A few things I think I want to dig into in the coming days....
Turrets. If you're into armor then you have to be into the different approaches that manufacturers are taking to develop the next generation turrets. Lots of good ideas, quite a few bad ones and I hope to spot light a few of them.
Eurocopter USA. They hit it big with the UH-72A and are poised to sneak in and win the Armed Aerial Scout contest (I say that on a cost basis...I love the Sikorsky offering but its too much too late). With the coming budget insanity that will mean that they're poised to gain parity in a market that they were once locked out of. Trip is being planned as we speak to their Mississipi or Texas offices to see what and how they're doing things.
Future Warrior Projects. Everyone WAS talking about them, but they seem to be off everyones radar now. A quick view on whats being worked, who's closest to actually putting it into service and a glance at how SOCOM is putting a version of it into service one piece at a time. I can tell you now that I contend that its overkill for the mission and probably creates a type of 1000 mile thumb instead of helping the guy on the ground.
Turrets. If you're into armor then you have to be into the different approaches that manufacturers are taking to develop the next generation turrets. Lots of good ideas, quite a few bad ones and I hope to spot light a few of them.
Eurocopter USA. They hit it big with the UH-72A and are poised to sneak in and win the Armed Aerial Scout contest (I say that on a cost basis...I love the Sikorsky offering but its too much too late). With the coming budget insanity that will mean that they're poised to gain parity in a market that they were once locked out of. Trip is being planned as we speak to their Mississipi or Texas offices to see what and how they're doing things.
Future Warrior Projects. Everyone WAS talking about them, but they seem to be off everyones radar now. A quick view on whats being worked, who's closest to actually putting it into service and a glance at how SOCOM is putting a version of it into service one piece at a time. I can tell you now that I contend that its overkill for the mission and probably creates a type of 1000 mile thumb instead of helping the guy on the ground.
