Sikorsky X2

Sikorsky has debuted the Raider X light attack reconnaissance helicopter, its entrant in the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype program, which is also being contested by Bell, AVX Aircraft, Boeing, and Karem Aircraft.

Sikorsky and Boeing have been working on this high-speed, long-range, ultra-maneuverable military helicopter design for some time, and now they’ve released the first photos of what is expected to become a highly effective US Army utility helicopter sometime in the 2030s.

Boeing and Sikorsky will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) program based on the design of Sikorsky’s X2.

Sikorsky's X2 Technology Demonstrator has flown for the last time and will make way for the S-97 Raider helicopter.

Sikorsky Aircraft’s coaxial X2 Technology demonstrator has set an unofficial speed record for a helicopter by achieving the 250-knot (287.69 mph) milestone that was established as the goal of the craft from its inception.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology demonstrator has achieved a speed of 181 knots in a test flight – faster than the 160-170 knot speeds generally possible with conventional helicopters.

August 28, 2008 Three years ago we wrote of Sikorsky’s intention to build a technology demonstrator for its X2 Coaxial helicopter technology, and earlier this year

The X2 technology demonstrator is designed to hover, land vertically and transition seamlessly to forward flight, reaching cruising speed of 250 knots.

June 6, 2005 Sikorsky Aircraft today announced plans to build and test a demonstrator for a new class of coaxial X2 Technology helicopters that maintain or imp