Hilife
The main reason for the 97 was as a demo/risk reduction for the Defiant when it was to fly in 2014. To meet the JVL schedule Defiant's design had to proceed without any 97 input. So now Lockheed has decided it is irrelevant and appears to have defunded it. Makes the Defiant program very risky compared to the V-280 which is building off of XV-15, V-22, and the 609.
The Sultan