{"id":118916,"date":"2021-01-27T08:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/heres-the-truly-beastly-helicopter-that-might-replace-the-black-hawk"},"modified":"2021-01-27T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:41:02","slug":"heres-the-truly-beastly-helicopter-that-might-replace-the-black-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/heres-the-truly-beastly-helicopter-that-might-replace-the-black-hawk","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the Truly Beastly Helicopter That Might Replace the Black Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QoSDPQfm_L0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Defiant X can fly twice as far and fast as the greatest helo ever.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky and Boeing have <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/01\/25\/lockheed-boeing-team-pitch-defiant-x-its-candidate-for-the-armys-long-range-assault-helo-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/01\/25\/lockheed-boeing-team-pitch-defiant-x-its-candidate-for-the-armys-long-range-assault-helo-competition\/\">rolled out the final specs<\/a> of their new helicopter, one of two candidates that will <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/aviation\/a32319508\/defiant-vs-valor-black-hawk-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/aviation\/a32319508\/defiant-vs-valor-black-hawk-replacement\/\">replace the U.S. Army\u2019s iconic UH-60 Black Hawk<\/a>. The Defiant X isn\u2019t just meant to replace the Black Hawk, but also fly up to twice as fast and twice as far, giving Army air assault forces an unparalleled battlefield mobility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defiant X can fly twice as far and fast as the greatest helo ever. The Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky and Boeing have rolled out the final specs of their new helicopter, one of two candidates that will replace the U.S. Army\u2019s iconic UH-60 Black Hawk. The Defiant X isn\u2019t just meant to replace the Black Hawk, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118918,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118916\/revisions\/118918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}