Capabilities
Sikorsky capitalizes on the unique strengths of multiple centers of excellence and the skills of a distributed workforce to create a global network of integrated research and engineering.
Stratford Center of Excellence
is the hub of an integrated Research & Engineering (R&E) Function with core competencies that include system integration, system integration laboratories, vehicle definition, dynamic systems, test & evaluation, and technology development. Additional R&E centers are supported by elite engineers distinguished in their field...
System Integration & Design Centers
Sikorsky has formed strategic alliances with four leading engineering services providers to support its growing need for engineers. With the objectives of extending the engineering workforce, expanding globally, and to be within close proximity of its key markets and customers Sikorsky has established access to three domestic (U.S based) Design Centers and one international Design Center. The domestic design centers are located in Bozeman, Montana, Lexington, Kentucky and West Lafayette, in Indiana. The international design center is in India. The two System and Technical Integration Centers are Sikorsky-owned facilities in Fort Worth, Texas and Huntsville, Alabama...
Development Flight Center (DFC)
has the capability to conduct all types of development including performance, structural and handling qualities flight test, tethered hover, slope landing, infrared and acoustics signature assessments, confined area night operations, external jettison, and ADS-33 handling qualities assessments...
Rapid Prototyping Center
Leveraging Schweizer's agile processes and workforce, this Rapid Prototyping Center fabricates and tests proof of concept designs...
