View Full Version : Pentagon approves plan to buy new helicopters
Is this news?
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-11-01T201515Z_01_N01382833_RTRIDST_0_ARMS-HELICOPTER.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
Looks like an interesting announcement early next week.
The statement "Some analysts say the Lockheed-AgustaWestland is likely to win, citing the advantage its three engines offer for combat use and its greater space than Sikorsky's VH-92" is fairly conventional technical view, but strangely no statement re the CH-47.
Two's in
4th Nov 2006, 13:23
Exactly, if greater space is the real discriminator then the CH-47 is a shoe in, or the ability to operate effectively at density altitudes above 10K for that matter. Saying 3 engines are better than one is to overlook some fundamental helicopter design and engine reliability data issues. The result will be largely political - again.