Once again, thanx to my peers at Stingray's, I've heard through the back channels a tid bit of info that has not been verified. I've inquired with a member at the Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC), but no statements as of yet. What's floating around is that Sikorsky's X-2 was canned this month, but I've yet to see any official announcements for it, so I will not compound the rumor. I had thought that the purpose of the VLC was for the respective helicopter industries to band together because the DOD was tired of wasted money and prototypes that never get fielded, like the Commanche. Let us hope that this does not continue. All of us in the milirary deserve better than what the industry has been putting out lately.
Dave
Simply a link for VTOL and similar rotorcraft, but mostly unproven and proven designs with a particular interest in morphing aero-structures and Human-machine interface.
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