Sikorsky-Boeing Team Unveils Defiant X - AVweb

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Sikorsky and Boeing officially introduced their latest assault helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the Defiant X, on Monday. Based on the Sikorsky-Boeing team’s technology demonstrator, SB>1 Defiant, the Defiant X features a coaxial rotor system, fly-by-wire flight controls, pusher prop, composite construction and retractable landing gear. According to the companies, the design is “currently undergoing testing in a digital combat environment.”

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It has no window in the floor below the pilot’s feet. Isn’t the whole purpose of vertical flight the ability to hover? For that don’t you need to see straight down? Seems like they have focused so hard on speed that they forgot why they aren’t just selling an airplane.