TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
So the Raiders and Defiants type will be working in tandem to replace the Blackhawks and Apache?
for some perhaps, but not for the US. Raider is a Scout chopper. Its the best option to replace the Kiowa and US Socom little birds ( MD500 Defenders) . It moves out spots baddies and targets them for heavier forces it's heaviest weapon load is maybe a pair of Hellfires on one stub and a 25mm autocannon on the other assuming a 25mm gunpod. thats about it.
Apache comes with a 30mm bushmaster and can load up with 16 hellfires.
now SB>1 as seen is a demonstrator and likely to be the basis for the production platform that would replace the blackhawk once the production starts it then comes down to the big decision. Bell's V280 Valor projects a direct attack derivative using the same base airframe with installation of a 30mm Bushmaster 2 external rocket hard points and about 4 antitank missiles with more possibly inside.
Defiant could likely be fitted like that or option two. where they take the basic critical systems and automotive feature
and then follow the pattern of the Iroquois and Cobra.
Cobra taking the tail, rotors, engines and parts of the Fuselage and mating them to a streamlined armored cockpit with stub wings and a turreted cannon. Sikorsky has already shown a model of such a platform in concept which is what this concept art is based on. I think it would earn the name great white.
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