LE BOURGET—Airbus Helicopters has achieved its speed target with its Racer compound rotorcraft, successfully flying the experimental aircraft at 240 kt. (276 mph) in April.

The V-280 Valor beat out a proposed joint Sikorsky-Boeing compound helicopter platform dubbed the SB-1 Defiant-X in 2019 for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.

Drones (2023). [2] Low-emission optimisation control method for coaxial compound helicopter/engine based on variable geometry adjustment. Aerospace Science and Technology (2024).

Sikorsky Pushes X2 For NATO NextGen Rotorcraft Sikorsky has teamed with Leonardo to investigate its compound helicopter technology for NATO's Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability program.

In fact, the X2 was not a standard helicopter, but a compound helicopter, with two coaxial counter-rotating main rotors and a prop rotor in the tail. This solution exploited the Advancing Blade ...

The S-97 Raider is a high-speed scout and attack compound helicopter developed by Sikorsky Aircraft, featuring the innovative X2 Technology with a coaxial rotor system.

The X2 technology The S-97 Raider which Sikorsky displayed at its Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, is the result of 20 years of development, started in 2005 with the X2 ...