Originally Posted by
rrekn
Not quite Hilife,
The AW149 was designed as a military platform and then adapted to become the civil AW189. I take your point it has no combat experience, but it would be available quickly (and cheaply) and suit most of the roles that it's likely to find itself in. It need only last 10 years until the FVL is available.
FVL is a Joke…. I mean, these platforms are so complex that their survivability must be questioned just like their agility. Simply not comparable to a Blackhawk or puma….