In early 1950, the following companies submitted these designs to a Navy specification calling for an HP class (Patrol) helicopter with ASW (anti-submarine warfare) capability, a brand new mission for the helicopter at the time. None was selected in the end (source: Spangenberg Index, April...
anti-submarine warfare
bell d-104
cold war
curtiss-wright p-592
gyrodyne 9 helidyne
hughes 212
mcdonnellmodel73
naval aviation
patrol helicopter
piasecki pd-22
piasecki ph-26
sikorsky xhps
u.s. navy
u.s. navy xhp competition
united states navy
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