The next family of vertical lift aircraft begins to take shape in a unified effort of DoD, the military services, industry, and academia
by David J. Weller
MODERN ROTORCRAFT
An AH-64D Apache Block III, the Army’s newest version of its premier attack helicopter, sits on the tarmac at dawn just before a traditional Apache sacred blessing on Nov. 2, 2011, at the Boeing Apache production facility in Mesa, AZ. (Photo by Sofia Bledsoe, Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation.)