Pentagon approves plan to buy new helicopters
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Looks like an interesting announcement early next week.
The statement "Some analysts say the Lockheed-AgustaWestland is likely to win, citing the advantage its three engines offer for combat use and its greater space than Sikorsky's VH-92" is fairly conventional technical view, but strangely no statement re the CH-47.
The statement "Some analysts say the Lockheed-AgustaWestland is likely to win, citing the advantage its three engines offer for combat use and its greater space than Sikorsky's VH-92" is fairly conventional technical view, but strangely no statement re the CH-47.
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Exactly, if greater space is the real discriminator then the CH-47 is a shoe in, or the ability to operate effectively at density altitudes above 10K for that matter. Saying 3 engines are better than one is to overlook some fundamental helicopter design and engine reliability data issues. The result will be largely political - again.
