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| Tango01 | 09 Oct 2014 10:24 p.m. PST |
"The U.S. Army is immersed in testing with two industry teams contracted to develop and build a fuel-efficient, high-speed, next-generation medium-lift helicopter to enter service by 2030. The service's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator, or JMR TD, program awarded development deals to Bell Helicopter-Textron and Sikorsky-Boeing teams to build demonstrator aircraft by 2017 to help inform the development of a new medium-class helicopter. "These teams will build technology demonstration aircraft with flight tests starting in 2017," an Army statement said. Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter is building a tilt-rotor aircraft called the Bell V-280 Valor – and the Sikorsky-Boeing team is working on early testing of its SB> 1 Defiant coaxial rotor-blade design…"
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was going to do the rifle teams next, but he forgot something… 
