Check out this video of Sikorsky’s mock up of it’s S-97 high-speed attack/scout chopper. An armed version of the helo would be able to fly at 10,000 feet in 95 degree temperatures and cruise at up to 220 knots per hour, according to Sikorsky. Key to this performance are the coaxial main rotors and the […]
From the monthly archives:
January 2011
Well, it looks like China just can’t get enough of old Cold War aircraft carriers. A Hong Kong businessman has apparently offered the United Kingdom almost $8 million to buy the ex–HMS Invincible, one of the two carriers Britain sent to take back the Falkland Island’s in 1982. The businessman, says that he wants to tow […]
We’ll have a more detailed look at winners and losers the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined today, but I thought it might help to get the discussion going and for those of you who weren’t watching it live to list the biggies now… F-35B will go on a “two year probation” and move to the […]
A Lockheed official today gave a predictably cryptic answer to questions regarding the the ability of the defense giant’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system to protect against China’s DF-21D carrier killer missiles. “We’re constantly looking at the evolution of our Aegis BMD capability to keep pace with threats,” said Lisa Callahan Lockheed’s vice president in charge […]
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