Aerial “blitzkrieg”: rotorcraft of the future in the service of US Army

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Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant (program FLRAA) June was marked by another achievement of the Duo Sikorsky/Boeing to develop a new high-speed helicopter SB-1 Defiant. It would seem that recently (my very first flying machine performed 21 March 2019) he awkwardly hovered above the ground, showing his experimental design. But the ninth of June this year on the territory of the flight test center at Sikorsky’s West palm beach car accelerated to a speed of 205 knots (380 kph), setting the absolute speed record. This is only the beginning of a long and hard journey and new achievements. Recall, the SB-1 Defiant ...

Aerial “blitzkrieg”: rotorcraft of the future in the service of US Army

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