Originally Posted by
500e
My understanding was SK bought Schweizer for its drone technology on the 333
You mean the Firescout. They also bought Schweizer for: the light helicopter line, to use as a rapid prototyping center, and to have political representation in New York state. Later, they added the Hawkworks to complete UH60 L, M, and I models for foreign military customers.
In the end, they were not able to complete a production build of either model, internally or through vendors, without incurring a significant loss.
Yet, at the beginning, Schweizer was able to. A small aircraft does not fare well using big aircraft company methods.