FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 26, 2024 — The NATO Help and Procurement Company (NSPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Sikorsky a contract award to check built-in platform ideas that would fulfill NATO’s subsequent technology rotorcraft necessities via its Subsequent Technology Rotorcraft Functionality (NGRC) program.
“Sikorsky is able to design a rotorcraft prototype for NATO’s NGRC idea examine to assist protection and deterrence for an ever-changing world setting. Years of funding and rigorous flight testing with a number of X2 know-how demonstrators have confirmed its capacity to alter the longer term airspace,” mentioned Andy Adams, vice chairman of Sikorsky Future Vertical Raise.
“Our X2 plane will deliver to bear the strengths of Lockheed Martin together with enter from our European Business Group, resembling digital thread, superior manufacturing, sustainment, coaching, and weapon and mission system improvement, to offer NATO with an built-in rotorcraft system that mixes velocity, vary, maneuverability, survivability and operational flexibility.”
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s European Business Group contains Tier-1 aerospace suppliers, resembling BAE Techniques, ELT Group, ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik GmbH, GE Aerospace, Hellenic Aerospace Business, Kongsberg, Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, MAGroup,
Malloy Aeronautics, SAFRAN, Rheinmetall and TERMA. This trade group will present enter as to how their world-class army merchandise can assist the X2 built-in platform idea strategy to advance NATO’s capabilities and supply a subsequent technology rotorcraft answer.
With greater than $1 billion invested and 15 years of testing and flying, X2 rotorcraft, Sikorsky’s X2 plane are demonstrating mission relevance. The S-97 RAIDER know-how demonstrator’s rigorous flight take a look at program continues to offer essential knowledge that correlates to a digital prototype and allows Sikorsky to experiment with the distinctive capabilities that an X2 Know-how rotorcraft can present.
NSPA Common Supervisor, Ms Stacy A. Cummings, acknowledged: “The launch of Idea Examine #5 is a big milestone for the NGRC idea stage actions, and demonstrates NSPA’s dedication to satisfy the problem of subsequent technology medium elevate for Collaborating Nations. The technique to launch 3 parallel contracts awarded by competitors delivers on our dedication to maximise trade experience, alternative and engagement within the programme, and can present a broad vary of potential ideas within the examine outcomes for our multinational prospects.”
The NGRC program initiative started in 2022 and contains France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada. America and Spain are at present appearing as observers. Below the NGRC program, NATO is looking for to develop a medium-class, multi-role rotorcraft aimed to switch medium multi-role helicopters at present in service. NSPA, via its devoted NGRC Help Partnership, goals to reply to this upcoming requirement, in a well timed and cost-effective method, whereas concurrently leveraging a broad vary of current advances in know-how, manufacturing strategies, and operational ideas.
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