House Armed Services ranking member Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

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Sikorsky and Boeing provided the first look at the new Defiant helicopter, one of two designs participating in the Army’s Joint Multi-Role-Medium Technology Demonstrator Program. (Courtesy Sikorsky-Boeing Team)

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