Originally Posted by
SplineDrive
There haven't been but a handful of posts since the cancelation on this or other Rotorheads threads. Thanks for the link.
SplineDrive, consider this:
Sikorsky Raider X - FARA contender thread:
started: Oct 2019, 148 posts total
Military Aviation FARA thread:
started: Apr 2019, 34 posts total
Hill HX50 thread:
started: Dec 2019, 1492 posts total
So Hill discussions started a little later, but 10x more posts than the Rotorheads FARA thread. Explain that and you will likely explain lack of recent FARA posts too.
Experience from war in Ukraine will likely shape many more western defence acquisition decisions, not only for rotorcraft. Uncrewed systems more than likely to expand significantly. Investment in systems to defend against uncrewed systems likely to also increase significantly. Didn't Russians lose yet another significant warship in last few days due to an apparent USV strike??
I am interested to hear your views about this major cancellation.