Interesting discussion of the future of rotary winged aircraft here. How does greater range and twice as fast sound?
Chuck Hill's CG Blog
Interesting discussion of the future of rotary winged aircraft here. How does greater range and twice as fast sound?
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
More indication of what is to come:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/04/quad-a-us-army-sets-2030-goal.html?ESRC=sm_deftech.nl
More on development of high speed rotary wing aircraft here, http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Eurocopter_Hybrid_232_Knots_204667-1.html, including a video of EuroCopter’s X-3 which recently achieved 232 knots true air speed.
This configuration would make our typical hoist installation problematic.
Just get Cormaorants and be done with it…3 engines, 2 winches, 900 mile range and plenty of room to work on survivors as opposed to rhe frogbeater. Speed is well down the list of qualities that make a good rescue craft.
Some progress reported: http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=28ec91bc074a6410VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD
Looks like this might make a shipboard helicopter, larger than the H-65, but significantly smaller than the H-60. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141003/DEFREG02/310030033/Sikorsky-Unveils-Raider-Prototype
More on future helicopters: http://news.usni.org/2014/10/03/u-s-army-selects-bell-sikorskyboeing-build-prototypes-next-generation-helicopter-program