Not to be confused with its surface ship, submarine, aircraft depot maintenance programs.I don't think the aging of the HT's has been ignored; the Navy has just done what it always does and kicked the can down the road one FY at a time. As with other programs, eventually we'll back ourselves into a corner and be forced to choose the least bad option.
You have to wonder what the fuck the Helo senior leaders are doing and why HT's get ignored year after year and the snails pace of innovation. Why doesnt this come up at NHA Flag panels?
Well, there is the argument that they're not going to get anything better than a tacan approach in the R, and ILS in the S. Technically the 57C is more advanced in that regards. . . Whether you're looking at a six pack or glass doesn't really seem to be a big deal to me. I'd just be more concerned about the airframe itself.
So fucking tired of hearing this. I know the reasons why, but were rapidly getting to a point where our NSS/NDS/NMS will be unexecutable.. . . we don't have the money to fix . . . .
Interestingly enough Bristow Helicopters is shilling their rotary wing training programs at Sea-Air-Space right now!
Interesting and I had heard this from another GE source, that Sikorsky is pitching a basic UH-60 variant for primary training. Not without precedent! Good on them. Time for teh dinasaurs at NAVAIR to wake the fuck up
"Turning Navy/Marine Corps helicopter pilot training over to the Army creates certain challenges given that each service operates differently, but this would still be a better solution than trying to maintain the Navy’s current creaky, inefficient and even dangerous system."
For the love of all that is Holy, DON'T DO IT!
and with oil & gas revenue down, they have the capacity to get very competitive. It will take one Undersecretary to think its a good idea, then watch out.
Well, there is the argument that they're not going to get anything better than a tacan approach in the R, and ILS in the S. Technically the 57C is more advanced in that regards. . . Whether you're looking at a six pack or glass doesn't really seem to be a big deal to me. I'd just be more concerned about the airframe itself.