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Sikorsky’s Raider X Prototype Now 90% Complete, Cite S-97 Data As Helping Offer ‘Lower Risk’ FARA Option

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Sikorsky’s Raider X Prototype Now 90% Complete, Cite S-97 Data As Helping Offer ‘Lower Risk’ FARA Option
Sikorsky's Raider X for the Army's FARA competitive prototyping effort at 90% complete build. Photo: Sikorsky.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sikorsky’s [LMT] build of its Raider X helicopter for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototyping (CP) effort is now 90 percent complete, with a second fuselage set to start airframe structural testing this month. During a media visit to Sikorsky’s facility here, company officials also cited the extensive testing with its S-97 Raider technology demonstrator helicopter as feeding critical data collection that is helping ensure Raider X will offer a “lower risk” option…

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