The need for speed: New SB-1 Defiant helicopter leaves competition sucking wind
March 27, 2019 Andy Wolf
A new helicopter will give the U.S. Army a cutting edge on the battlefield- and put the “quick†in Quick Reaction Force.
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant took its first official flight on March 21, creating quite a spectacle as it effortlessly took to the air.
Sporting multiple, counter-rotating rotors and a push propeller instead of a tail rotor, the Defiant (which curiously lacks a Native American tribal moniker) is an odd-looking helicopter, but one that handles better and goes faster than contemporary options.
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