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Report: Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Now Registered With FAA

Report: Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Now Registered With FAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Report: Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Now Registered With FAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has registered the proposed SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter as S-100 with the Federal Aviation Administration, Vertical reported Wednesday.

Sikorsky and Boeing have teamed up to develop and propose SB-1 Defiant for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program that would serve as a forerunner for the service’s Future Vertical Lift initiative.

“Our team is following the FAA’s process for how they formally designate experimental aircraft; however, we will continue to use SB>1 Defiant when describing our aircraft asset,” a spokesperson for Lockheed told the magazine.

The FAA registration came five months after the Boeing-Sikorsky team started testing the helicopter in preparation for its maiden flight under the service’s JMR TD program.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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