Sikorsky-Boeing’s SB-1 Defiant Airframe Heading To Mesa

December 05, 2016
Credit: Boeing
The rotorcraft that Boeing and Sikorsky hope will eventually replace all of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps’ mid-size helicopters is about to begin its cross-country journey from Swift Engineering in San Clemente, California, to Boeing’s plant in Mesa Arizona and then on to Sikorsky’s flight test...

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