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2022-12-10 Science & Technology

Is the V-280 Valor the right choice for the Army?

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-12-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 good info, Darth

Posted by Mercutio 2022-12-10 09:13|| 2022-12-10 09:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Doesn't matter if it's right. It just has to be new.
When the Army came out with the specs for bid for the replacement for the Kiowa (basically a Bell JetRanger), it was "Just like the Kiowa, only different and new."

Posted by ed in texas 2022-12-10 09:48|| 2022-12-10 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Darth, though not a military vet, those were my thoughts exactly.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-12-10 10:49|| 2022-12-10 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ In my view....American taxpayers are "veterans" as well !

* Thank you for sending me to college at your expense not once, but three times.

* Thank you for paying my wages, benefits, and retirement.

* Thank you for providing housing for may family.

* Thank you for providing elementary school for my children.

* Thank you for covering the cost of my cancer treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

* Thank you for TRICARE medical coverage.

Thank you !

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-10 11:11|| 2022-12-10 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 My take on this from the TOC...this is a QRF support system that can launch from much farther away, carry a team and sling a battle-ready 'last mile' transport and still arrive in a timely fashion.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-10 13:02|| 2022-12-10 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 A Reality Check On The Army Picking V-280 Valor Over SB>1 Defiant

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-10 13:10|| 2022-12-10 13:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I do think I would like to see a modular version that would allow fork lift removal of either rotor assembly for maintenance without removing the entire airframe from service.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-10 13:19|| 2022-12-10 13:19|| Front Page Top

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