fredymac said:If Lockheed is looking for something to keep its Marietta plant in production for another 50 years, I would be putting a lot of IR&D into this concept. As a replacement for the C-130, a vertical landing equivalent would attract a lot of interest. Given the freedom allowed in an IR&D program, they could also try leveraging the technology from the X-55 to reduce costs.
Please elaborate? Would be interested in your sources.Kat Tsun said:fredymac said:If Lockheed is looking for something to keep its Marietta plant in production for another 50 years, I would be putting a lot of IR&D into this concept. As a replacement for the C-130, a vertical landing equivalent would attract a lot of interest. Given the freedom allowed in an IR&D program, they could also try leveraging the technology from the X-55 to reduce costs.
The only people who were seriously interested in it was the US Army. Thankfully, everyone shouted them down at how stupid their idea was and it finally officially died in 2008, but QTR was dead long before FCS was killed.