Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.

Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.

Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.

Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.

Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.

Sikorsky's Raider X prototype at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida factory, in September 2023. (Lockheed Martin Corporation – Sikorsky)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky's Raider X, the company's submission for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, is 98% complete, Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo said during a 3 October media roundtable. The compound helicopter lacks only its engine, the General Electric (GE) T901 Improved Engine Turbine Program (ITEP), which Lemmo expects to arrive later in October.

“We're in frequent communication with both GE and obviously the army FARA programme office; those dialogues are going on continuously and all signs are pointing from the army and GE that we should receive the engine here in October,” Lemmo said.

“As soon as we receive [the engine] we will be able to immediately start the installation process in advance of ground testing and eventually flight-testing,” he said.