Aircraft
Sikorsky Touts Raider at Rollout Ceremony
The company is proposing the Raider as a replacement for the U.S. Army's fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warriors.
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider was displayed in public for the first time at a ceremonial rollout on October 2. (Photo: Sikorsky)
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider was displayed in public for the first time at a ceremonial rollout on October 2. (Photo: Sikorsky)

Sikorsky performed a ceremonial rollout of the S-97 Raider helicopter at West Palm Beach on October 2. The aircraft is one of two prototypes that are based on the company’s X2 rigid coaxial rotor plus pusher-propeller technology demonstrator that broke the rotary-wing world speed record in 2010. Sikorsky is proposing the Raider as a replacement for the U.S. Army’s large fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warriors armed aerial scouts, and for special operations.