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Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
The Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, the centrepiece of the U.S. Army's aviation modernization plan, is a twin-turbine, two-seat (tandem) armed reconnaissance helicopter featuring an all-composite, low-observable airframe designed to evade detection by radar, infrared and acoustic sensors with projected missions of armed reconnaissance, light attack and air combat. First deliveries will occur in 2006.
The Comanche has Stealth characteristics
achieved by retractable undercarriage and weapons stubs, an angular shape
and engine exhaust slots under the fuselage. The propeller hub is entirely
covered, and the tail rotor is a ducted fan. |
