X2 Technology Demonstrator Takes its Final Flight

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X2 Technology Demonstrator Takes its Final Flight

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Award-Winning X2 Technology Demonstrator Takes its Final Flight - Program paved the way for upcoming S-97 Raider helicopter.

July 14, 2011

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator has flown for the last time, the company announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.


In an early morning demonstration flight conducted from the company’s new Sikorsky Innovations Center within its Development Flight Center, the X2 Technology demonstrator gave invited guests one last look at its technology in flight before officially being retired and transitioning to its first application, the S-97 Raider.

Full press release HERE.

Credit: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

Rgds, Chris.
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