X Plane PDR Press Release

7/23/2019 X Plane PDR Press Release

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Sikorsky Hosts PDR for DARPA X Plane

Sikorsky’s Research and Engineering Innovations team hosted a preliminarydesign review (PDR) for the US Defense !dvanced Research Pro"ects!gency’s (D!RP!) #ertical $ake%&' and anding Eperimental !ircraft (#$&

*%Plane) from +,ne -.%-/0 at the Igor Sikorsky Development 1enter inStratford0 1onnectic,t

D,ring the PDR0 engineers from the *%Plane program demonstrated to thec,stomer (D!RP!) a deep insight into aircraft design plans0 providingo2"ective evidence as to why the Sikorsky3ockheed 4artin team sho,ld 2eawarded the f,nding for Phase II and III of the pro"ect

5$he air vehicle integration and systems designs were well 2eyond typicalPDR mat,rity and key performance parameters were s,2stantiated withthoro,gh and consistent analysis06 said inda &’7rien0 Senior Pro"ect

4anager0 #$& *%Plane 5$he 8overnment team mem2ers were veryprepared and engaged0 so the team was a2le to e'ectively comm,nicate allthe material on sched,le for the three%day event $he c,stomer was verycomplimentary of the team and is an advocate of the rotor%2lown wingtechnology for f,t,re operational applications6

Presenters foc,sed on fo,r themes when disc,ssing the *%Plane9 mat,rity0:delity0 readiness0 and relevance $hey artic,lated the technical andeec,tion details that are allowing the aircraft to remain on pace to meet oreceed all key performance parameters

$he #$& *%Plane program is a US military research program created withthe goal of designing0 2,ilding0 and ;ying an eperimental demonstratoraircraft capa2le of eceeding speeds .<< kt0 with hover e=ciencies of >/percent or more0 and aircraft lift to drag ratios of ?< or more $hedemonstrator also will have a ,sef,l load of @< percent and a 8A 2etween?<0<<< and ?-0<<< l2s

$he Sikorsky3ockheed *%Plane concept is a tail sitter con:g,ration and willhave the capa2ility of ;ying similarly to a rotorcraft0 while maintaining thea2ility to perform as a :ed%wing aircraft when necessary It’s an aircraft thatallows for 2lended ;ightB it maintains the hover and mane,vera2ility of a

rotorcraft0 while also having the high speed capa2ilities of a :ed%wingaircraft

$he original contract for Phase ? of the #$& *%Plane program awarded C?/million in Decem2er -<?. to Sikorsky and ockheed 4artin to partner in thedevelopment of the *%Plane $he original contract epires in &cto2er0 --months after it was awarded



$he team will now move forward with generating a proposal for Phase II andIII0 competing with 7oeing0 arem0 and !,rora for the single award for the2,ild and ;y phases

5It is s,ch a privilege for me to work with o,r stellar technical team0 shapingthe f,t,re of high speed #$&06 said &’7rien

Phase II of the *%Plane program is epected to 2egin in the :rst ,arter of-<?F0 with the total d,ration of Phase II and III targeted at .< months

By Tom Korolyshun

X-Plane Project Manager Linda O’Brien opens the PDR ith an e!planation o"the X-Plane’s concept#



Mem$ers o" the %TOL X-Plane team and representati&es "rom D'RP' pose "or a photo together during the PDR#



' representati&e "rom D'RP' inspects the latest model o" the %TOL X-Planede&eloped $y (i)ors)y#



'ttendees o" the PDR listen as 'd&anced *oncepts Manager Mar) 'l$erupdates the room on the X-Plane’s progression#

X Plane PDR Press Release

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