Based on your logic the UH-60 should have never replaced the H-1. In fact, no advancement in aviation would ever take place.
Increased speed and range do not come for free. Higher speeds require more power and typically require more fuel. This is physics, not politics.
I am not saying there should not be an upgrade, just that the higher capability will cost more. Politics has nothing to do with it. Of course new aircraft will cost more. So the Army flies fewer aircraft, or pays more.
I am not saying there should not be an upgrade, just that the higher capability will cost more. Politics has nothing to do with it. Of course new aircraft will cost more. So the Army flies fewer aircraft, or pays more. Pure speculation, Valor is in, but funding of FARA to production becomes questionable. The tiltrotor is the last major innovation in vertical flight. Congratulations Bell.