WASHINGTON — The Sikorsky-Boeing developed SB-1 Defiant coaxial demonstrator aircraft hit 232 knots in a descent, and 211 knots in straight and level flight, meeting the U.S. Army’s speed ...

The Boulton Paul Defiant was a twin-seat fighter plane whose sole objective was to bring down German bombers. Behind the pilot sat a gunner operating a swing turret with a 360-degree upper ...

The Defiant X has also a “little brother”, the Raider X, developed for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, also part of the FVL, which faces again a Bell product, the 360 ...

The Army says the Future Vertical Lift, or FVL, will produce a new family of advanced aircraft over the next decade. The SB>1 Defiant Hasn't Flown Yet. But Army Officials Say They're Not Worried ...

The Defiant, meanwhile, has logged 20 hr. of flying since taking to the air for the first time in March 2019 and has exceeded 200 kt. and a 30-deg. angle of bank.

September 22, 2021 (Security Television Network) — The DEFIANT X Future Long Range Assault Aircraft will “go twice as far, twice as fast and will be twice as maneuverable” as the Black Hawk ...

The following is the June 3, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) ...

Defiant Flexes Amazing Lifting Power, Can Carry Troops and Cargo Simultaneously Defiant X Weapons System in the Works, Helo to Replace Black Hawk in the 2030s V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft ...

Bell's V-280 Valor rotorcraft, designated the MV-75, is designed to fly faster and longer than the UH-60 Black Hawk ...

A demonstrator aircraft for the Defiant X program traveled some 800 miles. Here's how the helicopter that could be the next Black Hawk works.

The Defiant X will face off against Bell and Textron’s V-280 tiltrotor aircraft in the service’s ... unseen versatility for a rotary-wing aircraft. The SB>1 Defiant was itself ...