Somehow I completely missed this. Never even heard of it before.
http://www.nasa.gov/content/max-launch-abort-system-or-mlas-was-successfully-tested-at-nasas-wallops-flight-facility
CIERVA LECTURE
Piasecki: Pioneers in Progress for More Than 60 Years
John Piasecki, President & Chief Executive Officer, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
Tuesday 6 October 2009
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
http://www.raes.org.uk/conference/indexlect.html
2009
20th century
cold war
early 21st century
helicopter
helicopters
piasecki aircraft corporation
post-cold war
royal aeronautical society
united states
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/09/ap6276526.html
Looks like the credit crisis and economic downturn has sunk one defense contractor.
A UAE-Kuwaiti consortium are looking to buy up Textron's civil assets at a high price. Defense businesses will probably go to Lock-Mart or Raytheon.
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