RAH-66 Comanche

Specifications

Manufacturer	Boeing Helicopter Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Division (joint venture)
Length	46.78 feet (rotor turning)
Width	39.04 feet (rotor turning)
Height	11.0 feet (overall)
Armament	up to 28 Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) 14 Hellfire anti-tank missiles 20mm three-barrel turreted gun, 500 rounds 56 2.75 inch Hydra-70 air-to-ground rockets Up to four Hellfire and two Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) missiles can be stowed in fully-retractable weapons bays gun can be rotated to a stowed position when not in use
Weight	Empty 7,765 pounds Combat Mission 10,600 pounds
Mission Equipment	Centralized processing architecture with Ada software Target acquisition system with aided-target detection/classification and automatic target tracking; night vision pilotage system, wide field-of-view (35ox52o) helmet-mounted display
Propulsion	Two T800 1,440 SHP gas turbine engines 5-blade main rotor Fantail anti-torque
Crew	Two
Speed	330 km/hr / 172 knots - Dash speed 315 km/hr / 164 knots - Dash speed (@ 4,000 feet/95oF / with Longbow) 310 km/hr / 161 knots - Cruise speed
Vertical Rate of Climb	500-850 feet per minute
Range	262 nm Max Range (internal fuel) 1,260 nm self-deployment range

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