Boeing's "Future Attack Recon Aircraft" candidate revealed

**Slater** · 03-03-20, 16:24

Looks sorta cool. Like it should be in an "Aliens" sequel or something:

https://www.boeing.com/defense/FARA/index.page

**Grand58742** · 03-03-20, 16:28

Looks like they're going away from the 30mm chain gun back to a multi-barrel cannon type system.

**SomeOtherGuy** · 03-03-20, 16:32

How many false starts have we had on this helo program?

The artists who draw up Boeing concept art are barely more likely to see their designs become reality than the artists who work for comic books.

**caporider** · 03-03-20, 16:32

Originally Posted by Grand58742

Looks like they're going away from the 30mm chain gun back to a multi-barrel cannon type system.

Different mission from Apache. More of a Kiowa Warrior replacement.

**Slater** · 03-03-20, 16:37

In fact, Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky's candidate is going with a .50 cal weapon:

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us...elicopter.html

**Diamondback** · 03-03-20, 16:38

Looks like a more streamlined RAH-66 Comanche. At that rate they might as well just dust off and update the existing engineering... Raider looks like somebody dialed up the old Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne in the Wayback Machine, added Kamov-style contra-rotating main rotors and turned it into a 4-seater version.

**Mozart** · 03-03-20, 16:46

Originally Posted by Diamondback

Looks like a more streamlined RAH-66 Comanche. At that rate they might as well just dust off and update the existing engineering... Raider looks like somebody dialed up the old Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne in the Wayback Machine and turned it into a 4-seater version.

Exactly. How much $$ was spent on Comanche only to be canceled? Although, rumor has it that much of the R and D for Comanche ended up in the stealth Blackhawks used in Operation Neptune Spear. but we can’t see or know about those because reasons.

**Diamondback** · 03-03-20, 17:00

And then there's this Boeing-Sikorsky joint venture that looks evolved from Raider...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikors...g_SB-1_Defiant

Geez, I never imagined they'd teach a submarine to fly!