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January 12, 2012 - Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) has selected Hexcel as a member
of a newly-formed team that is building a next-generation
helicopter - designated the S-97 RAIDER™ helicopter - for
evaluation by the U.S. military. Hexcel's HexPly® prepregs
and HexWeb® honeycomb core composite technologies will
provide high strength and light weight properties to the
aircraft's structure and blades.
Hexcel is among 35 companies nationwide announced as
preferred suppliers by Sikorsky, January 12, during the
Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Aviation
symposium at National Harbor, Md., near Washington, DC.
"Sikorsky selected Hexcel's advanced technologies, products
and services because they are proven and mature," said Mike
Canario, Hexcel VP and General Manager for the Americas. "We
are committed to engineering excellence in both military and
commercial aerospace applications by providing our partners,
like Sikorsky, products with superior toughness and strength
without the added weight of alternative materials."
Sikorsky and its team suppliers are self-funding the design
and manufacture of two S-97 RAIDER prototype aircraft for
flight evaluation by the U.S. military. The program is
currently in the advanced design stage. Sikorsky expects to
achieve first flight in 2014.
The RAIDER aircraft program follows Sikorsky's successful X2
TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator aircraft, which in September 2010
achieved more than 250 knots flight speed, or twice the
average cruise speed of a conventional helicopter. As an X2
aircraft design, the S-97 RAIDER helicopter will feature
coaxial counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher propeller
to provide dramatic improvements in maneuverability, hover
efficiency, high/hot climate performance, and speed.
The X2™ design is scalable, opening up a variety of potential
mission uses including combat search and rescue, armed aerial
scout, medical evacuation, attack, special operations, VIP
and offshore oil transport. Defined as a light tactical
helicopter, the single-engine RAIDER aircraft will weigh in
at 11,000-lbs maximum gross weight.
For more information about the S-97 RAIDER program, please
visit www.sikorsky.com.
About Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE:UTX), is based in Stratford, Conn., and is a
world leader in helicopter design, manufacture, and service.
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides
a broad range of high-technology products and support
services to the aerospace and building systems
industries.
About Hexcel
Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites company.
It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight,
high-performance structural materials, including carbon
fibers, reinforcements for composites, prepregs, honeycomb,
matrix systems, adhesives and composite structures, used in
commercial aerospace, space and defense and industrial
applications.
Contact:
Rachel Owen
Jenny Gendron
12 January 2012
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