Btw, #NGRC (#NATO) & #ENGRT (🇪🇺) start to have a lot of contenders in term of solution :
- @AirbusHeli #RACER
- @LDO_Helicopters Tiltrotor #AW609
- @Sikorsky #X2 (since the non-selection in #FLRAA, we were expecting that)

Market potential : more than 500 #NH90 has been ordered

@CatDragon @iyalei @femphysics OFC #VTOL's are eben worse than private jets as even the biggest and "disruptively economical" ones like the #AW609 have total operational costs of U$D 875/h - not including the pilots' pay - and can barely hold a dozen people.

Again: #Taxis but worse and more expensive, so not affordable even for people earning trice the #MinimumWage...

#Aerotelegraph - AW 609 von Leonardo: Kipprotor startet jetzt in Serie - https://www.aerotelegraph.com/kipprotor-startet-jetzt-in-serie #Flugzeuge #Kipprotor #leonardo #aw609