Our Take
Tough battle ahead in this high stakes competition.
The end is coming for the famous Black Hawk helicopter – but not without a battle. Two teams – Sikorsky-Boeing with their Defiant, and Bell Helicopter-Lockheed Martin with their V280, are vying for the lucractive contract to create a ‘supercopter’. Both are set to take off for the first time next year in the final stage of the battle to replace the Black Hawk.