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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)
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Subject: Army selects LH
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Date: 6 Apr 91 16:41:57 GMT
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From: x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT)


The U.S. Army has selected the Sikorsky/Boeing Vertol LH over the McDonnell
Douglas(builder of the Apache)/Bell Textron(builder of the Cobra) team.

     The decision was made official today 6 April 1991.  It seems that since
Bell/Boeing is the builders of the V-22, Sikorsky builds the Blackhawk, and now
Sikorsky/Boeing on the LH---McDonnel Douglas, formerly Hughes Helicopter
is all out of its helicopter military sales. The LH will replace the OH-58s and
Hueys to complement the UH-60s and AH-64s.  Ultimately by say 2010, there will
be no or very little Bell built aircraft in U.S. Army inventory, unless they
get in on the V-22!  It seems that if the V-22 fails then Sikorsky's CH-53E and
more Blackhawks will win even bigger.  Big bucks here and Bell and McDonnell
Douglas won't get to many, but then again the V-22 could go far and McDonnell
Douglas might be building Hornets for a long time for the Navy.

I guess the AH-64s production future along with the M1A2 tanks rest on foreign 
military sales.

We'll see.

Phantoms Phoever!

CDT Charles Bergman
x35147d3@usma.usma.edu
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