Sikorsky officials to date have revealed precious few details about an electric or hybrid-electric research helicopter they've been developing. Called the Firefly, it was revealed during the inauguration ceremony for the new Sikorsky Innovations group in February. At the time, it was described as a cooperation between sister UTC company, Hamilton Standard, and Sikorsky.
During a pre-show interview, Sikorsky president Jeff Pino said there would be an annoucement here at the show, and that he himself would attend the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to dicuss the topic at the Electric Aircraft Symposium later this month.
Whatever they come up with, it'd better be pretty cool looking to steel some of the thunder from EADS and Eurocopter's revelation (pictured below) hybrid-electric revealed at the Berlin air show in June...
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