United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft Corp And Boeing Partner For Joint Multi-Role Future Vertical Lift Requirements

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and Boeing has signed a teaming agreement on January 13, 2012 to submit a joint proposal in response to the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate solicitation for the Army's Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) Phase 1 program. The JMR TD supports the Department of Defense's Future Vertical Lift program to deliver the next generation of vertical lift aircraft with greater performance, reliability and affordability. The Sikorsky and Boeing team will compete to build and fly one or more demonstrator aircraft in 2017 to be evaluated for vertical lift performance in a medium-lift-sized aircraft.