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Old 30th Nov 2021, 21:02
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EESDL. I’ve been to Guntersville and flown the Ace Hawk. Great aircraft, and superbly updated by Darryl and the team. But. It’s not an FMS aircraft as the US DoD don’t use it. Any UK buy would be DCS to Ace or a possible UK agent - ergo it would be without some of the cost benefits of FMS but, equally, also not tied to several of the constraints. As JD notes, of all the proposed NMH candidate platforms, only the -60 was designed with strict survivability requirements stipulated - including separation of systems (including the pilots…..), duplex/triplex redundancy in key areas, ballistic tolerance and ruggedness to accept high RoD landings. However, unless the Social Value content of a UK -60 is high, Politics dictates that Yeovil wins….again….
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