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Joint Heavy Lift Program: Breakthrough, Borg, or Backwater?

Joint Heavy Lift Program: Breakthrough, Borg, or Backwater?

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JHL: QTR Concept(click to view full) In 2005, the US military and NASA announced the kickoff of the Army-led Joint Heavy Lift program, with the award of 5 contracts for the Concept Design and Analysis (CDA) of a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Joint Heavy Lift...