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AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III Rollout Ceremony AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III Rollout Ceremony A Native American of the Apache Tribe blessing the aircraft. A rollout ceremony for the AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III, the Army's next-generation attack helicopter, was held at dawn on Nov. 2...

Sevmash, did you see that?

I like that idea very much. We should keep both the US and Russia happy and buy some from each. Also, I have a soft corner for the contra-rotating Kamov-style NOTAR, not only because they are technically more stable and efficient, but because they are just so cool.

^^ True. I am of the opinion that India should setup two companies, strictly separate from GTRE. One should collaborate with Kuznetsov and Soloviev while the other with Snecma and start making turbines in India. We will therefore have three competing companies and we can expect steady growth...

Thanks for pointing that out. I learnt something. I should have looked it up myself.

I was under the impression that friendly-fire is killing your allies or your co-soldiers by mistake while fratricide is killing your allies or co-soldiers intentionally as an act of frustration, stress, jealously, anger etc..

I fail to understand one thing. Why would Russia be dying to take up this contract when they are already struggling or overloaded with existing projects for India? Let them finish off the work they have at hand. Did we not already buy a bunch of Mil-17s from the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant? Why...

You are right. There is a world of difference between that a real Mil-24/35 can do and what they have shown. However, I will give credit for the level of accuracy achieved in designing that Mil-24/35 in Rambo III. The helicopter in the movie is this: Now, one might argue it looks rather...

Ok, let me try and explain again. You have two distinct roles for helicopters. Pure troop transport. Pure gunship. Mil-17 caters to role 1. Hence it is not heavily armoured and relatively light and can even go up to Siachen glacier. Mil-28N caters to role 2. Hence it is heavily armoured but...

You are right to a certain extent. The Soviet Army had similar issues with the Mil-24/35 in Afghanistan. They had to do rolling takeoffs. They have addressed those shortcomings in the Mil-28N and also introduced the Mil-28N rotors in the old Mil-24/35s. However, it still is too heavy for the...

Looking back at the helicopter discussions -> Looking back at the helicopter discussions we had before this decision was made. We evaluated and discussed our needs and what we were considering. One can go to the relevant thread or perhaps we can merge this thread with the already existing one...