Sikorsky and Boeing have teamed to develop a joint proposal for the US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate’s requirement for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstrator program.
The JMR TD will inform the US DoD’s Future Vertical Lift program to acquire over 4,000 new generation medium lift rotorcraft for all five US services. With the Future Vertical Lift program’s requirements including greater speed as well as better reliability and affordability, Sikorsky and Boeing, the first companies to team for FVL, may be considering a design based on Sikorsky’s X-2 compound helicopter demonstrator.
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