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 ...

Colorado search and rescue teams have made a record number of requests for helicopter hoists to start off the year — and the ...

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 ...

How the U.S. Army Missed Out on the RAH-66 Comanche’s Advanced Capabilities The U.S. Army in the 1990s wanted to upgrade its aging Kiowa OH-58D and AH-1 Cobra helicopters.

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 ...