[QUOTE=SWBKCB;11185171]Insert your own punchline...
NH Industries believes it can extend the service life of its NH90 helicopter out to 50 years with no modifications required to the airframe or dynamic components.
I noticed that one earlier and thought that it perhaps lacked ambition and imagination. I really can't imagine any current scenario that these helicopters couldn't have a service life of 100 or even 1000 years as they never fly!
And talk about low MRO costs, a composite airframe, with the same components installed at manufacture should be able to last beyond mere decades, but into centuries.