Short Take: Sikorsky uses SGI for stealth calculations
Sikorsky Aircraft has selected SGI to help develop stealth technology on the upcoming RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter, SGI said today. In February, Sikorsky installed a 128-processor Origin 2000 computer with 32 GB of memory. SGI, meanwhile, last week introduced a new Origin 3000 series with higher performance. Stealth calculations for helicopters are more difficult than for airplanes because a helicopter's rotors swivel and rotate, drastically increasing the number of possible radar reflections.
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Sikorsky Aircraft has selected SGI to help develop stealth technology on the
upcoming RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter, SGI said today. In
February, Sikorsky installed a 128-processor Origin 2000 computer with 32 GB
of memory. SGI, meanwhile, last week a new Origin 3000 series
with higher performance. Stealth calculations for helicopters are more
difficult than for airplanes because a helicopter's rotors swivel and
rotate, drastically increasing the number of possible radar reflections.