The partnership between Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has submitted a proposal for the U.S. Army’s development program that seeks to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter with a new assault aircraft. The Sikorsky-Boeing team has entered the service branch’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition with the partnership’s Defiant X helicopter bid, Lockheed […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing have flight-tested the carrying capacity of a demonstrator for a helicopter designed to transport the U.S. Army’s cargo and personnel. The SB>1 DEFIANT aircraft carried a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load while flying at the Florida-based Sikorsky Development Flight Center, Lockheed said. SB>1 DEFIANT serves as […] More

Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, told Defense News in an interview published Monday about his near-term priorities as head of the Lockheed Martin subsidiary and one of those is transitioning the Combat Rescue Helicopter and CH-53K programs into the production phase. “Both of them are going into [initial operational test and evaluation] IOT&E and we’re […] More

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has demonstrated supervised autonomous operations of a Black Hawk military helicopter as part of a testing program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aimed to reduce pilot workload while ensuring flight safety.

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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $94.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce six additional Black Hawk helicopters intended for medical evacuation use. The branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract to procure lot 45 HH-60M choppers, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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A test pilot of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter talked about his flying experience and the capabilities of the aircraft's X2 Technology during a webcast hosted Wednesday by Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary as part of the Association of the United States Army conference, Aviation Today reported.

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A team that includes Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has reached a milestone for the SB-1 Defiant helicopter that serves as its bid for a U.S. Army program, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.

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A team consisting of Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has conducted a flight demonstration for its SB-1 Defiant helicopter to help inform the U.S. Army's requirements for future long-range assault aircraft, Military.com reported Thursday.

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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary and United Rotorcraft have delivered three multi-role helicopter units to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at California.

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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has named Continuous Composites winner of the ninth Entrepeneurial Challenge for developing a 3D printing technology designed to manufacture carbon fiber components.

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A team composed of Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary conducted the fourth flight test of a next-generation helicopter designed to inform the U.S. Army's requirements for future long-range assault aircraft, Defense News reported Wednesday.

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Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary unveiled the HH-60W combat rescue helicopter at the company's development flight center in Florida.

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