Straight Up Again,
Reread my previous post. The helo that wins the Presidential lift award is the likely candidate for the Marine Corps medium lift assault mission. The Marine Corps will not buy an assault helo without a ramp.
Also, no helo carrying the President is going to shut down an engine in flight (unless it is carrying Hillary and then they might shut them all down and take one for the team...
) Nor is an aircraft in an assault mode going to shut down an engine.
I would like to know what is the commonality of parts between the S-92 and the H-60 fleet is. If many of the parts can be swapped back and forth, that would be a logistical advantage for the S-92.
On the other hand, I understand from my buds at HMX that the S-92 currently comes with GE 700 engines? That seems underpowered for a 28,000 lb helo. Is Sikorsky going to put bigger engines on the S-92 and if so, are these engines going to have the proven reliability to be a Presidential Helicopter?