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The only type classified subsystem for the Boeing AH-64 Apache series, the M139 is composed of the "Aerial Rocket Control System" which gives the aircraft the ability to fire members of the Hydra 70/Mk 66 2.75 in/70 mm rocket family, a dispenser interface controlling the M130 chaff/flare dispenser (also used on the AH-1 helicopter), and the ...
The Sikorsky S-75 was developed under the US Army's Advanced Composite Airframe Program (ACAP), the goal of which was the development of an all-composite helicopter fuselage, lighter and less costly to build than predominantly metal airframes in support of the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program.
The program's name was changed to Light Helicopter (LH) in 1990. [6] In April 1991, the Boeing-Sikorsky team was selected as the contest winner and received a contract to build four prototypes. [7] Also that month, the helicopter was designated "RAH-66 Comanche" by the Army. [7] In March 2004, the Army Chief of Staff terminated the Comanche ...
The United States Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) develops, acquires, fields and sustains aviation, missile and unmanned aerial vehicles. AMCOM is primarily responsible for lifecycle management of Army missile , helicopter , unmanned ground vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle weapon system .
According to the RFI, the Army has set a per-unit cost goal of $43 million (in 2018 dollars). [5] The Army envisions combat scenarios where a future scout helicopter being developed under the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program and unmanned drones would control an area or corridor, which would then allow FLRAA to insert troops.
It rose from the Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System (AAFSS) program to field the service's first dedicated attack helicopter. Lockheed designed the Cheyenne using a four-blade rigid-rotor system and configured the aircraft as a compound helicopter with low-mounted wings and a tail-mounted thrusting propeller driven by a General Electric ...
The Combat Rescue Helicopter program employs hundreds of people at the Owego plant, and a $1.28 billion contract for a new fleet of combat rescue helicopters for the United States Air Force gave ...
Upgraded H-1 family in flight. The H-1 upgrade program is the United States Marine Corps's program to develop the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom military helicopters to replace its aging fleets of AH-1W SuperCobras and UH-1N Twin Hueys.