Sikorsky is one aviation's oldest names, and the manufacturer continues to build iconic airframes and futuristic prototypes ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the future of military aviation with a look at cutting-edge rotorcraft and fighter technology. From the Sikorsky X2 and its high-speed S-97 Raider ...

The X2 technology The S-97 Raider which Sikorsky displayed at its Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, is the result of 20 years of development, started in 2005 with the X2 ...

During the X2 Technology Demonstration, the S-97 Raider performed a flight display to show the capabilities the X2 technology. On Feb. 12, 2025, during the second day of the X2 Technology ...

Sikorsky says its contender for the U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) requirement, the S-76 Raider, will have a $15 million flyaway cost, compared with an estimated $12 million for an off-the ...

Almost a decade after its first flight, Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider again screamed across a flight line at about 200 kt. above the heads of potential customers as its pusher-propeller made its unique ...

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) unveiled DEFIANT X, a helicopter the industry team plans to offer for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft ...

The Defiant flew for the first time in March 2019. In 2022, the Army awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Bell Textron to deliver by 2025 a digital FLRAA prototype based on the firm’s V-280 Valor ...

A new helicopter will give the U.S. Army a cutting edge on the battlefield- and put the “quick” in Quick Reaction Force. The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant took its first official ...

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) unveiled DEFIANT X, a helicopter the industry team plans to offer for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft ...