RAIDER X features Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)-based avionics and mission systems offering “plug-and-play” options for computing, sensors, survivability and weapons.

RAIDER X Offers Unmatched Growth Margin for Speed, Combat Radius and Payload Once structural testing is complete, the second RAIDER X prototype will be a viable test asset, further reducing risk for Sikorsky’s FARA offering. The tests inform safety-of-flight processes for the first RAIDER X competitive prototype. Structural testing is in progress and is expected to be complete by the end of the year. Sikorsky is also making progress on the second RAIDER X prototype, which is integrated into the team’s structural test program and will validate the flight and ground loads capability of the airframe. The 3D printing process has been so successful that first articles are 95% compliant, saving the team hundreds of hours compared to previous processes. There are hundreds of additively manufactured parts installed on RAIDER X, including flight-critical parts. These advancements will enable the Army to not only lower the acquisition cost, but also enable rapid, affordable upgrades to stay ahead of the evolving threat,” said Jay Macklin, director, Sikorsky Future Vertical Lift business development. “The RAIDER X prototype, which is 92% complete, draws on Lockheed Martin’s broad expertise in developing innovative weapons systems using the latest digital design and manufacturing techniques.

Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. 10, 2022 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) is completing early tests toward a safe flight test program for the RAIDER X® competitive prototype it is building for the U.S.

Ground environment x