oOOo

I for one am totally against duplication. However,

Your question (?Why would we wont to do this??) reminded me of something I read one time in my AFA magazine.

Each MV-22 missions would have multiply objectives, its payload used like an F-16s sniper pod might be used by someone else with out the pilot even being a ware of it. Bombs on a MV-22 might pickle in support of ground forces without the MV-22 pilots having to do anything. CPUs and software would work out all the details etc.

Administration and logistic? Do not the MV-22 operate out of the same bases as the AH-1s that I believe do drop bombs.

I did find your commit about the lack of Army involvement with the V-22 interresting.

Not trying to blame you oOOOo but this terminology causes me to (LOL) Sniper, LANTRIN, lighting, what will it be called next year while they all use the same sensors just change the software rearrange some hard ware and reducing the APU requirements is always a plus. My point all this reminds me of the end less number of huge satellites only capable of one mission, usually weather observations. As for decades in the future will in the computer world that?s light years now, maybe one decade.  Gun duck, mission creep, Uncle Sam is always changing his terms at every level of command, and the entire vocabulary every generation. This prevents the development of worth while knowledge, a recruit probably spends a year or two learning just to understand the terms and thinks he or she has learned so much and it could have all been spent on other useful info. Its what I call the information filter system, keep them all learning two plus one and then one plus two etc.

The Ah-1s capabilities not same-same as MV-22 is a very go observation. So I guess the USMC is planning of using the F-35s. Let the UAVs deal with the AAA.  My note on the bombs pickling under the control of some master battle field program would involve the weapons being used only during ingress and egress. And all MV-22 of a particular sortie would not be on the ground at the same time. There might be situations where a target is ID and the system simply waits for a platform to bring a weapon within range. Aircraft would have over riding systems to make sure they arrived at their objectives with the weapons they need. SDBs packages are going to really bring down the weight. Or you could be right about it all and I?m just Asiatic.

Points I failed to address.

I did not suggest the AH-1Zs or any other models where escorting the MV-22s, my point about AH-1s dropping bombs and operating from the same base, was that the logistics should already be in place.

As for not wonting to be under that bomber, every day in hospitals all over the world life and death hangs in the balance of circuits, seems odd that one would question the accuracy of those same circuits when it comes to taking life. That dose give one reason to spend 10 billion more on R&D thou.

Finally I am not advocating any of this the idea was written about in an Air force association magazine years ago.