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Sikorsky Aircraft and Boeing are jointly producing a medium-lift-sized demonstrator they named SB>1 Defiant [3] [4] (also widely known as "SB-1") [5] [6] for phase one of the program. Originally planned to fly in late 2017, its first flight was delayed in April 2017 to early 2018. [7]
The United States is building 13 small patrol vessels, based on the Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessel design, for small Caribbean nations, to be known as the Defiant class. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The United States Navy , which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also calls the design Near Coastal Patrol Vessels.
The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts due to the distance from Germany ...
Polish Air Forces on exile in Great Britain. No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron "Lwowskich Puchaczy" used the Defiant between September 1940 and August 1941, [6] using the squadron code letters 'EW'. 307 was a new nightfighter Defiant squadron formed but did not become operational until December defending western Britain.
The Defiant is built using fiberglass layup over Styrofoam core shapes in the same manner as the Rutan VariEze. The main gear is fixed, and there are no flaps. The Propellers are fixed-pitch non-feathering, [3] which is unusual in a twin-engine design. Cockpit entry is through a side hinged canopy. [1] The winglets provide yaw stability. [3]
The contract for Defiant was awarded 10 September 2007. She was laid down by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington and launched 10 July 2010. Defiant was delivered to the Navy 28 September 2010.
Defiant class may refer to: Defiant-class patrol vessel a class of patrol vessels to be built for small Caribbean nations, based on the Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessels;
No. 256 Squadron RAF was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force which operated during the First and Second World Wars.Initially equipped with Dh6 and Kangaroo aircraft, it operated Defiant Mk IIs, Beaufighters, and Mosquitoes in the Second World War.