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This stealth helicopter was too expensive to become a mainstay of the Army. Key point: The RAH-66 did not get very far. However, it laid the groundwork for today's new attempt to build a stealth helicopter. Pop quiz: what prominent U.S. military aircraft has a stealthy radar cross section and advanced networked sensors but has gone billions over budget and has fallen years behind schedule? While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth helicopter spent twenty-two years in development, cons...

Five Army programs collectively sucked $30 billion in spending without producing any operational systems. Here's What You Need to Know: Many defense projects prove unaffordable and unnecessary. Pop quiz: what prominent U.S. military aircraft has a stealthy radar cross section and advanced networked sensors but has gone billions over budget and has fallen years behind schedule? While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth helicopter spent twenty-two years in development, consuming over $...