Boeing to showcase its progress for Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Defiant at AUSA 2014

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AUSA 2014
Association of the United States Army

AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
13 to 15 October 2014
Washington D.C., United States
 
Boeing at AUSA 2014
 
 
Friday, October 10, 2014 09:01 AM
 
Boeing to showcase its progress for Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Defiant at AUSA 2014.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] will highlight its progress on vertical lift programs, including the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR) partnership with Sikorsky, as well as new cybersecurity initiatives, during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 13-15 in Washington, D.C.
     
Boeing [NYSE: BA] will highlight its progress on vertical lift programs, including the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR) partnership with Sikorsky, as well as new cybersecurity initiatives, during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 13-15 in Washington, D.C.
Boeing-Sikorsky project JMR was unveiled at AUSA 2013 under the name of Defiant.

     

The Army of United States has selected Bell Helicopter and a Boeing-Sikorsky team to produce and fly rotorcraft in 2017 for its joint multi-role technical demonstrator program, giving these companies a leg up in developing the service’s next-generation fleet.

The JMR (Joint Multi-Role) program is the Army’s science and technology effort for the future vertical lift program of record — the intended procurement vehicle to field speedy, long-range successors to the Army’s helicopter fleets. The medium variant of FVL, scheduled for initial operating capability in the mid 2030s, would replace Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter.

The Boeing-Sikorsky JMR project was unveiled at AUSA 2013 under the name of Defiant. The U.S. the Army announced it was investing $217 million in the first phase of its ambitious JMR program, calling this first development stage the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) initiative.

With rigid coaxial rotors, pusher propeller and advanced fly-by-wire controls, "Defiant will use Sikorsky’s proven X2 technology to overcome aircraft design challenges," says Mick Maurer, Sikorsky’s president. The demonstrator will be powered by a pair of Honeywell T55 turboshafts.