ARMY AL&T


PARTNERSHIP CAPACITY THROUGH AVIATION


BUILDING


MASPO provides aviation capabilities that meet allied and combatant command priorities and build international partnerships in the process.


by Wayne R. Hudry, Ph.D., and Andy Greer


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quipping, modernizing and empowering allied and partner nations with rotary wing capabilities is a vital U.S. Army security assistance mission. When U.S. allies and partners manage their own internal and external threats, it reduces the risk to our warfighters and frees up U.S. forces for operations elsewhere. Further-


more, allies outfitted with aviation capabilities support the U.S. in achieving operational and tactical agility, and help set the conditions for the arrival of U.S. forces in the event it becomes necessary by facilitating access to remote or otherwise denied areas.


Building and supporting our allies’ capabilities serve as a significant deterrent to conflict. When allies are trained and equipped with affordable, U.S.-endorsed aviation assets, our partners can respond to any threat or crisis immediately. Te addition of reliable and robust rotary wing assets provides U.S. partner nations the capability to conduct humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, stability and other military operations.


Many of America’s allies and partners, such as Kenya, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina, have combatant command-endorsed rotary wing requirements, yet they cannot use U.S. standard Blackhawk (UH-60), Apache (AH-64), Chinook (CH-47) and Future Vertical Lift platforms because of economic realities. Responding to these realities, DOD created a small project management office, under the umbrella of the Army’s Program Executive Office for Aviation, to provide cost-efficient, non-program of record rotary wing aircraft to our partners and allies.


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