June 22, 2019
This Is the F-35 of Helicopters: Meet the RAH-66 Comanche
Billions spent and all we got was two choppers.
by Sebastien Roblin
Pop quiz: what prominent U.S. military aircraft has a stealthy radar cross section and advanced networked sensors but has gone billions over budget and has fallen years behind schedule?
While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth helicopter spent twenty-two years in development, consuming over $7 billion dollars before being abruptly canceled with only two flying prototypes to show for it.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-35-helicopters-meet-rah-66-comanche-63672
