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From: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (jeffrey schweiger)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Unmanned ASW Helo (Was Re: Helicopter resupply mission)
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.002836.19238@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 29 Nov 90 00:28:36 GMT
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From: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (jeffrey schweiger)

In article <1990Nov27.043636.1845@cbnews.att.com> arthur@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur Leung) writes:

|didn't the US Navy have a remotely controlled ASW helo drone?  i
|know that lots of older frigates still in commission have the
|small hangar designed for this drone (most have since been
|extended to support the manned ASW helos).  as i understood it,
|the ASW drone was discontinued for "loss of control" problems.
|is this the full story, or was it a datalink limitation with
|the parent?  or did the Navy find that a human "out there"
|was better?  or was a helo that could carry more than torps
|more useful?

The helicopter involved was the QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter)
built by Gyrodyne.  They entered service in 1963 with over 300 built.  It had
a weapons load potential of two homing torpedoes.

I don't have the details on why they were phased out.



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