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The unique Defiant helicopter made its first long test flight

The unique Defiant helicopter made its first long test flight

The Defiant helicopter, developed by a consortium of Sikorsky and Boeing enterprises to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft, flew 700 nautical miles (or 1,300 km) from West Palm Beach in Florida to Nashville, Tennessee. The purpose of the tests was to demonstrate the capabilities of the equipment at the annual summit of the American […]