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That's more or less what I expect for FVL-Maritime. It's vaguely possible that they'll be interested in a V-280 derivative, but it seem unlikely, since the main roles for combatant ship helos involve a lot of hovering and not a lot of flying really fast. Seahawk already does pretty well, and the temptation to just find a way to get some more cabin volume with the same dynamics and footprint has to be real. It has the benefit that NAVAIR is already familiar with the process thank to the King Stallion -- keep the nameplate and some bits of the dynamic systems, then build a new helo that fits inside the same box.I could see, if budget permits, a mix of MH-60X manned helos to replace the MH-60R/S and "MQ-247" tiltrotor drones to replace the Firescouts. But that's a lot of budget.
That's more or less what I expect for FVL-Maritime. It's vaguely possible that they'll be interested in a V-280 derivative, but it seem unlikely, since the main roles for combatant ship helos involve a lot of hovering and not a lot of flying really fast. Seahawk already does pretty well, and the temptation to just find a way to get some more cabin volume with the same dynamics and footprint has to be real. It has the benefit that NAVAIR is already familiar with the process thank to the King Stallion -- keep the nameplate and some bits of the dynamic systems, then build a new helo that fits inside the same box.
I could see, if budget permits, a mix of MH-60X manned helos to replace the MH-60R/S and "MQ-247" tiltrotor drones to replace the Firescouts. But that's a lot of budget.
