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| This Could Be the Army's Next-Gen Helicopter |
| 2017-04-13 |
| [PM] The Joint Multi-Role helicopter program is a multi-service effort to replace many of the helicopters the armed services use with a new generation of helicopter--or helicopter-like aircraft. The UH-60 Blackhawk, for example, is used by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, while the CH-47 Chinook and the AH-64 Apache are used by the Army. All of the designs, while highly effective, date back to the 1960s and 1970s. The JMR program has several subprograms, with the Future Vertical Lift-Medium set to replace the UH-60 and AH-64 and the FVL-Heavy set to replace the CH-47. Sikorsky Boeing's entrant for the FVL-Medium, the Defiant, got a boost this week with a new video that fleshes out some key details. The Defiant will have a top speed of 250+ knots air speed, which translates to 287 miles an hour. That's more than a hundred miles an hour faster than the UH-60M Blackhawk transport, which tops out at 183 miles an hour. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 SPOD, at least so far they haven't tried to insist that it be stealthy. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2017-04-13 15:47 |
| #8 I am praying this doesn't turn out to be a rotary winged version of the Lawn Dart |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2017-04-13 15:45 |
| #7 I am praying this doesn't turn out to be a rotary winged version of the F-35 |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-04-13 15:24 |
| #6 Joint Multi-Role helicopter Oh great yet another all things to all people jack of all trades master of none function creep boondoggle. It's probably already several billion over budget. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-13 11:48 |
| #5 Dubbed the Sb>1 Defiant, the concept helicopter could replace the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter I already don't like it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-04-13 10:14 |
| #4 Just looking at it makes my TBO-sense begin tingling. |
| Posted by: Bubba Fleng5889 2017-04-13 08:56 |
| #3 I like the M2, but they haven't come up with something better and cost effective yet as a replacement (other than 'we just want something new and sexy'). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-04-13 08:48 |
| #2 Link I love the UH-60, but it is time for an upgrade. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-04-13 08:30 |
| #1 And once again, everybody will sit on the sidelines while the Army pays for development, and then will say "We'll take some of those." |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-04-13 08:22 |