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Old 5th Aug 2023, 16:43
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Originally Posted by SplineDrive
The Analysis of Alternatives, currently in progress, will either say to add a second T-901 engine and grow the aircraft or kill the program and upgrade the Apache. Easy money and heavy lobbying is on the latter, but like the H-60, you can only push a 50 year old design so far... unless we're talking the B-52, evidently.
I am sure you are right, but if the Army did want an upgraded Apache, they could use the V-280. Then they wouldn't even need the GE engine.
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