Two rigid coaxial rotor prototypes designed to demonstrate a game-changing combination of maneuverability, hover ability, range, speed, endurance and survivability.
Developed as Sikorsky entry for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) program, after the cancelation of the ARH-70 Arapaho. Main contender was the American Eurocopter/Lockheed-Martin AAS-72X but the Army cancelled the program in late 2013.
Powered by one General Electric T700 engine, the same engine of the UH-60M Blackhawk, the first prototype completes maiden flight on May 22, 2015.
Sikorsky is exploring civil applications for the S-97, such as transporting personnel between offshore oil platforms
Developed as Sikorsky entry for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) program, after the cancelation of the ARH-70 Arapaho. Main contender was the American Eurocopter/Lockheed-Martin AAS-72X but the Army cancelled the program in late 2013.
Powered by one General Electric T700 engine, the same engine of the UH-60M Blackhawk, the first prototype completes maiden flight on May 22, 2015.
Sikorsky is exploring civil applications for the S-97, such as transporting personnel between offshore oil platforms
On August 2, 2017 one of the aircraft suffered a hard landing during a hovering test flight at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center at Palm Beach County, FL
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Derivatives & Versions | |
| Model | Year | History |
 SB>1 Defiant | 2018 | Sikorsky teamed Boeing for the US Army Joint Multi-Role (JMR) / Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programme.
Main contender will be Bell V-280 Valo ... |
| Raider X | 2022 | Sikorsky proposal for US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft FARA program based on the S-97 Raider |
List of Operators of Sikorsky S-97 Raider | |
| From | Organisation with model S-97 Raider | |||||
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| C/N | Built as | Year | History | |
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| 97-0001 | 2014 | N971SK | |
| 97-0002 | 2015 | N972SK |