Blackhawks x 6

[alpha foxtrot 07]

16 mil for a new blackhawk, and about 7 mil for a used one. sounds like a great deal where do i sign.

[sealion]

Quote (pilatus @ 19 April 2004,11:01)

blackhawks work out at bout $15.7million apiece thats with GAU-19 0.50calibre mini-guns,GAU-17 7.62mm mini-guns m265 2.75inch rocket pods.this sounds lik a quite worthy machine.take away the weapons to reduce cost by about $3mil apiece.but they could really support the army with this fit.you would have a gunship and transport in one.make the most of what you have.does anybody know the amount of funding avaible for any new choppers?and also where are the papers getting the story about the blackhawks from? '>  '>

You must be thinking of the wrong Blackhawk.. We are on about the Utility Heli,not the failed/cancelled Apache replacement.

[clan]

Second Hand Blackhawks seem to be averaging out at around $8m each with no armaments. 10 for $80 is a nice round figure.

[Dublin Spotter]

I seen on the 6 one news at the end of the report from the DON that there is going to be a tender shortly for 6 light/utility helicopters, which will rule the black hawk out... '>

[Silver]

........did I hear somebody whisper EC-145's

*sigh*  '>

[clan]

So the Blackhawks have been mentioned in two or three different newspaper stories, so it must have a little bit of truth in it. If we go the Tender route, that rules out s/h Blackhawks from singapore, Japan where ever. So go for tender for 6 LUH. Which means EC135, Size craft, which great for training, a little armaments the Emergency Island relief etc.
But not for what the Army wanted, troop transport and Army/Air Corp joint operations and overseas ops.
So does mean, we get 6 LUH plus 6 MLH helicopters, or 6 LUH, keep the Gazelle and 2 Dauphins and one or A111's while retiring the others.

[Imshi-Yallah]

Quote (sealion @ 21 April 2004,00:12)

Quote (pilatus @ 19 April 2004,11:01) blackhawks work out at bout $15.7million apiece thats with GAU-19 0.50calibre mini-guns,GAU-17 7.62mm mini-guns m265 2.75inch rocket pods.this sounds lik a quite worthy machine.take away the weapons to reduce cost by about $3mil apiece.but they could really support the army with this fit.you would have a gunship and transport in one.make the most of what you have.does anybody know the amount of funding avaible for any new choppers?and also where are the papers getting the story about the blackhawks from? '>  '> You must be thinking of the wrong Blackhawk.. We are on about the Utility Heli,not the failed/cancelled Apache replacement.

Actually thats the AH-60 Direct Action Penetrator which is in service with the US army SOA

[pilatus]

Quote (Imshi-Yallah @ 22 April 2004,11:02)

Quote (sealion @ 21 April 2004,00:12) Quote (pilatus @ 19 April 2004,11:01) blackhawks work out at bout $15.7million apiece thats with GAU-19 0.50calibre mini-guns,GAU-17 7.62mm mini-guns m265 2.75inch rocket pods.this sounds lik a quite worthy machine.take away the weapons to reduce cost by about $3mil apiece.but they could really support the army with this fit.you would have a gunship and transport in one.make the most of what you have.does anybody know the amount of funding avaible for any new choppers?and also where are the papers getting the story about the blackhawks from? '>  '> You must be thinking of the wrong Blackhawk.. We are on about the Utility Heli,not the failed/cancelled Apache replacement. Actually thats the AH-60 Direct Action Penetrator which is in service with the US army SOA

the model i refer to is not the ah-60 but the uh-60L UTIILITY version but with this optional arament actually ismhi!i researched it before i made that post as i dont like being corrected!

[Imshi-Yallah]

Well since you've done your research please enlighten me as to what the difference between an AH-60L and a UH-60L is?
Other than the use of all the hardpoints?

[Guinness]

The AH-60 is NOT an used name in the USAR.

To my opinion Pilatus is right on this one.
The U stands for utility and/or multirole.

Guinness

[pilatus]

imshi the AH-60 as u call it has much more powerful engines has a search radar and the weapons fit on it makes the fit i mentioned look like a waterpistol!the AH-60 is equipped with hellfire optical or radar guided missles hydra 70 rockets aswell as the maverick missle and can even carry the latest aim9x sidewinder! :Dthanks for backing me up Guinness