Renowned US aerospace companies Sikorsky (part of the Lockheed Martin group) and Boeing have unveiled some details and images of their offering for the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. Intended to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk family, the winner of the FLRAA competition will enter service around 2030. The Sikorsky Boeing proposal is called the Defiant X. It will be, the two companies assert, the most manoeuvrable, the fastest and the most survivable assault (troop carrying) helicopter ever developed, with unequalled range. It will be able to fly low and fast even in complex terrain and quickly land when and where required. It will have twice the speed and range of the Blackhawk.
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