US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter

swordboy writes "The US Army just scrapped the Comanche helicopter program - a joint venture with Boeing and United Technologies. After 20 years and billions of taxpayer dollars, it never produced an operational helicopter. Open-source helicopter, anyone?" The article notes: "The Comanche is designed to receive and process intelligence from drones and surveillance aircraft and pass it to ground units. The Army was directed in 2002 to focus its research on producing a reconnaissance helicopter rather than one that can attack as well as scout. The helicopter was intended to counter Soviet weapons."

Comments

Re:The Bradley

[3263827]

The Bradley was NOT designed to function as a light tank. No one has built a light tank since the early 50's, cuz THEY SUCK. The fact that you recommend the Sheriden shows your lack of a clue when it comes to military affairs. Go get an education (not from the History Channel) and come back when you know the difference between an IFV and an APC.

Re:NOOOOO!!!

[avgjoe62]

" I hate to break it to you, but 'Comanche 4' will no longer be realistic anymore." A single helicopter taking out hundreds of armed military personnel, dozens of tanks, handfulls of other helicopters, jets, submarines, battleships, chemical weapons plants, anti-aircraft vehicles and artillery, missile launchers, and terrorists on snowmobiles on a single tank of gas isn't realistic because some vaporware military project got scrapped?

It must be realistic. I notice that no where in the above list is there any mention of Weapons of Mass Destruction...

That plane was flown by a woman pilot

[ccmay]

By the way, the A-10 that got so shot up in that photo series was flown by a 27 year old woman named Kim Campbell. She brought it back to base safely, too.

I hope it gets a lot of publicity in the Middle East. I like the thought of the Mohammedan fiends choking on their hookahs when they learn they got their asses shot to rags by a girl. Heh heh!

-ccm

Osprey Next!

[sciop101]

The Osprey is a man-killer! Corrupt USMC program managers keep this program going. 8 men killed in a test flight and still no complaints.

Re:yet again

[ffsnjb]

Of course the indications are the NI's(natural intelligence) in soldiers in Iraq are pretty bad at it too since they are routinely bathing innocent cilivians in machine gun fire everytime there is a loud bang in the area.

If you were in An Nas, as my bro was for 6 months, you wouldn't give a flying fuck about wasting an unruly underground populace (that blends in with the decent people) who wants nothing more than to see you dead. Until you've been in combat, or have seen first hand video taken from a Marine's rifle sights (not this shit liberal news), STFU.