[TADSLOS]

Just received unofficial notice this am. I'm not surprised. The program was ripe for the axe. Cleaning out my desk this week and moving on to other things.

[Phsstpok]

Just received unofficial notice this am. I'm not surprised. The program was ripe for the axe. Cleaning out my desk this week and moving on to other things.

I gather from this post that you've been working on the program? Sorry to hear about the effect on you, then. You up in Connecticut off of I-95? I used to love driving over the bridge near the Sikorsky plant, hoping that they had something interesting out on the flight line.

If, in fact, you have been working on Commanche, can you say whether you think the investment made has been wasted or if some of the things that have been developed and learned in the program will pay off? IOW, is the whole 8 billion down a rat hole, or do we have significant capabilities that we can apply to other programs, particularly things that will keep the "next big thing" from taking 21 frigging years ;^>

And what do you think will happen with the two or three prototypes? They would give some special forces types some interesting capabilities, ala Clancy's Debt of Honor.

[GOP Jedi]

TADS... you at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control? Not a lot of happy campers around here today, that's for sure.

Good luck to you! A lot of good folks have just had their world yanked out from under them.

[GeronL]

They did come up with some good stuff. I'd like to see that tail rotor and the quieter blades added to the next rebuild of the Apache!