THEN & NOW
A NEW GENERATION
Members of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade receive their initial fielding of the new Echo Model Apache, replacing the previous generation’s Delta Apache helicopter, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in August. The AH-64E Apache is designed with increased power margins, reliability and lethality to ensure that it is a viable fighting force in large-scale combat operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Chantel Green, 49th Public Affairs Detachment)
“Te report states [the] estimated 10-year system cost of a UTTAS-equipped helicopter force ‘could be only a little more than half the cost of operating a UH-l force with an equivalent lift capability over the same period of time.’ ”
Te UTTAS would end up being the prototype model of the UH-60A Black Hawk, which succeeded the Huey in its work- horse utility role. It continues in that role to this day and will for years to come, with incremental upgrades, according to Army aviation officials.
Te posture statement also cited plans for continued modern- ization of existing Army aviation assets, including the first large procurement of the AH-56A fire support helicopter—375 aircraft over a three-year period.
BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER Te Army’s plans for its aviation fleet of 2030 are more complex than that posture statement of 1969, in large part because of the leaps-and-bounds advancements in technology since then, and in part because of the much more complex battlefield. Te plans
center on Future Vertical Lift (FVL), the name given to the No. 3 of six Army modernization priorities.
Te thrust of FVL is to develop a family of next-generation aircraft that improves on the current fleet in virtually every dimension. Te aircraft will be required to have:
• Lighter and stronger airframes and rotors. • Greater range and speed. • Greater mission flexibility. • Greater payload capacity. • Improved capability to inflict harm on the enemy. • Improved capability to survive the fight and get Soldiers back to safety—supported by, among other technologies, the capa- bility to operate in degraded environments such as sand, smoke, smog, clouds, fog, rain, snow, and brownout or white- out conditions.
• Advanced capability for manned-unmanned teaming, includ- ing optionally piloted missions in some cases.
https://asc.ar my.mil
151
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156
