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Unmanned ground vehicles mounted with life-size plastic coyotes are one idea proposed as part of a new effort to keep ...
The U.S. Army retired the AH-1 Cobra in 2000 due to maintenance costs and poor nighttime performance, but the Marines ...
In 1982, the U.S. Army launched the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program to create a next-gen scout and attack aircraft. The result was the RAH-66 Comanche, a stealth helicopter with ...
It was built to be invisible, unstoppable, and ahead of its time—yet it vanished before it ever saw battle. The Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche was a stealth helicopter designed to dominate ...
The Army has already twice canceled potential replacement efforts for the armed scout. In 2004, it terminated the Comanche program after spending $9 billion to produce two prototypes.
In 2004, it terminated the Comanche program after spending $9 billion to produce two prototypes. Four years later, it canceled the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter.
WASHINGTON - In a dramatic about-face, the Army on Monday canceled its Comanche helicopter program after sinking $8 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper.
Cancellation of the Comanche helicopter program, which has cost $6.9 billion and 21 years of effort, ranks as one of the biggest program cancellations in the history of the Army.
WASHINGTON — Textron’s Bell has won the U.S. Army’s competition to build the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, the service’s largest helicopter procurement decision in 40 years.
Way back in the halcyon days of 2004, the U.S. Army announced it was canceling the Boeing and Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche stealth helicopter. The news came as a shock to those following the project ...
While originally slated for a production run of 1,213 RAH-66 Comanche helicopters, the U.S. Army only ever took possession of the original two prototypes… but that doesn’t mean the program was ...
After the Iran-US RQ170 incident, in which a UAV was hacked and captured through cyber warfare, the US army secretly revived the development of the RAH-66 helicopter program for special operations.