will keep flying as the team further develops its Defiant X entrant for the Army’s Future Vertical Lift program.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
As source selection continues for the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk replacement, the two teams vying for the future contract are taking different approaches to their demonstrators and pitches to the Army. The Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), one-half of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift effort...

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