Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduces RAIDER X®, its concept for a fast, agile, survivable compound coaxial helicopter that will equip future aviators to address evolving peer and near-peer threats in the most difficult environments.

ATLANTA, March 7, 2023 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype. With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000-pounds, the uncrewed aircraft will serve as a flying test-bed to evaluate large aircraft design ...

RAIDER® is a next-generation light tactical prototype helicopter capable of carrying six troops and external weapons that will redefine helicopter flight during the 21st century. Based on Sikorsky’s Collier Award-winning X2 Technology™ , Raider incorporates the latest advances in fly-by-wire, flight controls, vehicle management systems ...

2024年2月27日 · Sikorsky Innovations, the company’s prototyping group, and GE Aerospace are finalizing designs to build a hybrid-electric power systems testbed with a 600KW electric motor. The testbed is a first step to evaluate hover performance of the follow-on HEX demonstrator — a 9,000-pound maximum gross weight aircraft with 1.2MW-class turbogenerator ...

Sikorsky S-70 UTTAS Prototype Background The YUH-60A was the prototype model of the UH-60A Black Hawk utility helicopter, designed and developed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the U.S. Army during the period from August 1972 through December 1976.

2022年4月4日 · WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, April 4, 2022 – The Sikorsky RAIDER X® competitive prototype (CP) for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) is more than 85 percent complete, progressing 50 percent faster through production and assembly compared to legacy programs and resulting in a cost-effective, transformational aircraft.

2022年7月7日 · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Sikorsky’s competitive prototype for the Army’s future scout helicopter competition is currently 90% complete, the company says, but its final design is still being...

2023年10月12日 · Sikorsky aims for a 2024 first flight of the RAIDER X. Currently the RAIDER X prototype is said to be 98% complete, as the aircraft awaits completion of the GE T901 Improved Engine Turbine...

2020年3月25日 · Sikorsky’s RAIDER X is ready to fill this requirement. RAIDER X is specifically designed for vertical lift dominance against evolving peer and near-peer threats in a joint all domain environment. The U.S. Army selected RAIDER X to move to the second phase of the FARA competitive prototype program as part of the future vertical lift pursuit.

2022年7月6日 · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sikorsky’s [LMT] build of its Raider X helicopter for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototyping (CP) effort is now 90 percent complete, with a second fuselage set …