Written on August 29, 2008 – 7:57 am | by Bogdan Alex |

The army always gets to test all sorts of advanced equipment. They might have gotten hold of some UFO tech as well, no one knows for sure. Anyway, they do posses some of the speediest vehicles out there: undetectable planes, choppers, battle ships and all that stuff. Choppers, I said? Well, it looks like the military choppers are not really the fastest. At least the Sikorsky X2 isn’t developed for the army at this moment, but could be transformed into an efficient weapon as soon as it passes the preliminary tests.

According to DVice, Sikorsky X2 completed its first test flight yesterday. The tests proved that this new generation has come a long way and can now be considered as reliable as a commercial airliner. The press release informs that ”when it’s done with testing, this dual-propped fly-by-wire speedster will blast through the air at 288mph, making it the fastest helicopter in the world.”

This first test consisted of a 30-minute flight that was meant to familiarize pilots with the control. The helicopter won’t be reaching the top speed before its forth flight, and if all goes according to plan, the X2’s makers could decide to launch a whole family of dual-propelled vehicles by 2010.