Originally Posted by
The Sultan
Comments made by senior
govt officials indicate that the SB-1 has run out of time without doing much more than hover. Quote from Defense News:
As there have been no reports that the SB-1 has exceeded even 20 kts at the end of the JMR-TD the data the Army has gathered supports a conclusion that the tilt rotor can meet or exceed all program goals while the ABC concept is plagued with multiple limitations that will keep it from being a viable platform.
Full Article:
https://www.defensenews.com/land/202...ive-down-risk/
That isn't what the article says.
There will “always be a disparity between where particular vendors are, but that does not mean they’re not ready to compete,”
Nice try though...
