The aircraft demonstrated its control architecture on a subscale unmanned prototype. The XV-24A is a DARPA-funded tilt-wing hybrid-electric unmanned demonstrator. On other powered lift applications, Aurora Flight Sciences continued developing the XV-24A LightningStrike X-plane. First flight of the V-280 was expected by year’s end. Ground testing began in late September at a purposely built elevated ramp at the company’s Amarillo facilities. In the meantime, Bell Helicopter announced in September that the V-280 Valor tiltrotor demonstrator is complete. In August, engines were started for the first time on the Defiant Propulsion System Testbed. Like Raider, Defiant is a rigid coaxial design with a pusher propeller based on X2 Technology. In 2018, Sikorsky plans to achieve speeds above 220 knots and to continue demonstrating the mission capabilities of this next-generation light tactical prototype helicopter, capable of twice the cruise speed and maneuverability of conventional armed scout helicopters.Īdditionally, Sikorsky is teamed with Boeing to focus on Future Vertical Lift medium requirements for the SB>1 Defiant Technology Demonstrator aircraft for the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator program. The Raider program has completed 14 flights with 20 hours in the air, and in 2017, it demonstrated unique maneuvers and handling qualities at speeds up to 150 knots at Sikorsky’s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. This aircraft is focused on demonstrating future vertical lift light capabilities for the U.S. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, continued testing the proof of concept S-97 Raider compound helicopter, based on its X2 Technology. This is the first foreign military sale of the V-22. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are poised to receive the first of 17 Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, which was rolled out at the Bell Amarillo, Texas, facility in October. Marine Corps deployed a squadron of F-35Bs to its overseas base in Iwakuni, Japan - the aircraft’s first deployment outside the continental U.S. This year, the F-35B testing included live weapons trials, ski-jump testing and powered lift mode formation flights. While unit costs, Red Flag military exercise deployments and international participation on the program grabbed headlines, the flight test program continued uninterrupted with flight test hours reaching 100,000 to date. Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn demonstrated the aircraft’s agility. The F-35 aircraft program reached a major public milestone when it performed a routine at the Paris Air Show in June. The V/STOL Aircraft Systems Technical Committee is working to advance research on vertical or short take-off and landing aircraft. Aircraft Technology, Integration and Operations V-22s sold to Japan electric aircraft being developed By Erasmo Piñero |December 2017
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