The Boeing Helicopter/Sikorsky Aircraft RAH-66 Comanche next-generation attack helicopter was flown for the first time on 4 January, when it took off from Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. The first RAH-66 was rolled out in May 1995. A second prototype, fitted with a reconnaissance mission-equipment package, is to begin test flying in September 1998. The Pentagon has approved production of the two prototypes and six "early operational-capability" aircraft for trials. The project has narrowly escaped several cancellation attempts.
Source: Flight International
