UH-660 Black Mynah

History
The Thanatos Heavy Industries UH-660 Black Mynah (formerly Pixel Kinetics) is a five-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by the Pixel Kinetics, Aerospace Division. PT Kinetics submitted the base design in 2017 for the Ussean Defence Force Next-Generation Medium-Helicopter competition. After multiple delays, the Black Mynah V1 design was finally selected by Ussean High Command in 2027 as the competition's winner beating out other designs from it's sister states, most notably, the Echelon-State Thanatos Heavy Industries YUH-666 Dragoon.

Named after the most common native species of bird in South-East Asiatica, the UH-660A saw immediate replacement in the Ussean Defence Force's Heliborne Infantry and Special Forces Units, replacing the 20th Century old West Royal UH-10 Icarus as the UDF's premier strategic transport helicopter.

Interesting to note that the Police Variant, the UH-660P rolled out by its civilian contractor & ex-competitor, Thanatos Heavy Industries, who was more experienced in law-enforcement and private security technologies at that time.

Eventually, in the latest reccession before the Seven-Day War, Pixel Kinetics was bought out by THI, with a 51/49 approval by the Ussean Government.

Current Use
With the coming of Cyber Revolution in the 21st Century, the Cyber Recession 22nd Century and the God Revolution in the 23rd, the Black Mynah has remained the mainstay simply by Fate, as every helicopter program to succeed and replace it, like the Future-Generation and the VTOL-Generation Competitions, were cancelled due to colossal cost of replacing the entire 7000-strong military fleet, as well as the absence of the minimum 50% parts commonality that the UDF sought, as well of the higher fuel consumption of the VTOL "Dropships" testbeds.

As the result, the Ussean Vanguard still uses the UH-660V Black Mynah as it's troop-carrying mainstay, despite its formation bearing the abbreviation of: 'VTOL Air Navy Ground Urban Assault Rapid Deployment'.

Variants (Military)

 * UH-660A Black Mynah (21st Century)
 * UH-660G Black Mynah (22nd Century)
 * UH-660L Black Mynah (23nd Century)
 * UH-660HV Black Mynah (Holy Vanguard)
 * MH-660S Silent Mynah (Covert Operations)
 * XH-660C Hantu Mynah (Experimental Clocking Technology)
 * AH-660D Strike Mynah (Attack Helicopter)
 * VH-660K King Mynah (Allfather - Vanguard One)
 * VH-660Q Queen Mynah (Queen of Prophets - Tabernacle One)
 * SH-660B Sea Mynah (Ussean Coast Guard and Maritime Navy)
 * UH-660P Judge Mynah (Ussean State Police)