Sikorsky

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky has invested more than $1 Billion dollars and has spent more than a decade developing, scaling and maturing X2™ Technology (X2 Technology Demonstrator first flight in 2008). The three prototype programs leveraging X2™ Technology (SB>1 DEFIANT, S-97 RAIDER, X2 Technology Demonstrator) have accumulated more than 375 flight hours and more than 1,020 hours of ground testing completed on propulsion system, transmission, and avionics test beds.

X2 Technology incorporates the latest advances in fly-by-wire, flight controls, vehicle management systems and systems integration. These technologies enable the aircraft to operate at high speeds while maintaining the low-speed handling qualities and maneuverability of conventional single main rotor helicopters.

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky is excited about the opportunity to extend X2 capabilities to our allies, with its transformational rotorcraft technology and key attributes that will be relevant in the future near-peer threat environment – speed, maneuverability, survivability, affordability, upgradeability, flexibility and optionally piloted.