V-280 pitches cruise speed against SB-1’s final approach capability

V-280 in US Army green

Source: US Army

Just a few weeks after the US Army selected the Bell V-280 Valor and Sikorsky Boeing SB-1 Defiant as its finalists in the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition, both teams are jockeying for position, arguing that their rotorcraft configuration will best suit the service

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