At first glance, the Invictus bears a striking resemblance to the Comanche, a stealth helicopter the Army tried to field some 20 years ago. Compared to today’s military helicopters, the Invictus ...

Most importantly, the RAH-66 needed to be more survivable than the Army’s existing scout helicopters in highly contested airspace, which meant the new Comanche helicopter would need to borrow ...

However, stealth helicopters are still being explored, as seen with the U.S. Army’s RAH-66 Comanche program, which spent $7 billion developing a low-observable scout helicopter before it was ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) --The U.S. Army has decided to pull the plug on the development of the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter and instead use the money to upgrade its current fleet and replace aging National ...

Ultimately, the Army’s Future Vertical Lift pursuits ... For instance, the service canceled the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program in 2004 after spending roughly $7 billion ...

More on the technology: Aviation Week says that "stealth helicopter technology in itself is not new and was applied extensively to the RAH-66 Comanche. Priorities are usually different versus ...

The RAH-66 Comanche's similarities don't end there. The helicopter, which first took flight ... develop a new aviation ...

WASHINGTON -- The Comanche helicopter's combat role died along with the Warsaw Pact 15 years ago, the Army's top officer told federal legislators Wednesday. "The Comanche was a wonderful idea ...

The Army has tried three times to replace the Kiowa Warrior with a new helicopter. The first attempt was with the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, which was canceled in 2004 after spending $7 ...

WARNING: CAN'T REPEAT COMANCHE "We can't move ... to a significant challenge for the Army staff, industry and the acquisition community." NEW SCOUT HELICOPTER NEEDED The general also called ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Boeing Aircraft Company will pay $54 million to the U.S. government to settle two lawsuits which alleged that Boeing sold helicopters to the U.S. Army that were built with ...