Of course the military and civil businesses are connected -- in the
design, engineering, and manufacturing technology. The military OH-6
gave Hughes/McD/MDHI a still-viable civil product line. The Sikorsky
HSS-2 launched the civil '61s. Take another look at the Eurocopter
military product line derived from their civil products -- their
military and civil business is now split about 50-50 thanks to
Puma/Cougar, Dauphin/Panther, etc.

If the commercial side of MHDI could never show a profit, the smart
thing to do was improve the bookeeping, not dump the product line and
deal yourself out of light helicopters. That's how Boeing got into this
position of buying back a shot at ARH.

HW