Sikorsky-Boeing team of Lockheed Martin has finished a mission of test flights for the US competition Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
The flights were performed with the coaxial Defiant X helicopter, which produces the majority of its thrust for a propeller in its tail. Later this month, the helicopter flew for the first time at a low altitude.
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"The design of the helicopter let us observe the terrain we will land before we touch the ground. We landed Defiant with precision, fast and easy. The helicopter is capable of supporting assault mission in every terrain," Bill Fell, chief of Defiant test flights, stated.
The main role of the helicopter is to transport troops and cargo into the battlefield, at double the speed of current military helicopters of the US Army. The 'key' feature of the Defiant X is stability in low altitude and low-speed flights.
