Sikorsky pitched the Defiant X, which used the X2 design, for the army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility lift helicopter.

Even with that unusual design, Sikorsky says, the X2--which also features fly-by-wire controls--would retain "such desirable helicopter attributes as excellent low speed handling, efficient ...

For several years, Sikorsky has been working on what it calls X2 technology, a suite of systems that it says could let a helicopter "cruise comfortably" at 250 knots.

Last week, a fascinating experimental helicopter from Sikorsky and Boeing made its longest flight yet: It flew from West Palm Beach, Florida to Nashville, Tennessee—a distance of some 805 miles.

Sikorsky’s Raider X Competitive Prototype is about 90% assembled at its flight test center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Credit: Sikorsky FARNBOROUGH—Sikorsky is exploring a third variant of ...

Sikorsky sees a civilian future for its X2 technology. Credit: Sikorsky MESA, Arizona–Despite losing the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, a decision it is ...

With a sleek profile and ultra-powerful stacked top rotors, Sikorsky’s newest long-range assault helicopter took to the skies last month ahead of a major U.S. Army meeting, the Stratford-based ...

He points to the scalability of the X2 architecture which Sikorsky has applied on aircraft ranging from a 2,720kg (6,000lb) demonstrator, all the way up to the 13,600kg SB-1 Defiant.

Sikorsky Aircraft celebrated its 100th anniversary on March 5, just before the start of this year’s HAI Heli-Expo event in Atlanta. President Paul Lemmo and Vice President of Global Commercial […] ...

Sikorsky, makers of the Blackhawk and other sleek helicopters, have successfully tested their X2 Technology Demonstrator, a prototype designed to showcase new propulsion systems that will allow ...

Sikorsky launched the S-97 Raider helicopter program in September 2010, with objectives of maturing the Collier-Award winning X2™ rotorcraft configuration and demonstrating a helicopter that meets ...

Sikorsky is developing the SB-1 Defiant in tandem with Boeing. Their prototype is based on the older but similar Sikorsky X2 design. Both designs use two counter-rotating propellers for lift, and ...