Despite a $7 billion investment, the Comanche never entered production—and frankly, never even came close. Why doesn’t the United States operate a stealth helicopter? It’s not for lack of trying. In ...

WASHINGTON -- In a dramatic about-face, the Army canceled its Comanche helicopter program Monday after sinking $6.9 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper. It is one of ...

RAH-66 Comanche: Why did it fail? Some military aviation journalists have dubbed the RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter as “the F-35 of Helicopters,” owing to the whirlybird’s stealth capabilities. But ...

The Comanche is a fine and even revolutionary helicopter, but it lacks countermeasures, and equipping the aircraft with survivability systems would be prohibitively expensive, Schoomaker said.

The Army yesterday canceled development of the $39 billion Comanche helicopter after 21 years of escalating costs, technological glitches and redesigns during a program that failed to produce a single ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $30 million contract from the Army Program Executive Office Aviation to build test beds for new technologies for the Comanche helicopter. Work producing the test beds, ...

The Army’s RAH-66 Comanche helicopter was going to be totally awesome, dude. This super-stealthy light attack helicopter, bristling with advanced sensors and communication gear, was going to perform ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a dramatic about-face, the Army canceled its Comanche helicopter program Monday after sinking $6.9 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper. It is ...

In 1982, the U.S. Army launched the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program to create a next-gen scout and attack aircraft. The result was the RAH-66 Comanche, a stealth helicopter with ...

Sikorksy Aircraft Corp. eliminated 100 jobs Thursday while Boeing Helicopter prepared to announce its own layoffs in the latest fallout from the Army's decision to cancel a $39 billion contract for ...

The U.S. Army said Monday it will cancel the Sikorsky/ Boeing Comanche helicopter program, a move that may have a small impact on Boeing’s Mesa operations. Most of Boeing’s portion of the Comanche ...

“We don’t get rewards for having antiques in the military,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld likes to say of the need to build more modern weapons. That, at least, is the theory. Take the Army’s ...