Originally Posted by
sandiego89
Recently came across this gem thumbing through a 1982 Air International....
Oh that's a gem indeed!
The Challenger and Hercules proposals were done in conjunction with their manufacturers. Lockheed was still pushing models of the twin-bulge Herk around 1986 / 87 with a dual AEW-tanker version, something the rotodome proposal couldn't do. The Chally had an optional refuelling probe and ESM from the CP-140 to make it 'attractive' to the Canadians.
The Transall was for an AdlA requirement in the early 1980s.
The lightweight pivoted dome on the heli and 330 was also proposed on the rear ramp of the V-22 Osprey, with hindsight the radar might have been ready for service about the same time as the tiltrotor.